Depeche Mode, one of modern music’s most influential artists, announced yesterday at a special event in Milan that they will be embarking on a world tour in May 2017 to support their new studio album, Spirit, due to be released in early 2017. Following the release of the album, the Global Spirit Tour will provide lifelong fans and new fans alike with an opportunity to see the band’s ground-breaking and intensely emotive shows.

The first leg of the Global Spirit Tour will see Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher play to more than 1.5 million fans in 32 cities in 21 countries across Europe. The tour starts at Stockholm’s Friends Arena on May 5th 2017, and the band will play fan-favourite venues including Paris’ Stade de France, San Siro in Milan, and Berlin’s Olympiastadion. Additional tour stops include new stadiums for the band such as London Stadium on June 3rd 2017, Otkritie Arena in Moscow, and Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The European leg ends on July 23rd with a final stadium show in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Please see overleaf for full tour routing and information.

Depeche Mode play:

Sat 3rd     June 2017   LONDON, London Stadium
 
Tickets are priced at £70, £60, £55, £40 and go on general sale
Friday 14th October 2016 at 9AM.

Spirit will be the musical pioneers’ 14th studio album and the follow-up to 2013’s critically acclaimed Delta Machine, which reached a top five chart position in 26 countries and the number one position in 12 countries. Spirit is being produced by James Ford, founding member of the band Simian Mobile Disco, whose recent production work includes albums by Florence and the Machine and Arctic Monkeys. Spirit will be released in early 2017 via Columbia Records worldwide.

Speaking in Milan, Dave Gahan commented, “We’re exceptionally proud of Spirit’s sound and energy, and we’re excited to get back on tour to share it with our fans around the world.” 

Following the European tour dates in Summer 2017, the Global Spirit Tour will continue with shows in North and South America. The Global Spirit Tour will be the band’s 18th tour and will mark their first live performances in over three years. The band’s last tour, the Delta Machine Tour, played to over 2.5 million fans at sold-out shows across Europe and North America and was one of 2013’s largest and best selling tours. On the Global Spirit Tour the band will continue their charity partnership with Swiss watch maker Hublot, raising money and awareness for Charity: Water toward their mission of providing safe drinking water to everyone in the world.

Having sold over 100 million records and played live to more than 30 million fans worldwide, Depeche Mode refuse to become complacent, with innumerable artists citing them as inspirations and critics celebrating them as “still blazing trails” and “becoming more and more significant as time passes”. Spirit and the Global Spirit Tour are poised to continue this history of musical innovation and the band’s critical and commercial success.

The Global Spirit Tour –  Summer 2017 European Tour Dates

May 5                Stockholm, Sweden                                    Friends Arena
May 7               Amsterdam, Netherlands                        Ziggo Dome
May 9               Antwerp, Belgium                                    Sportpaleis
May 12             Nice, France                                                Stade Charles-Ehrmann
May 14             Ljubljana, Slovenia                                    Dvorana Stožice
May 17             Athens, Greece                                    Terra Vibe Park
May 20             Bratislava, Slovakia                                    Štadión Pasienky

May 22             Budapest, Hungary                                    Groupama Aréna
May 24             Prague, Czech Republic                        Eden Aréna
May 27             Leipzig, Germany                                    Festwiese
May 29             Lille, France                                                Stade Pierre-Mauroy
May 31             Copenhagen, Denmark                        Telia Parken
June 3              London, United Kingdom                        London Stadium
June 5              Cologne, Germany                                    RheinEnergieStadion

June 9              Munich, Germany                                    Olympiastadion
June 11            Hannover, Germany                                    HDI Arena
June 18            Zurich, Switzerland                                    Letzigrund Stadion
June 20            Frankfurt, Germany                                    Commerzbank-Arena
June 22            Berlin, Germany                                    Olympiastadion
June 25            Rome, Italy                                                Stadio Olimpico
June 27            Milan, Italy                                                Stadio San Siro

June 29            Bologna, Italy                                                Stadio Rentao Dall’Ara
July 1                Paris, France                                                Stade de France
July 4                Gelsenkirchen, Germany                        Veltins-Arena
July 6                Bilbao, Spain                                                BBK Live Festival
July 8                Lisbon, Portugal                                    NOS Alive Festival
July 13              St. Petersburg, Russia                                    SKK
July 15              Moscow, Russia                                    Otkritie Arena

July 17              Minsk, Belarus                                                Minsk-Arena
July 19              Kiev, Ukraine                                                Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
July 21              Warsaw, Poland                                    PGE Narodowy
July 23               Cluj-Napoca, Romania                        Cluj Arena

Hard Rock/Metal band Darkh have released their Official Music Video for the first single off of their upcoming debut album A Story Yet Untold, due out September 29th.

It was pretty obvious before "Bury Our Bones" was even finished that it would be the first single off the album. Individuals whose interests and lifestyles are different from the vast majority will understand, because B.O.B underlines how powerful and encouraging it is to be among people who get it. - DARKH!

Upcoming Tour Dates:

08/12 @ Aqua Fortis MC Hjørring, Denmark
08/13 @ OpenAir - Kraselov, Czech Republic
09/02 @ Paranoir Kemp - Sulice, Czech Republic
09/28 @ Pub Anchor - Norrmalm, Sweden
10/13 @ Melodka - Brno, Czech Republic
10/21 @ Rock Cafe - Prague, Czech Republic
11/05 @ MeriRock Vol. 9 - Helsinki, Finland


https://www.facebook.com/darkhofficial

With her heavy duty pop songs that fizz with rock’n’roll energy and bare bones emotion, MY is here to drag pop into the moshpit and steal our hearts at the same time. The 24 year old Swedish singer and songwriter is, depending on your preference, akin to Paramore’s Hayley Williams as produced by Max Martin or My Chemical Romance fronted by Katy Perry, all coated with a layer of Swedish noir. Her debut track Invincible is available now on Relentless Records.

WATCH THE STRIPPED ‘INVINCIBLE’ VIDEO HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJhlKSKjqk
 
Co-written with Mike Duce of Lower Than Atlantis, Invincible was recorded in the UK last year and is a tale of strength and empowerment. MY explains;  “I wrote Invincible with my friend Mike Duce, and the producer team Laconic. In the beginning the song was about being strong and independent, but it’s also about being with someone who empowers you. It could be a friend, a faith, or even an interest that makes you feel great. Main message: surround yourself with a love that makes you feel wonderful and epic.”
 
Born and raised in a small village in rural Sweden, the daughter of the preacher from the local chapel, MY sings of life and love with brutal honesty and a dark edge. Raised on a diet of Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills and Nash and of course ABBA, and later discovering Nirvana, My Chemical Romance and bands like Refused from the local hardcore scene, MY’s love of both the hard and soft ends of the sonic spectrum goes way back to her childhood.
 
Now, with over 70 songs recorded in between her home base of Stockholm and London, including the awesomely aggro ‘Don’t Tell My Heart’ and out-of-control ‘White Water’, MY has to embark on the unenviable task of whittling them down for her debut album, due for release next year.
 
Honesty, dark lyrics, social conscience, guitars and animals, wrapped up in pop songs. This is MY.  A new pop force has arrived.
 
MY’s debut single ‘Invincible’ is available to buy now on iTunes and to stream on Spotify.
 
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MYInvincibleApple
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/MYInvincibleSpotify
 

https://www.facebook.com/OHHEYMY/
http://www.twitter.com/OHHEYMY
http://www.instagram.com/OHHEYMY
 

Watch the stripped 'Invincible' video here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJhlKSKjqk
 
With her heavy duty pop songs that fizz with rock ’n’ roll energy and bare bones emotion, MY is here to drag pop into the moshpit and steal our hearts at the same time. The 24 year old Swedish singer and songwriter is, depending on your preference, akin to Paramore’s Hayley Williams as produced by Max Martin or My Chemical Romance fronted by Katy Perry, all coated with a layer of Swedish noir. Her debut track Invincible is available now on Relentless Records.
 
Co-written with Mike Duce of Lower Than Atlantis, Invincible was recorded in the UK last year and is a tale of strength and empowerment. MY explains;  “I wrote Invincible with my friend Mike Duce, and the producer team Laconic. In the beginning the song was about being strong and independent, but it’s also about being with someone who empowers you. It could be a friend, a faith, or even an interest that makes you feel great. Main message: surround yourself with a love that makes you feel wonderful and epic.”
 
Born and raised in a small village in rural Sweden, the daughter of the preacher from the local chapel, MY sings of life and love with brutal honesty and a dark edge. Raised on a diet of Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills and Nash and of course ABBA, and later discovering Nirvana, My Chemical Romance and bands like Refused from the local hardcore scene, MY’s love of both the hard and soft ends of the sonic spectrum goes way back to her childhood.
 
Now, with over 70 songs recorded in between her home base of Stockholm and London, including the awesomely aggro ‘Don’t Tell My Heart’ and out-of-control ‘White Water’, MY has to embark on the unenviable task of whittling them down for her debut album, due for release next year.
 
Honesty, dark lyrics, social conscience, guitars and animals, wrapped up in pop songs. This is MY.  A new pop force has arrived.
 
MY’s debut single ‘Invincible’ is available to buy now on iTunes and to stream on Spotify.
 
https://www.facebook.com/OHHEYMY/
http://www.twitter.com/OHHEYMY
http://www.instagram.com/OHHEYMY

Major news from the Belgian electronica act Metroland, known for their updated Kraftwerk sound. The band’s 2012 song “The Passenger” has been selected to appear as main song for the official Swedish Stockholm underground promo video.

The song accompanies the video which was made by the Swedish visual art company Familjenpangea for the official Swedish Stockholm underground. They won a gold award at this years Golden Egg Awards for the new Visual Identity for SL (Stockholm Public Transport). This can be compared to winning a Red Dot award internationally or a Grammy (speaking in music terms).
 
You can view the video on YouTube.
 
“The Passenger” is taken from the “Mind the gap” album which was released 4 years ago. You can order the normal CD version here (the 2CD boxset is since long completely sold out).
 
In further news, Metroland recently released the single “Synthetic Sound” (in 2 versions), and now they launch a full blown remix contest for a brand new single: “Brothers”. The single will be last single to be taken of the “Things will never sound the same” album.
 
The bands who want to pay their own personal final homage to Louis Zachert can now remix the “Brother” song. The best remixes will be chosen for the official remix single. Interested? Then download the stemms, midi-file and conditions right here. Make sure to send your files back and this before June 30, 2016.