Ok, so this year's SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, featured intimate performances from the likes of Prince, Justin Timberlake, the Sound City Players, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, Green Day and Kendrick Lamar, though one memorable...
250 lucky competition winners will get the chance to see Prince perform with a 21-piece band at the SXSW closing party this week. The legendary singer has been confirmed as a performer for one of...
All the hail the ‘Mode! That’s right, Depeche Mode, the multi-million selling and, recently, credibility-gaining synth-rock group have announced a new tour of the US for the summer and autumn, with their much-hyped appearance at...
Dave Gahan and Depeche Mode will make a rare conference appearance at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, later this month. It will mark the veteran British rock group's very first visit to South By...
Rockers Depeche Mode will debut new material during a webcast show which will be beamed direct to the Times Square JumboTron in New York City in March (13).The Personal Jesus hitmakers will participate in the...
Frank Ocean has recorded a track with Depeche Mode's Martin Gore. The 'Pyramids' singer has been in the studio with the electronic producer, as well as Christoffer Berg - half of Swedish duo The Knife...
Depeche Mode star Martin Gore has recorded a new track with R&B sensation Frank Ocean after a chance encounter in the studio.Gore's bandmate Dave Gahan admits he had no idea who the guy watching their...
Albums of Note... Mark Oliver Everett (better known as ‘E’) returns as Eels, with new album Wonderful, Glorious. It’s a return to the form that we saw from Eels in the ‘90s. In recent years,...
The deluxe edition of the new Depeche Mode album Delta Machine will include four new tracks and a 28 page hardcover book, which will include photos by Anton Corbjin, who has long been a collaborator...
Depeche Mode feel snubbed by the BRIT Awards.The electronic music pioneers believe they deserve the Outstanding Contribution award for conquering America and selling over 100 million records in their 30 year career, but are upset...
Depeche Mode are appealing to Brit Awards bosses to recognise them in the lifetime achievement category after years of going home empty-handed.The electronic act formed in 1980, but has only received one honour at the...
Albums of Note... Rihanna’s seventh studio album, Unapologetic has been met with a mixed response and our reviewer reckons the Barbadian pop star phoned this one in. As her career becomes more of a marketing...
Depeche Mode have confirmed that they will be releasing a new album in 2013. It’s confirmed what we all suspected; the band have hardly been secretive about the fact that they’ve been busy writing and...
Simon Cowell has blasted Martin Gore and branded him "weird and stupid" after the Depeche Mode star declared he wanted to "shoot" the music mogul.Gore told Music Week he was no fan of Cowell for...
The Prodigy have been voted the best dance act of all time. The 'Firestarter' group beat Daft Punk to claim the top spot in the poll, by dance music publication Mixmag, although they only won...
Depeche Mode founders Martin Gore and Vince Clarke have reunited for new project VCMG.The pair were original members of the electronic pop group when they formed in 1980, but Vince left after debut album 'Speak...
Depeche Mode founders Martin Gore and Vince Clarke have reunited to record a new album as Vcmg.The project marks the first time the former bandmates have worked together since 1981. Gore reveals Clarke came up...
Kat Von D is recording an album.The 'LA Ink' star - who recently split from her fiance Jesse James - has decided to make a career change and has begun laying down tracks in the...
Former Depeche Mode star Vince Clarke is shaping up for a royalties battle with soccer bosses in his native U.K. over their use of the band's hit track Just Can'T Get Enough.Fans of Scottish team...
Depeche Mode rocker Dave Gahan was the guest of honour at a charity gala in Los Angeles on Friday (06May11), when he was celebrated for his work with recovering addicts.The singer, who cheated death after...
PJ Harvey has announced a new album, 'Let England Shake', to be released in February. The 'Good Fortune' singer - full name Polly Jean Harvey - will release her eighth album on Valentine's Day (14.02.11)...
The Ting Tings sound like both Depeche Mode and TLC on their new album. The 'Be The One' group say every track on their as yet-untitled second album has a completely different sound to it,...
Chino Moreno says seeing Depeche Mode play live made him "want to make music".The Deftones lead singer - who is well known for his distinctive on-stage scream - revealed he first decided he wanted to...
Diane Kruger won't marry Joshua Jackson.The 'Troy' actress - who divorced French actor Guillaume Canet in 2006 after five years of marriage - is "committed" to Joshua but doesn't think their relationship would be made...
Former DEPECHE MODE keyboardist ALAN WILDER is eyeing a full time reunion with the group after the success of a one-off show earlier this year (10).The musician performed with the band at the Teenage Cancer...
Noel Gallagher has announced his first concerts after quitting Oasis.The songwriter - who left the super-group last August after having a huge bust-up with his brother Liam - has agreed to perform at two of...
Rihanna has made several New Year's resolutions that she intends to keep.The 'Russian Roulette' singer - who had a difficult 2009 after being assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown in February - plans to get rid...
Beyonce Knowles has been nominated for 10 Grammy awards.The 'Halo' singer and Taylor Swift - who has been recognised in eight categories - were revealed as the most nominated artists at the Grammy Nominations Concert...
Rockers DEPECHE MODE faced the wrath of their Peruvian fans on Tuesday (13Oct09), after frontman DAVE GAHAN gave a shout-out to the wrong country.The trio is currently on the South American leg of its world...
Depeche Mode insist their music isn't "all doom and gloom".The 'Personal Jesus' hitmakers claim they are misunderstood because they are actually lighthearted and funny in their songs.Frontman Dave Gahan said: "I've never quite understood that...