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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Depeche Mode Announce World Tour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">2013 Stadium Tour Kicks Off In Europe May 7th<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Depeche Mode, the band that redefined the sound of music, launch the start of their majestic, groundbreaking live tour across Europe next summer for what will undoubtedly be
<b>the</b> musical highlight of 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher will play 34 must-see shows in 25 European countries to an audience of more than 1.5 million fans, before taking the tour to North America.
The tour kicks off with an open-air stadium show in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on Tuesday May 7<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Other dates include Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, the Stade De France in Paris, Moscow’s Locomotive Stadium, and Rome’s Olympic Stadium. The European leg finishes July 29<sup>th</sup>
at Minsk Arena.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">These will be the band’s first live shows since their highly successful 2009/2010 Tour of the Universe during which they played 142 shows, smashing sales records with more than 2.5m
tickets sold.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Celebrating over three decades at the top of the musical landscape, with over 100 million record sales, Depeche Mode have spent much of this year working on their hotly anticipated
13<sup>th</sup> studio album due for release next Spring, the follow-up to 2009’s hypnotic ‘Sounds Of The Universe’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">“I’m thrilled about the new album,” said Dave Gahan, “and I’m very excited to get back on tour. “<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The full tour dates are:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 7<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">TEL AVIV HAYARKON PARK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 10<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">ATHENS TERRA VIBE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 12<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">SOFIA GEORGI ASPARUHOV STADIUM<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 15<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">BUCHAREST NATIONAL STADIUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 17<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">ISTANBUL KUCUKCIFTLIK PARK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 19<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">BELGRADE USCE PARK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 21<sup>st</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">BUDAPEST PUSKAS FERENC STADIUM<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 23<sup>rd</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">ZAGREB HIPPODROME
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 25<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">BRATISLAVA INTER STADIUM<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">May 28<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">LONDON O2 ARENA<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 1<sup>st</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">MUNICH OLYMPIC STADIUM<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 3<sup>rd</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">STUTTGART MERCEDES-BENZ ARENA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 5<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">FRANKFURT COMMERZBANK ARENA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 7<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">BERNE STADE DE SUISSE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 9<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">BERLIN OLYMPIC STADIUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 11<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">LEIPZIG RED BULL ARENA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 13<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">COPENHAGEN PARKEN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 15<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">PARIS STADE DE FRANCE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 17<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">HAMBURG IMTECH ARENA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 22<sup>nd</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">MOSCOW LOCOMOTIVE STADIUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 24<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">ST. PETERSBURG SKK ARENA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 27<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">BORLANGE PEACE & LOVE FESTIVAL (STOCKHOLM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">June 29<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">KIEV OLYMPIC STADIUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 3<sup>rd</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">DUSSELDORF ESPRIT ARENA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 7<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">BELGIUM ROCK WERCHTER</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#DD0806">
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">FESTIVAL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 11<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">BILBAO BBK FESTIVAL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 13<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">LISBON OPTIMUS ALIVE FESTIVAL
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 16<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">NIMES ANTIC ARENA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 18<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">MILAN SAN SIRO STADIUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 20<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">ROME OLYMPIC STADIUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 23<sup>rd</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">PRAGUE SYNOT TIP ARENA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 25<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">WARSAW NATIONAL STADIUM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 27<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">VILNIUS VINGIS PARK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">July 29<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">MINSK ARENA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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