Thursday, December 10, 2009 – After two years away, Editors are returning to the U.S. The tour will support their new disc, “Artwork.” Atreyu and Drive A will be supporting.įeb. Thursday, December 17, 2009 – The Used will launch a headlining tour in the U.S. The song also hit the number 1 position on Billboard's Hot 100 chart twice and went number 1 on iTunes in the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Holland and New Zealand. and Fireflies has sold more than 2 million copies making it double platinum. The debut disc, "Ocean Eyes," was recently certified gold in the U.S. The spring headlining tour will be Owl City's second Stateside headlining tour in 2010 as the band is heading out on a sold out winter tour in January. The tour will come on the heels of a headlining tour of Europe and the UK as well as a tour of Australia where they'll be joining up with Cobra Starship. She received a Juno (the Canadian version of a Grammy) for best new artist this year. market including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Denver, DC and more before ending on May 2 in Milwaukee.Ĭanadian electro pop singer Lights will open the shows. kicking off on March 30 in Boise, Idaho and hitting every major U.S. Gahan has had additional success with his solo albums 'Paper Monsters' and 'Hourglass'.Friday, December 18, 2009 – Owl City, the Minneapolis act behind the hit Fireflies, announced a spring headlining tour of the U.S.
The band have become one of the biggest alternative acts in music history. He has shared in no less than 15 top ten albums and more than 40 top forty singles with Depeche Mode. Gahan has since worked on solo projects, as well as continuing to serve as lead vocalist for Depeche Mode. The album debuted at number one in America and the United Kingdom. The new Depeche Mode album, 'Songs of Faith and Devotion', was indeed a dark project, at times moody and introspective, with the distorted guitars synonymous with Grunge. He particularly liked the sound of the bands Nirvana and Jane's Addiction. The early 1990s saw another shift towards the Alertnative Rock sound, Gahan admitting he was influenced by the Seattle Grunge Scene.
The single was banned from many American Radio Stations. The music has often been controversial, especially 'Master and Servant' (and 'Blasphemous Rumours' which is a dark yet wry look at the misery in the world and what part religion plays in this). It was the top ten album and single 'Construction Time Again' and 'Everything Counts' (respectively) in 1983 that would convey a significant shift in the band's sound - a more mature sound - and would catapult Gahan and Depeche Mode into the international arena. Originally an Alternative New Wave Synth-Pop band with their own unique sound - and Gahan's unique baritone vocals - Depeche Mode discovered an instant audience with their first two albums 'Speak & Spell' (1981) and 'A Broken Frame' (1981), both making the top ten in the UK. Depeche Mode is now comprised of Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher. Clarke left in 1981 to pursue other projects and was replaced by Alan Wilder, who left in 1995. Depeche Mode was formed in 1980 by Vince Clarke, Andrew Fletcher and Martin Gore. He was born in North Wealed, Essex, United Kingdom on 9th May 1962. Dave Gahan is the lead vocalist and co-songwriter for the Alternative Rock and New Wave band Depeche Mode.