Depeche Mode to release new album in March 2013

PanARMENIAN.Net - Depeche Mode has signed a new worldwide deal with Columbia Records and will release a new album in March 2013, The Hollywood Reporter said.

The influential and critically acclaimed band, comprised of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher and managed by Jonathan Kessler, had previously spent its 30-year career with Warner Music labels Sire and Reprise and EMI’s Mute and Capitol. Depeche Mode’s 12 studio albums have reached the Top 10 in over 20 countries, including the U.S. and U.K.

Following the album’s release, Depeche Mode will embark on a world tour, kicking off in Tel Aviv on May 7 and later hitting 25 European countries. Among the bookings: the Rock Werchter Festival in Belgium, BBK Festival in Spain and Optimus Alive Festival in Portugal. A full North American tour will follow the European leg, which wraps in Minsk, Belarus on July 29.