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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Depeche Mode Announce Showcase Presented by Yahoo! @ SXSW Music Festival
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">on Friday, March 15<sup>th</sup></span></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Previously Announced Panel Discussion With The Band @ SXSW To Be Held on Wednesday, March 13<sup>th</sup> & Will Be
Moderated By </span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Jason Bentley—Music Director of KCRW in Los Angeles
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Depeche Mode's SXSW <span class="apple-style-span">performance will be available on Yahoo! Music (<a href="http://music.yahoo.com">http://music.yahoo.com</a>)
on March 26</span></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Records; New York, NY; March 8, 2013) – </span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Following on the heels of their panel announcement,
<b>Depeche Mode </b>have confirmed their first ever showcase at <b>South by Southwest(SXSW) Music Festival</b> on
<b>Friday, March </b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#282D2E">15<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#282D2E">.
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Presented by <b>Yahoo!
</b>the exclusive show will take place at Austin’s <b>Brazos Hall</b> with Depeche Mode scheduled to take the stage at
<b>10pm</b>. The concert will give lucky fans an exclusive preview of the band’s new album,
<b><i>Delta Machine</i></b>, which is due out on Columbia Records on <b>March 26<sup>th</sup>.</b>SXSW will be holding a ticket lottery that will be open to SXSW Platinum and Music badge holders beginning
<b><u>TODAY</u></b> at <b><u>12pm CST</u></b>. For full ticketing details and show information please go to<a href="http://www.sxsw.com/ticket-drawings">http://www.sxsw.com/ticket-drawings</a>.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Depeche Mode released news earlier this week that they will also sit down for a discussion moderated by
<b>KCRW Music Director</b> <b>Jason Bentley.</b> 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 is open to all Music and Platinum badges as well as Artist Wristbands</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">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>. The first single, <b>“Heaven,” </b>was released earlier this month to critical acclaim. Depeche Mode will kick off their European tour on May 7<sup>th</sup> in Tel Aviv with North American tour details to be announced in the coming weeks.
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.depechemode.com"><b><span style="color:windowtext">www.depechemode.com</span></b></a><b>.</b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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