MAGAZINE
* May 2023 (Cover & 130 pages with Depeche Mode)
The second edition of Classic Pop Presents Depeche Mode brings the story right up to date. Inside, authors examine their superb and moving new album, Memento Mori, and the band’s new world tour as well as chatting exclusively with Mute Record’s boss Depeche producer/mentor Daniel Miller about a life lived alongside the band.
Of course, the world tragically lost founder member Andy Fletcher last year and, in this special issue, we pay full tribute to one of synth-pop’s finest. Elsewhere, there’s a look at the early band with and without Vince Clarke, in-depth features on all of the albums that weren’t covered in the first edition, as well as deeper dives into three of the band’s pivotal LPs, Construction Time Again, Black Celebration and Music For The Masses.
Two unmissable book excerpts from brand new Depeche book Halo, and from Ian Gittins’ Faith & DevotionWe handpick Classic Pop Top 40 of the group’s deep cutsTake a look at fan-facing documentary My Hobby Is Depeche Mode. Also, an interview with Halo authors Kevin May and David McElroy and a look around the best bits of a mammoth Depeche Mode collection.