To celebrate the release of their new album Memento Mori, Depeche Mode stopped by the BBC’s legendary Maida Vale Studios to perform a few songs with the BBC Concert Orchestra. They played new single ...

With the release of their album Spirit, Depeche Mode returned to the stage for the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival before embarking on a world tour. Depeche Mode, who formed in 1980, had not played at the ...

A look back, from 2017, at the journey of one of the UK's longest-lasting and most successful bands. Featuring clips from various BBC programmes, including Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Synth Britannia, ...

Fans of one of the world's biggest-selling bands have called for them to be officially recognised in their home town. Depeche Mode started out as a four-piece in Basildon, Essex, in 1980 before ...

Sasha Frere-Jones leads us on the unlikely journey of Depeche Mode’s world domination through class, coolness, eyeliner, bondage, synthesizers and Britain’s cultural insularity. Show more In 1981, ...

In the early '80s, the rise of British synthpop groups like Depeche Mode and Tears For Fears suggested a future where traditional instruments could simply go extinct. Now that those groups have ...