Bilbao (EFE).- The British band Depeche Mode will perform at the Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC) in Barakaldo (Bizkaia) on March 21, 2024, with their show ‘Memento Mori Tour’, as part of their European tour.
The group has reported on its website that the tour will begin in London on January 22 and will end on April 5, after playing in 22 cities, such as Glasgow, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Paris, Madrid (March 12 and 14). and Barcelona (March 16).
Tickets for the concert at the BEC will go on sale on Wednesday, July 19.
First date in Madrid
The Wizink Center in Madrid will be the first venue to receive them in a double date on March 12 and 14, followed by another one at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on the 16th of that month.
Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan during a performance in Barcelona. EFE/Toni Albir.
These concerts are part of a second winter tour of his current “Memento Mori” tour with 29 dates that will start at the O2 Arena in London on January 22.
On their agenda, in addition to Spain and the United Kingdom, commitments await them such as the one at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on February 8.
Also the double date in Berlin on February 13 and 15 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena or the double commitment at the Accor Arena in Paris on March 3 and 5.
Two million tickets sold
“Memento Mori” is the first “tour” of the now duo made up of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore since the unexpected death in 2022 of their partner Andrew Fletcher, to whom the album that gives it its name and which they published at the beginning of the year is largely dedicated. of 2023.
In their most recent commitments between North America and Europe they have managed to dispatch more than 2 million tickets.
According to data from his company, Depeche Mode has sold more than 100 million copies in a long career that started with “Speak & Spell” (1981) and reached its greatest recognition with “Music for the Masses” (1987) or “Violator ” (1990), the best-selling work of his career. EFE