AP - Oct 15, 2009
A Depeche Mode representative is disputing reports that the British pop band s lead singer inadvertently sent a shout-out to the wrong country at a concert in Peru. Peruvian news media buzzed with the...
More »Reuters - Aug 17, 2009
Depeche Mode transforms solace and introspection into a communal concert experience with their very devoted and now cross-generational fans. That's the veteran British band's greatest gift, and...
More »E! Online - May 28, 2009
Dave Gahan likes to reach out and touch faith, but he'd rather wait a long, long time before meeting his own personal Jesus. Depeche Mode's frontman was hospitalized May 12 in Leipzig, Germany...
More »Reuters - May 28, 2009
Electronic music pioneers, Depeche Mode, are set to resume touring next month after the band revealed on Thursday that singer Dave Gahan underwent surgery to remove a tumor. Gahan was rushed to hospital...
More »AP - May 28, 2009
Depeche Mode say its lead singer Dave Gahan has had a malignant tumor removed from his bladder and the British electro-pop group will soon be ready to restart its interrupted tour. A statement on the...
More »AP - May 13, 2009
Depeche Mode lead singer David Gahan is not well enough to perform in Athens on Wednesday, concert organizers said, a day after he was rushed to hospital moments before he was to appear on stage. Turkish...
More »Reuters - May 12, 2009
British music band Depeche Mode canceled an Athens concert Tuesday after lead singer David Gahan fell ill and was taken to hospital in the Greek capital, event organizers said. We regret today's...
More »AP - Apr 22, 2009
Underneath the gloom and doom, the members of Depeche Mode insist they re actually lighthearted and funny. I ve never quite understood that description, frontman Dave Gahan said during a recent interview...
More »Reuters - Mar 21, 2009
In a room in New York's Greenwich Hotel, Dave Gahan is sitting erect in a straight-backed chair, immune to the wind outside that's blowing garbage cans down the street. Gahan, the lead singer...
More »Yahoo! Music - May 1, 2006
The parking lot at Coachella s opening day was reminiscent of a high school cafeteria. There were punks, goths, jocks, stoners, nerds--you name it. But instead of coming together for a plateful of cafeteria...
More »AP - May 3, 2005
If you re a child of the 80s, chances are Erasure provided the synthesized soundtrack to your angst-ridden adolescence. Their songs about love and heartbreak can be simultaneously joyous and achingly...
More »E! Online - Mar 15, 2005
U2 may have found what they re looking for...immortality. After a quarter-century of pushing musical boundaries in an everlasting bid to lay claim to the title of world s most important rock band,...
More »Reuters - Dec 23, 2004
Veteran synth-pop duo Erasure has lined up a five-week North American tour, beginning April 14 with a five-night stand at New York s Irving Plaza. The outing, in support of the group s new album, Nightbird...
More »AP - Dec 16, 2004
Andy Bell, lead singer of synth-pop duo Erasure, said he was feeling fine six years after being diagnosed with HIV . In a statement posted on Erasure s Web site, Bell, 40, said he had been diagnosed...
More »E! Online - Oct 6, 2004
Today is a good day for Rascal Flatts. The harmonious country trio pulled a surprise upset on the charts this past week as their new album, Feels Like Today, bested actress-singer Hilary Duff and...
More »AP - Sep 25, 2004
Shock rocker Marilyn Manson s drummer broke his wrist and suffered a slight concussion in a fall from the stage at an event in Germany, organizers said Saturday. Drummer Ginger Fish was taken to a...
More »Reuters - Sep 17, 2004
New wave is new all over again. After years of grunge, rap-rock, nu-metal and garage rock hogging the airwaves, many category-defying, dance-leaning rock bands are breaking through on radio and being...
More »Reuters - Sep 10, 2004
Gwen Stefani will unveil her first solo material early next month in the form of the single What You Waiting For? The No Doubt frontwoman s as-yet-untitled album will arrive Nov. 23 via Interscope...
More »Reuters - Aug 17, 2004
Marilyn Manson s upcoming best-of collection will be led by a new version of Depeche Mode s Personal Jesus, which was also covered by Johnny Cash. The album, Lest We Forget, is due Sept. 28 via Interscope...
More »Reuters - May 10, 2004
The Cure will headline the Curiosa summer festival tour with support from Interpol and the Rapture, two acts clearly influenced by the veteran U.K. rock act s sound. Instrumental rock combo Mogwai will...
More »AP - Jan 23, 2004
On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released Maybe Baby backed with Tell Me How by The Crickets. In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her testimony at the Chicago Seven trial...
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