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 5th 2017, and the band 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 on June 3rd 2017, Otkritie Arena in Moscow, and Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The European leg ends on July 23rd with a final stadium show in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Please see overleaf for full tour routing and information.

Depeche Mode play London Stadium on Saturday 3rd June 2017, tickets are priced at £70, £60, £55, £40 and go on general sale from 9am on Friday 14th October 2016

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.” 

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.

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”. Spirit and 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

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