New Depeche Mode album? The band shares the date of a new announcement

The announcement of musical novelties by Depeche Mode it is imminent. A little over a month ago, singer Dave Gahan and the band’s main songwriter, Martin Gore, were back in the recording studio, posting the photo that all the fans had been waiting for for months. “Find stability in what we know and love, and focus on what gives meaning and purpose to life” was the phrase with which they illustrated this image on social networks, his return after the unexpected death of Andy Fletcher.

A month has passed since that first step, and the British band has once again used social media to announce what we hope will be their big comeback. It seemed pretty obvious that they were recording, and now they’ve put a date on what, according to many fans, it will be a press conference or an official announcement of what will come from now.

Many rumors have circulated on the internet about a possible press conference that the duo would be preparing in Berlin, to announce a possible new album in 2023 and a new world tour. We do not know for sure what type of announcement it will be, what we do know is the date chosen to do it. It will be next Tuesday, October 4a day that they have marked in red above the image of a recording studio and that all their fans have already marked on their calendar.

If this new album is confirmed, it would be the fifteenth of his career, and it would arrive after Spirithis last album published, in 2017. There are many voices that assure that the album had already been recorded for a long time when the sad passing of Andy Fletcher surprised the band and all their fans last May.

Despite this logical break after the loss suffered by the band, they have not ceased to be present in the music scene. They already announced that next November 11 will be available Playing The Angel| The 12″ Singlesa production that is part of his vinyl singles project.

In an interview with the NME in 2021, Gahan already gave an account of the group’s intention to return to the studio. “There’s a lot of stuff we’ve done with Depeche Mode that I’m really proud of.. I think that comes with time and age. Martin put out a record last year that I really liked. I know he’s been busy studying him too, so I guess sometime next year we’ll get together.”