Finally Depeche Mode are coming to the big screen, and we get to witness them in all of their glory, up close and personal. We can’t wait.
Yep, you heard it right, Depeche Mode are arriving onto the big screen. The synth-pop band announced on September 19 that their new concert film, Spirits in the Forest, will feature footage from the band’s Global Spirit Tour, recorded in summer 2018 at The Waldbühne in Berlin, along with more narrative sections focusing primarily on fans of the massive band. Spirits in the Forest is directed by Anton Corbijn, and will screen in cinemas around the world for one day only on November 21. Tickets go on sale September 26.
“I’m exceptionally proud to share this film and the powerful story that it tells,” said frontman Dave Gahan. “It’s amazing to see the very real ways that music has impacted the lives of our fans.”
In reference to the upcoming film Martin Gore said : “In today’s world of turmoil and divisiveness, music really can be a force for good and can bring people together.”
In other Depeche Mode news, the band recently got together with other big names to cover John Cage’s prolific ‘4’33’.
Announced via the aptly-titled Mute record label, this ambitious project saw close to 60 artists contributing their own covers, and an accompanying video performance as well.
The project will saw covers from the likes of The Afghan Whigs, Cabaret Voltaire, Depeche Mode, Einstürzende Neubauten, Erasure, Goldfrapp, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, Moby, New Order, Swans’ Michael Gira, and Wire. There were also a few Aussie acts getting in on the action as well, with Liars, Ben Frost, and the Dirty Three’s Mick Harvey all contributing.
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Arriving in April, the project was designed to split all of its total profits between The British Tinnitus Association, and Music Minds Matter, which aims to help musicians at all points of their career.
