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Depeche Mode Could Never Replace 'One And Only' Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher
Depeche Mode could never replace late keyboard player Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher.Dave Gahan and Martin Gore have just announced their new album 'Memento Mori' and a 2023 tour, their first without Fletch, who died aged 60...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 05 October 2022
Depeche Mode Confirm Future With New Album And 2023 World Tour
Depeche Mode have announced their first album and tour since the passing of bandmate Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher.Dave Gahan and Martin Gore vowed to honour the memory of the co-founding member of the 'Enjoy The Silence'...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 04 October 2022
Depeche Mode Return To Studio Following Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher's Passing
Depeche Mode are back in the studio for the first time since Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher's passing.Dave Gahan and Martin Gore have seemingly revealed they are "focusing" all their energy on recording new music following the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 17 August 2022
Depeche Mode Co-founder Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher Died Of Natural Causes
Depeche Mode co-founder Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher died of natural causes.The keyboardist passed away last month aged 60, and the surviving members of the 'Enjoy the Silence' group, Martin Gore and Dave Gahan, have thanked fans...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 June 2022
Dave Gahan Has Impostor Syndrome
Dave Gahan hasn't always felt "comfortable" performing in front of thousands of fans.The Depeche Mode star has just released his new covers album with Soulsavers called 'Impostor', and he has admitted he struggles with impostor...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 November 2021
Dave Gahan Cites David Bowie As His Ultimate Mood Lifter
Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan has come a long way since his eighties hey-day with the synthpop band, and is now involved in a collective of a different species; Soulsavers unites elements of blues and...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 07 January 2016
Depeche Mode Give An Electric Performance At London's O2 [Photos]
Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode live at the O2 Arena, LondonDepeche Mode landed in London during the summer European leg of their 2013-2014 world tour in the first of two consecutive concerts at the O2...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 29 May 2013
Depeche Mode Always Moaning
Depeche Mode are always ''moaning through life''.The 'Enjoy the Silence' trio - Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Alan 'Fletch' Fletcher - are known for their downbeat lyrics and singer Dave admits he is often unhappy...
By Bang Showbiz on 06 May 2013
Dave Gahan Feared Death During Cancer Battle
Depeche Mode star Dave Gahan has opened up about his frightening cancer battle and recalled how he told his wife he feared he was dying at the height of the health scare.The singer fell ill...
By WENN on 01 May 2013
Depeche Mode's Brit Annoyance
Depeche Mode are annoyed by "some of the bands who have won" a BRIT Award.The most successful electronic band in music history only have a solitary BRIT Award under their belt yet have sold over...
By Staff Writer on 25 March 2013
Depeche Mode Slam Brit Awards
Depeche Mode refused to be honoured at the BRITs.The electronic music pioneers were due to be presented with a brand new award for their contribution to music after the The Outstanding Achievement was scrapped, but...
By Bang Showbiz on 22 March 2013
Frank Ocean Records With Depeche Mode
Frank Ocean has recorded a track with Depeche Mode's Martin Gore. The 'Pyramids' singer has been in the studio with the electronic producer, as well as Christoffer Berg - half of Swedish duo The Knife...
By Bang Showbiz on 22 February 2013
Delta Machine, Deluxe Edition - New Depeche Mode Album Features Anton Corbjin Photos
The deluxe edition of the new Depeche Mode album Delta Machine will include four new tracks and a 28 page hardcover book, which will include photos by Anton Corbjin, who has long been a collaborator...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 25 January 2013
Dave Gahan Fears Drug Relapse
Recovering addict Dave Gahan is strict about who he hangs out with because he fears he will be easily tempted back to drugs.The Depeche Mode rocker became hooked on heroin in his band's heyday in...
By WENN on 09 May 2011
Dave Gahan Honoured At Sobriety Gala
Depeche Mode rocker Dave Gahan was the guest of honour at a charity gala in Los Angeles on Friday (06May11), when he was celebrated for his work with recovering addicts.The singer, who cheated death after...
By WENN on 09 May 2011
Gahan Left Red-faced After Chile Shout-out
Rockers DEPECHE MODE faced the wrath of their Peruvian fans on Tuesday (13Oct09), after frontman DAVE GAHAN gave a shout-out to the wrong country.The trio is currently on the South American leg of its world...
By WENN on 15 October 2009
Happy Rockers Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode insist their music isn't "all doom and gloom".The 'Personal Jesus' hitmakers claim they are misunderstood because they are actually lighthearted and funny in their songs.Frontman Dave Gahan said: "I've never quite understood that...
By Bang Showbiz on 07 August 2009
Dave Gahan Has Cancer Op
Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan has had emergency cancer surgery.The 47-year-old frontman underwent an operation to remove a "low-grade" malignant tumour from his bladder after routine hospital tests revealed he had the illness.A statement from...
By Bang Showbiz on 29 May 2009
Depeche Mode Scrap Second Show As Gahan Recovers
DEPECHE MODE have been forced to cancel another concert to allow singer DAVE GAHAN to fully recover from a severe bout of gastroenteritis. The trio scrapped a gig in Athens, Greece on Tuesday (12May09) after the...
By WENN on 14 May 2009
Gahan Suffers Sleepless Nights Over 'Death'
DEPECHE MODE singer DAVE GAHAN wakes up every night at 4.15am - the exact time he 'died' from a drug overdose 13 years ago. The Enjoy The Silence star, 46, was famed for his wild ways...
By WENN on 18 April 2009
Gahan Is Sick Of Suicide Rumours
DEPECHE MODE rocker DAVE GAHAN is angry about rumours his heroin and cocaine drug overdose in 1996 was a suicide attempt - because he didn't want to die. The former hellraiser was pronounced clinically dead...
By WENN on 29 March 2008
Gahan Removes Scrotum Ring After Kids See It
DEPECHE MODE star DAVE GAHAN was forced to remove the 'geish' piercing between his testicles and his anus when one of his kids quizzed him about the ring that dangled there. The LEAVE IN...
By WENN on 23 November 2005
Depeche Mode Songwriting Conflict
DEPECHE MODE songwriter MARTIN GORE was furious when frontman DAVE GAHAN announced he would be taking over half his job. Gore, who has written the British group's music since they formed in 1980, believes...
By WENN on 11 October 2005
Gahan: 'I Was Susceptible To The Lure Of Drugs'
DEPECHE MODE frontman DAVE GAHAN believes he was especially prone to becoming a drug addict because he has always liked to separate himself from reality. Gahan, who was addicted to heroin in the mid-1990s...
By WENN on 10 October 2005
Depeche Mode Star Sued For Stalker Assault
DEPECHE MODE frontman DAVE GAHAN was forced to pay $40,000 (GBP22,000) to a male stalker who drove him to violence. The stalker, known only as ROY, insisted upon holding all night vigils outside Gahan's...
By WENN on 30 September 2005
Dave Gahan: So Embarrassed When Forgot My Name
Ex-DEPECHE MODE singer DAVE GAHAN's most embarrassing moment ever was when a child asked him his name - and he couldn't remember it. The wildman rocker - who has a troubled history with drink...
By WENN on 04 July 2003
Dave Gahan's Tour Hell Turned Him To Drugs
Touring with hedonistic Scottish rockers PRIMAL SCREAM was a dependency nightmare for DEPECHE MODE'S heroin-using singer. The two UK bands toured together in 1994, and Depeche singer DAVE GAHAN found his spiral into heroin...
By WENN on 20 June 2003
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