Depeche Mode

I've been wishing they'd just stop and leave their legacy as it is, all those amazing albums. But I wouldn't have wished it to be like this.
I quite like the post Alan albums, but I think that’s down to me only getting into them in 2006, but still I saw several tours and the band meant a lot to me.
I was born the year they released my favourite album, Black Celebration, so I’m sure you all have much better memories than me in their imperial phase, but I still fully embraced their entire back catalogue.
 
Not sure if people following the band closer than me were more prepared for this, but Andy's death came out of nowhere to me, and I am left speechless. Rest in peace, Andy, and as most of you I am spending some time listening to Depeche Mode's works (Shake The Disease is more and more shaping up to be my most listened to track over the years).
 
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Not sure if people following the band closer than me were more prepared for this, but Andy's death came out of nowhere to me, and I am left speechless. Rest in peace, Andy, and as most of you I am spending some time listening to Depeche Mode's works (Shake The Disease is more and more shaping up to be my most listened to track over they years).
Nope this was completely unexpected, bar the vinyl reissues and Dave’s solo album, things have been very quiet in Depeche Mode camp.

Listening to Some Great Reward last night and Blasphemous Rumours hit me more than it ever has.
 
Nope this was completely unexpected, bar the vinyl reissues and Dave’s solo album, things have been very quiet in Depeche Mode camp.

Listening to Some Great Reward last night and Blasphemous Rumours hit me more than it ever has.
I thought the same. And I know it’s not a given that you would hear anything but with the relationship Depeche seem to have with the fan base if it was expected then I’d think some news would have come out earlier.
 
I went through a phase in 2018 where I was really into Depeche Mode and Girls Aloud at the same time (a random pairing, I know). They were both groups I had not experienced growing up and I finally got to delve into their (brilliant) back catalogues. It's surreal to have lost a member of both groups just a few years later, and within such a short span of time. As a newer DM fan, it was comforting knowing that through everything the group was still active and touring, thinking that maybe one day I'd get to see them live. I believe they were finishing up the Spirits Tour during my peak obsession, and I remember hoping it wouldn't be their last because I wasn't in the situation where I could go at the time.

RIP Fletch.
 
I was them at Wembley Arena with five friends.
Personal Jesus
Waiting for the night to fall
Never let me down again
Were the highlights for me!
 

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