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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Depeche Mode To Appear @ SXSW Music Festival
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Records; New York, NY; March 5, 2013) – Depeche Mode </span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">have announced today that they will be making their first ever appearance at this year’s
<b>South by Southwest</b> <b>(SXSW) Music Festival</b> in <b>Austin, Texas</b>. Band members
<b>Martin Gore, Dave Gahan and Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher </b>will sit down to talk about their new album,
<b><i>Delta Machine</i></b>, due out via <b>Columbia Records </b>on <b>March 26<sup>th</sup></b>. The band will also discuss the past, present and future of Depeche Mode, as well as their upcoming world tour. This unique look inside the legendary band will
be held on <b>Wednesday, March 13<sup>th</sup> at 5pm</b> at the <b>Austin Convention Center</b>. The discussion will be moderated by
<b>KCRW Music Director</b> <b>Jason Bentley, </b>who hosts the LA public radio station’s signature program<b>
<i>Morning Becomes Eclectic,</i> </b>as well as the dance music show Metropolis on Saturday nights. It is open to all Music and Platinum badges as well as Artist Wristbands</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The band’s new album,
<i>Delta Machine, </i>was recorded over the last year in Santa Barbara, California and New York City and was produced by
<b>Ben Hillier</b> and mixed by <b>Flood</b>. Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode will release
<i>Delta Machine</i> in an exclusive Deluxe Edition with four additional new tracks and accompanied by a 28 page hardcover book including photos by longtime artistic collaborator
<b>Anton Corbijn</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">In addition to their upcoming album and this SXSW announcement, Depeche Mode recently confirmed an appearance on
<span class="normalchar">CBS Interactive’s award-winning webcast concert series, <b>
LIVE ON LETTERMAN</b>. The band will kick off the series’ 2013 season with a live performance and webcast from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City via CBS.com and VEVO on Monday, March 11<sup>th</sup> at 8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>
</i></b>Depeche Mode will also be announcing details of their North American tour in the coming weeks.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information please visit
<a href="http://www.depechemode.com"><span style="color:windowtext">www.depechemode.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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