Depeche Mode Announce Global Spirit Tour, New Album

Depeche Mode held a press conference today in Milan to announce that they will be embarking on their new Global Spirit tour across the world, with a series of shows in Europe. The tour will follow the release of their new studio album, Spirit in early 2017. Depeche Mode will kick off their tour in Stockholm's Friends Arena on May 5, and will go through Paris, Milan, Berlin, and London. The last stop on the European circuit will be a stadium show in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, before the band heads on to shows in North and South America.

The band also announced that their new album, Spirit will be released in early 2017. Dave Gahan stated, “We're exceptionally proud of Spirit's sound and energy, and we're excited to get back on tour to share it with our fans around the world."Samples of the new album were also shared at the press conference, which was streamed through Facebook. Spirit will be the band's 14th studio album, and their first since 2013's Delta Machine The album will be produced by James Ford, who has worked with bands such as Florence and the Machine and Arctic Monkeys.

The band promoted the announcement across social media and on their own website, with a clock that counted down to the seconds before the conference. Tickets for the shows will go on sale this week. Dates for the European shows can be found below.

The Global Spirit Tour – Summer 2017 European Tour Dates

May 5 Stockholm, Sweden Friends Arena
May 7 Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome
May 9 Antwerp, Belgium Sportpaleis
May 12 Nice, France Stade Charles-Ehrmann
May 14 Ljubljana, Slovenia Dvorana Stožice
May 17 Athens, Greece Terra Vibe Park
May 20 Bratislava, Slovakia Štadión Pasienky
May 22 Budapest, Hungary Groupama Aréna
May 24 Prague, Czech Republic Eden Aréna
May 27 Leipzig, Germany Festwiese
May 29 Lille, France Stade Pierre-Mauroy
May 31 Copenhagen, Denmark Telia Parken

June 3 London, United Kingdom London Stadium
June 5 Cologne, Germany RheinEnergieStadion
June 9 Munich, Germany Olympiastadion
June 11 Hannover, Germany HDI Arena
June 18 Zurich, Switzerland Letzigrund Stadion
June 20 Frankfurt, Germany Commerzbank-Arena
June 22 Berlin, Germany Olympiastadion
June 25 Rome, Italy Stadio Olimpico
June 27 Milan, Italy Stadio San Siro
June 29 Bologna, Italy Stadio Rentao Dall’Ara

July 1 Paris, France Stade de France
July 4 Gelsenkirchen, Germany Veltins-Arena
July 6 Bilbao, Spain BBK Live Festival
July 8 Lisbon, Portugal NOS Alive Festival
July 13 St. Petersburg, Russia SKK
July 15 Moscow, Russia Otkritie Arena
July 17 Minsk, Belarus Minsk-Arena
July 19 Kiev, Ukraine Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
July 21 Warsaw, Poland PGE Narodowy
July 23 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Cluj Arena