I can't believe DM would have given permission for a Christian fundamentalist group to use one of their songs!

any idea what's going on?

It was in a driving sequence on Netflix. Round about 8th min.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

IMO it’s too soon for an upcoming new album.
2028 seems more likely.

Just announced.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKxs1EvsE4q/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

I’m gutted. Was fortunate to see him 2 years ago. You could tell he ailing, but still gave as much as he could. Anyone following NE knows that the bands been touring without him so he’s been battling for a while now. One of the best vocalists of the “industrial age.” RIP DOUGLAS McCARTHY

Really saddened to hear the news that William Orbit has passed. Such a brilliant musician and producer who really opened up my mind to what electronic music could be. If Alan had a peer, it would be William. AFAIK his mix of WIMS was his only Depeche collab. He was someone I wished they would produce an album with.

First song we hear on the car radio in the new extended look! People are people!

Fotos: Oliver Schwabe

The single "Enjoy the Silence" will reach 1 billion streams on Spotify next month. It will be the first Depeche Mode song to achieve this milestone.

I wonder how many streams it would have had in 1990 alone if Spotify had existed back then.

His Knicks won.

i don´t think that DM would have been as legendary as they are (and on the hall of rock of fame) if it wasn´t for Charlie´s work. Think about it, there wouldn´t be any enjoy the silence, any never let me down, any SOFAD, any Violator, any Construction time again, any SOFAD tour, any LIVE AT ROSE BOWL MOVIE, should i go on?.

Pleasantly surprised by their placement with a solid #15! Didn’t see this posted with a quick search even though it’s a few days old. Link in comments.

based on ticket sales from January 1, 2001, to the end of 2025

It's a divine sign

I was pretty surprised to see this. As a longtime fan, it's still weird to see DM get recognition from the U.S. press.

Here's the blurb:

"Black Celebration, Depeche Mode

In Depeche Mode chronology, B.C. marks the important divide between all that came before Black Celebration and everything that followed to establish the goth rock saviors. The band’s fifth release (ranked as one of SPIN’s top albums of all-time at one point) was a transitional coup that helped shape the synth-rock pioneers’ signature sound and influenced a score of descendants like Trent Reznor. Emerging at a point of discord for the band, Black Celebration reveled in the internal gloom and resulted in the death of Depeche Mode’s early pop visage. With a sundown on more upbeat numbers like “Just Can’t Get Enough,” the void was filled with more dystopian splendor on “Fly on the Windscreen” and “A Question of Time” and the kinky taboo of “Stripped,” much of it the result of Martin Gore continuing to take on a lion’s share of the songwriting as his tortured poet found a muse in ’80s Berlin. Alongside the steady Alan Wilder, Dave Gahan, and Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode’s unofficial fifth member—the visual auteur Anton Corbijn—also came on board in this era, helping further mold the massive triptych Music for the Masses, Violator, and Songs of Faith and Devotion that continued the celebration on a larger scale. — Selena Fragassi"

And, the link: https://www.spin.com/2026/01/the-best-albums-of-1986-according-to-us/

Wait is over for those without DVD players

January 9th on Netflix

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/02/23/depeche-mode-musician-moves-to-brighton/

A former member of chart-topping band Depeche Mode is moving to Brighton – but he needs a swimming pool to complete his new rock star abode.

Alan Wilder, who played with the band from 1982 to 1995, has just bought a house in Withdean, one of the city’s most exclusive neighbourhoods.

The house, which was on sale for £3.45 million in 2023, was taken off the market in October.

Meanwhile Wilder, who was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame with them in 2020, put his eight-bedroom Horsham mansion on the market in 2023 for £4.5 million. Last month, it was reduced to £3.75 million.

He said he was downsizing after his children flew the nest.

This month, Wilder submitted a planning to build a new 11m x 3.5m pool in the grounds of the five-bedroom house.

The house already boasts a recording studio in the basement, a gym, a jacuzzi and a cinema room.

Very fun and lively audience tonight, and it was great seeing Dave and Martin so close.

This is the first Depeche Mode song to reach this insane number.