Mode On The Road
[Melody Maker, 19th May 1984. Words: Uncredited. Picture: Uncredited.]
MODE ON THE ROAD
Depeche Mode have lined up a 26-date autumn tour of Britain and Eire. And the band, who’ve just finished an extensive European tour, are in the studio working on material for their fourth album.
The tour opens at St Austell Coliseum on September 27, moving through Hanley Victoria Hall (28), Liverpool Empire (29), Oxford Apollo (October 1), Nottingham Royal Concert Hall (2), Dublin SFX (4 and 5), Belfast Ulster Hall (6), Manchester Apollo (8), Gloucester Leisure Centre (9), Cardiff St David’s Hall (10), Birmingham Odeon (12), Blackburn King George’s Hall (14), Glasgow Barrowlands (16), Aberdeen Capitol Theatre (17), Edinburgh Playhouse (18), Sheffield City Hall (19), Newcastle City Hall (20), Bristol Colston Hall (22), Brighton Dome (23), Portsmouth Guildhall (24), Ipswich Gaumont (27), Leicester De Montfort Hall (29), Southampton Gaumont (30) and London Hammersmith Odeon (November 1 and 2).
Tickets are on sale from May 19 at the usual agencies and box offices. Postal applications are accepted.
Prices are £4.50 and £4 for Hanley, Liverpool, Oxford, Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Bristol, Brighton, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton. They’re £4.50 at St. Austell, Cardiff, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Prices are £4 at Blackburn and Gloucester, £6 in Belfast and 6.50 Irish punts in Dublin. For Hammersmith, they’re set at £5, £4.50 and £4.
· Meanwhile, Depeche Mode vocalist Dave Gahan is furious at reports in a national Sunday paper that a car crash in which he was involved resulted in a man having his leg amputated.
The accident happened when Gahan was driving into London from his home in Essex. He came off the road and drove into a lay-by where three more cars were parked. A passenger in one of the stationary cars had his leg injured.
“Reports in a Sunday paper that the man had to have a leg amputated were completely untrue,” said a spokesman. “Dave was very upset about it.”
Afterword - I am still trying to locate this Sunday newspaper article. Doubtless it won't elude me for long, but if anyone can give me any clues, however vague, I would be very grateful.
[Melody Maker, 19th May 1984. Words: Uncredited. Picture: Uncredited.]
MODE ON THE ROAD
Depeche Mode have lined up a 26-date autumn tour of Britain and Eire. And the band, who’ve just finished an extensive European tour, are in the studio working on material for their fourth album.
The tour opens at St Austell Coliseum on September 27, moving through Hanley Victoria Hall (28), Liverpool Empire (29), Oxford Apollo (October 1), Nottingham Royal Concert Hall (2), Dublin SFX (4 and 5), Belfast Ulster Hall (6), Manchester Apollo (8), Gloucester Leisure Centre (9), Cardiff St David’s Hall (10), Birmingham Odeon (12), Blackburn King George’s Hall (14), Glasgow Barrowlands (16), Aberdeen Capitol Theatre (17), Edinburgh Playhouse (18), Sheffield City Hall (19), Newcastle City Hall (20), Bristol Colston Hall (22), Brighton Dome (23), Portsmouth Guildhall (24), Ipswich Gaumont (27), Leicester De Montfort Hall (29), Southampton Gaumont (30) and London Hammersmith Odeon (November 1 and 2).
Tickets are on sale from May 19 at the usual agencies and box offices. Postal applications are accepted.
Prices are £4.50 and £4 for Hanley, Liverpool, Oxford, Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Bristol, Brighton, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton. They’re £4.50 at St. Austell, Cardiff, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Prices are £4 at Blackburn and Gloucester, £6 in Belfast and 6.50 Irish punts in Dublin. For Hammersmith, they’re set at £5, £4.50 and £4.
· Meanwhile, Depeche Mode vocalist Dave Gahan is furious at reports in a national Sunday paper that a car crash in which he was involved resulted in a man having his leg amputated.
The accident happened when Gahan was driving into London from his home in Essex. He came off the road and drove into a lay-by where three more cars were parked. A passenger in one of the stationary cars had his leg injured.
“Reports in a Sunday paper that the man had to have a leg amputated were completely untrue,” said a spokesman. “Dave was very upset about it.”
Afterword - I am still trying to locate this Sunday newspaper article. Doubtless it won't elude me for long, but if anyone can give me any clues, however vague, I would be very grateful.