Sanremo 2023: Depeche Mode bewitch the Ariston (albeit for a short time)

When he learned that Depeche Mode would take the stage of the San Remo Festival Amadeus almost had a hard time believing that he had succeeded in the enterprise: «I am very happy to be able to make this announcement as I am a huge fan of this band.” said the artistic director to Tg1, unable to hide the euphoria of having one of the most famous British groups in the world as guests of the Festival’s grand finale. In San Remo Dave Gahan and Martin Gorewith over one hundred million copies sold over a nearly forty-year career, bring not only Ghost Again and the mythical Personal Jesusone of their most famous pieces.

Time to sing and Depeche Mode disappear from the radar, without even the time for a question from Amadeus translated into English by Chiara Ferragni. Peri Depeche Mode was the fourth time in Sanremo: the first was in 1986, in the days of the publication of strippedfirst extract from the album Black Celebration; the second in 1989 with everything counts, and the third in 1990 with Enjoy The Silence. The occasion of the appearance in Sanremo is justified by the release of the album memento mori, the first without the co-founder and keyboardist Andy Fletcher, disappeared at the age of 60 on 26 May last, and the band’s fifteenth, due out on March 17th.

“We started working on this project at the beginning of the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that period,” Gore said a few months ago. «After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue because we are sure that this is what he would have wantedand that really gave the project an extra layer of meaning,” added the guitarist, happy to take the album around the world thanks to a new tour that will touch Italy three stages: Rome (July 12 at the Stadio Olimpico), Milan (July 14 at the San Siro stadium) and Bologna (July 16 at the Dall’Ara stadium).