Depeche Mode announced today its 2009 Tour of the Universe, which includes 28 stadium dates worldwide beginning May 10 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Dates:
- May 10: Tel Aviv, Israel (Ramat Gan Stadium)
- May 12: Athens (Terra Vibe Park)
- May 14: Istanbul (Santral Istanbul)
- May 16: Bucharest, Romania (Parc Izvor)
- May 18: Sofia, Bulgaria (Vasil Levski Stadium)
- May 20: Belgrade, Serbia (USCE Park)
- May 21: Zagreb, Croatia (Arena)
- May 23: Warsaw (Gwardia Stadium)
- May 25: Riga, Latvia (Skonto Stadium)
- May 27: Vilnius, Lithuania (Zalgirio Stadionas)
- May 30: London (02 Arena)
- June 2: Hamburg (HSH Nordbank Arena)
- June 4: Dusseldorf, Germany (LTU Arena)
- June 7: Leipzig, Germany (Zentralstadion)
- June 10: Berlin (Olympiastadion)
- June 12: Frankfurt (Commerzbank Arena)
- June 13: Munich (Olympiastadion)
- June 16, 18: Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
- June 20: Werchter, Belgium (TW Classic Festival)
- June 22: Bratislava, Slovakia (Inter Stadium)
- June 23: Budapest (Puskas Ferenc Stadium)
- June 25: Prague (Slavia Stadium)
- June 27: Paris (TBA)
- June 30: Copenhagen (Parken Stadium)
- July 2: Bergen, Norway (Koengen)
- July 3: Arvika, Sweden (Arvika Festival)
- July 11: Oporto, Portugal (Super Bock Super Rock Festival)
Lest you think that Depeche Mode thinks the Universe does not include North or South America, note that more dates are to come.
Unsaid (but assumed) is that they’ll once again play few if any of the songs from the ’80s that people actually want to hear and more of the most annoying bits of SOFAD and EXCITER that no one but the band itself actually likes listening to.
The PLAYING THE ANGEL disc is largely unlistenable, imho, and I’m one of their biggest fans. Gore’s songwriting has gone steadily downhill over the last decade and Gahan should stick to singing.
I thought “Suffer Well” was a great song, and that was penned by Gahan.
Gahan’s Kingdom song is beautiful.
Gahan’s “Nothing’s Impossible” is amazing… But unfortunately, Depeche Mode doesn’t know where Switzerland is…