NME — Depeche Mode are set to tour North America this summer, launching the outing on July 24 in Toronto. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Depeche Mode @ Bowery Ballroom in 2005 (more) Groundbreaking electro legends Depeche Mode have announced North American cities and dates for their upcoming "Tour Of The Universe," which will mark the group's most extensive outing in the region in sev... more info

A new Depeche Mode album is always a big deal to fans of the iconic electro-pop band, but one version of the April 12 release ... more info

USA Today Music — A new Depeche Mode album is always a big deal to fans of the iconic electro-pop band, but one version of the April 12 release ... more info

The Red Radio — Depeche Mode revealed the artwork (above) to their upcoming single Wrong. The single release is due April 6th in the UK and April 7th here in the states. No word on b-sides or remixes yet. In the band's 9th studio... more info

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The Telegraph Blog — Rock and roll is dead, as I reported earlier this week. At least according to Rick Carnes, head of the Songwriters Guild of America, who said "The genre was played out by the mid-1970s but it has survived in a zombie-like fashion for 30 years past it... more info

Pitchfork — A few months back, we reported that the icily synthetic Liverpool quartet Ladytron, along with like-minded freeze-poppers Goldfrapp, might be working with Christina Aguilera on a forthcoming Xtina album. Well, Ladytron's label has confirmed that th... more info

Kerrang! — Tomorrow's Kerrang! magazine features a world exclusive interview with 30 Seconds To Mars. We join the band in the studio as they put the finishing touches to the follow-up to their 2005 breakthrough album, A Beautiful Lie. 30 Seconds To Mars have b... more info