New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Depeche Mode, one of modern music's most influential artists, announced today 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 5, 2017, and 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, Otkritie
Arena in Moscow, and Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The European leg ends July 23 with a final stadium show in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Please see below for full tour routing and information.
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.
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."
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". Spiritand 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
