We’ll cut right to it: Depeche Mode have extended their 2023 North American tour, and jumping off the calendar is a Halloween night (October 31) show at TD Garden in Boston.
The new live shows are part of a second leg of dates supporting the synth-pop icons’ forthcoming album Memento Mori, due out March 24 via Columbia. Last week we received the first taste of the new record in the haunting single “Ghosts Again”, an effervescent tune that serves as their first new music since 2017 album Spirit.
“To me, ‘Ghosts Again’ just captures this perfect balance of melancholy and joy,” says Dave Gahan via a press release, with Martin Gore adding: “It’s not often that we record a song that I just don’t get sick of listening to — I’m excited to be able to share it.”
Depeche Mode, now powering forward as a duo after last year’s untimely passing of founding member Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, revealed news of the album last fall, complete with a world tour that plays New York’s Madison Square Garden in April. Now the band have added 29 additional dates this autumn, kicking off in Mexico City in September and closing with shows in Los Angeles in December. Get all the dates below.
According to NME, Gore says the title of the record was in place prior to Fletcher’s unexpected passing in May. “Memento Mori” is defined as an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death.
“It sounds very morbid, but I think you can look at it very positively as well,” Gore says. “In that live each day to the max. I think that’s how we like to interpret it too… After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning.”
Depeche Mode 2023 North American Tour Dates:
First Leg
March 23: Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
March 25: San Jose, CA – SAP Center
March 28: Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
March 30: Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
April 2: San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
April 5: Chicago, IL – United Center
April 7: Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
April 9: Quebec City, QC – Videotron Centre
April 12: Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
April 14: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Second Leg
September 21: Mexico City, MX – Foro Sol
September 29: Austin, TX – Moody Center
October 1: Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
October 4: Houston, TX – Toyota Center
October 7: New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
October 10: Orlando, FL – Amway Center
October 12: Miami, FL – Miami-Dade Arena
October 19: Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
October 21: Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
October 23: Washington, D.C. – Capital One Arena
October 25: Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
October 28: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
October 31: Boston, MA – TD Garden
November 3: Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
November 5: Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
November 8: Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
November 10: Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
November 13: Chicago, IL – United Center
November 16: Denver, CO – Ball Arena
November 18: Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Arena
November 21: Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
November 24: Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
November 26: Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
November 28: Portland, OR – MODA Center
December 1: Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
December 3: San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
December 6: San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena
December 10: Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
December 15: Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena