Depeche Mode will release their first new album in three years, Spirit, sometime in early spring 2017 and will announced tour dates for next summer in Europe (North and South America will be announced later).
The announcement was made on Wednesday during a press conference from Milan (they don’t hit the stage until around the 11:30 mark).
This will be the band’s fourteenth studio album and the first since 2013’s Delta Machine. The album debuted at 2 on the U.K. and 6 on the U.S. Album charts.
James Ford is their new producer and they have been working on the album for two years. No other information is available.
The tour dates:
05/05 – Stockholm, Sweden – Friends Arena
05/07 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
05/09 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis
05/12 – Nice, France- Stade Charles-Ehrmann
05/14 – Ljubljana, Slovenia – Dvorana Stožice
05/17 – Athens, Greece – Terra Vibe Park
05/20 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Štadión Pasienky
05/22 – Budapest, Hungary – Groupama Aréna
05/24 – Prague, Czech Republic – Eden Aréna
05/27 – Leipzig, Germany – Festwiese
05/29 – Lille, France – Stade Pierre-Mauroy
05/31 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Telia Parken
06/03 – London, United Kingdom – London Stadium
06/05 – Cologne, Germany – RheinEnergieStadion
06/09 – Munich, Germany – Olympiastadion
06/11 – Hannover, Germany – HDI Arena
06/18 – Zurich, Switzerland – Letzigrund Stadion
06/20 – Frankfurt, Germany – Commerzbank-Arena
06/22 – Berlin, Germany – Olympiastadion
06/25 – Rome, Italy – Stadio Olimpico
06/27 – Milan, Italy – Stadio San Siro
06/29 – Bologna, Italy – Stadio Rentao Dall’Ara
07/01 – Paris, France – Stade de France
07/04 – Gelsenkirchen, Germany – Veltins-Arena
07/06 – Bilbao, Spain – BBK Live Festival
07/08 – Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive Festival
07/13 – St. Petersburg, Russia – SKK
07/15 – Moscow, Russia – Otkritie Arena
07/17 – Minsk, Belarus – Minsk-Arena
07/19 – Kiev, Ukraine – Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
07/21 – Warsaw, Poland – PGE Narodowy
07/23 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania – Cluj Arena
