DEPECHE MODE ARTWORK

I told you there would be more later. Here’s the artwork to Sounds of the Universe out April 21st. The band will premiere their new single Wrong this weekend at the Echo Awards in Germany.

Depeche Mode-Shake the Disease (Tiga Remix) [mp3]

I didn’t get a chance to throw the press release earlier, due to work complications, but here it is in case you missed it.

NEW YORK, NY- February 20, 2009—Groundbreaking electro legends Depeche Mode have announced North American cities and dates for their upcoming “Tour Of The Universe,” which will mark the group’s most extensive outing in the region in several years. Kicking off in Toronto on July 24th, the band’s 22-city North American tour will cover both the US and Canada and hit most major markets across the continent (see dates below). Tickets for select markets are set to go on sale on March 13th.

Depeche Mode’s “Tour of the Universe” is happening in conjunction with the release of the group’s twelfth studio album, Sounds Of the Universe (Mute/Capitol/Virgin), which will be released on April 21st. Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode has announced that Sounds Of The Universe will also be released as a Special Edition CD/DVD and a Deluxe Box Set that will include a host of exclusive material:

* Three CDs containing the album, bonus songs and remixes, as well as 14 demos available exclusively– a career first for Depeche Mode.

* A DVD that will feature three films: Making The Universe, a behind-the scenes documentary about the recording of the album, Usual Thing, Try And Get The Question In The Answer (a conversation with the band discussing recording techniques, intercut with personal archive footage from previous album sessions) and Sounds Of The Universe (a short film featuring track by track with the band). The DVD will also include the promo video for the album’s first single “Wrong” (directed by Patrick Daughters), plus four songs filmed live in the studio in December 2008 and a version of the album the album mixed in DTS 5.1 surround sound
* Two 84-page hardback books, one featuring the lyrics to all the songs from the Sounds Of The Universe sessions, accompanied by exclusive photography by Anton Corbijn. The second book will contain exclusive and candid studio photography by Daniel Miller, Ben Hillier, Luke Smith and Ferg Peterkin.

In addition, the album will also be released as a double vinyl LP (including a Sounds Of The Universe CD) and as a download.

Cities and dates for the group’s 2009 North American concert tour are:

Friday, July 24th Toronto

Saturday, July 25th Montreal

Tuesday, July 28th Washington, DC

Friday, July 31st Boston

Saturday, August 1st Atlantic City

Monday, August 3rd New York

Monday, August 10th Seattle

Wednesday, August 12th San Francisco

Friday, August 14th San Diego

Sunday, August 16th Los Angeles

Monday, August 17th Los Angeles

Thursday, August 20th Santa Barbara

Saturday, August 22nd Las Vegas

Sunday, August 23rd Phoenix

Tuesday, August 25th Salt Lake City

Thursday, August 27th Denver

Saturday, August 29th Dallas

Sunday, August 30th Houston

Tuesday, Sept 1st Atlanta

Friday, Sept 4th Tampa

Saturday, Sept 5th Ft. Lauderdale