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The Guardian reports: Andrew Fletcher, keyboardist and founding member of British electronic band Depeche Mode, has died aged 60.  Formed in Basildon in the late 1970s, the band has had 14 top ten studio albums in the UK, and international chart success with songs including Enjoy The Silence, Personal Jesus and Just Can’t Get Enough. In the late 1970s he …

Cleveland.com reports: The posthumous inductees Whitney Houston and The Notorious B.I.G. will lead this year’s class into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame. They’ll be joined by Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch Nails and T. Rex. Houston, the gospel-trained singer with the soaring voice, had a string of No. 1 singles including “I Will Always Love You.” …

Billboard Magazine reports: On Tuesday (Oct. 15), the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the nominees for the Rock Hall Class of 2020 — and of the 16 artists shortlisted, nine are first-time nominees. Pat Benatar, Dave Matthews Band, The Doobie Brothers, Motörhead, The Notorious B.I.G., Soundgarden, T. Rex, Thin Lizzy and Whitney Houston are up for the honor …

Rolling Stone reports: The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018 are in, and the list includes Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Bon Jovi, Depeche Mode, Judas Priest, Kate Bush, the Cars, Dire Straits, Eurythmics, J. Geils Band, LL Cool J, MC5, the Meters, the Moody Blues, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta …

Well, this is pretty direct. Billboard reports: Depeche Mode is back. The band has released a new song called “Where’s the Revolution,” the first taste of their new album Spirit. “Where’s the Revolution” marks the English rock legends’ first new music in four years and an early tease of their 14th studio album, which is due out on Columbia Records …

Cleveland.com reports: Recent changes to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee seems to have benefitted longtime snubs and older fan favorites. Last year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, which handles its annual nominations, dismissed more than a dozen of its members. The changes have led to the committee focusing part of its attention on …

This is a fairly faithful cover of Depeche Mode’s 1993 smash and will be released as a 7″ single for next month’s Record Store Day.  The B-side of the single will be a live version of The Smiths’ 1984 hit, Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.

From the coming concert film, Live In Berlin, due for release on November 17th. Enjoy The Silence is their highest–charting US pop hit to date, peaking at #8 in 1990.  Depeche Mode’s chart span in the US stands at 32 years, starting with the 1981 pop hit Dreaming Of Me (#47) and most recently with last year’s dance hits Heaven, …

Because I totally screwed up during the SCOTUS furor on Tuesday, this week’s swag giveaway is today. And courtesy of the Karpel Group, we’ve got the new Depeche Mode album, Delta Machine, which is now on sale nationwide and online. Via Billboard: Fans can count on Depeche Mode — they’ve released a new album and embarked on a coinciding tour …

The first single from their coming album, Delta Machine.

Instrumental electronica from two titans of the genre. More here. Purchase. (Via – Allure Of Sound)

Two of my favorite musicians have collaborated for a new release. After 30 years working on their respective ongoing music projects, Vince Clarke (Erasure/Yazoo/Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) come together for the first time since 1981 as VCMG to release a brand new album preceded by a series of EPs. VCMG is the fruit of initially tentative …

Seriously?

It took me half the day to watch this fantastic 2009 documentary because it kept sending me spinning off into Wikipedia and YouTube holes. It’s a bit strange that so many of the records that I thought was randomly picking out of the import 45s bin turned out to be such groundbreaking and influential tracks. And most of them I …

Courtesy of Fly Life Inc, today’s swag boo-tay is the new album from Depeche Mode, Sounds Of The Universe, which becomes available nationwide today. As one of the most influential bands of the post-punk era with global sales in excess of 100 million, Depeche Mode belongs to a select premiere league of super groups who have survived from the early …

I really like this. From the upcoming album Sounds Of The Universe, due out April 21st. TRIVIA: Depeche Mode’s first single, Dreaming Of Me, was released 28 years ago this week, eventually peaking at #57 on the UK pop chart. Performance clip from that year below.