Depeche Mode have introduced the bodily launch of their Depeche Mode: M function movie and particulars of a brand new reside album, ‘Memento Mori: Mexico Metropolis’. Discover all the main points under.
The band will display the brand new film – directed by Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frías de la Parra – at over 2,500 cinemas throughout greater than 60 nations from subsequent Tuesday (October 28), following its premiere on the 2025 Tribeca Movie Pageant.
M contains footage from Dave Gahan and Martin Gore‘s three sold-out exhibits on the Foro Sol Stadium in Mexico Metropolis on their 2023 and 2024 stadium tour, in help of their acclaimed album ‘Memento Mori’ (their first launch because the passing of bandmate Andy Fletcher).
The bodily launch of M is due for launch on Friday December 5 on two DVDs, Blu-rays or two CDs.
On the primary disc of the package deal, followers can get pleasure from “a cinematic journey into the center of Mexican tradition’s relationship with dying, framed by riveting reside performances from Depeche Mode throughout their ‘Memento Mori’ tour”. The film blends live performance footage with interpretive interstitials and archival materials.
Moreover, the second disc – titled Memento Mori: Mori: Mexico Metropolis – boasts a full-length live performance movie, additionally directed by Fernando Frías de la Parra on the Mexico Metropolis exhibits in 2023.
What’s extra, every bundle contains the 2CD accompanying reside album of the identical title, that includes over two hours of music from these live shows, in addition to 4 beforehand unreleased bonus tracks from the ‘Memento Mori’ album periods. The primary of those cuts, ‘In The Finish’, arrives on streaming platforms this Friday (October 24).
The reside album can be accessible in standalone 2CD and 4LP vinyl codecs, too. Each editions include unique reside pictures from the Foro Sol exhibits.
You’ll be able to pre-order M right here, and pre-order the ‘Memento Mori: Mori: Mexico Metropolis’ reside album right here.
The tracklists for Depeche Mode’s ‘Memento Mori: Mori: Mexico Metropolis’ reside CD and vinyl releases are:
‘Intro’
‘My Cosmos Is Mine’
‘Wagging Tongue’
‘Strolling In My Sneakers’
‘It’s No Good’
‘Sister Of Evening’
‘In Your Room’
‘All the pieces Counts’
‘Valuable’
‘Converse To Me’
‘Residence’
‘Soul With Me’
‘Ghosts Once more’
‘I Really feel You’
‘A Ache That I’m Used To’
‘World In My Eyes’
‘Incorrect’
‘Stripped’
‘John The Revelator’
‘Get pleasure from The Silence’
‘Ready For The Evening’
‘Simply Can’t Get Sufficient’
‘By no means Let Me Down Once more’
‘Private Jesus’
Bonus tracks:
‘Survive’
‘Life 2.0’
‘Give Your self To Me’
‘In The Finish’
Chatting with NME final month, Fernando Frías de la Parra defined how he got here to be concerned with M, which follows on from Anton Corbijn’s 2019 reside movie Spirits In The Forest.
“It was determined that the present for launch could be shot in Mexico,” he defined. “They requested me for a proposal, after which they knew that they wished to stroll away from working with followers as a result of that they had accomplished that just lately, and likewise interviews.”
He continued: “They’d mentioned all the pieces about coming again after the pandemic and the lack of Andrew Fletcher, so that they wished to be extra targeted on the present and the message of the album.”
The director added that Depeche Mode have been “like a faith” in Mexico, including: “You’ll have folks dancing to ‘Get pleasure from The Silence’ at household events, and others scouring for it on underground bootleg tapes. There are such a lot of generations who love them and suppose they’re important. That’s why the band selected to shoot in Mexico. I’ve been to see them in different nations as a result of I wished to get conversant in them earlier than capturing. It’s very completely different.”
Depeche Mode: M hits cinemas for restricted screenings from October 28. Go to right here for tickets and extra info.
Frontman Dave Gahan caught up with NME final 12 months, the place he defined what the long run may need in retailer for the band after the ‘Memento Mori’ period.