Depeche Mode's "Tour of the Universe" is happening in conjunction with the release of the group's twelfth studio album, Sounds Of the Universe (Mute/Capitol/Virgin), which will be released on April 20th in Europe, and April 21st in North America. Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode has announced that Sounds Of The Universe will also be released as a Special Edition CD+DVD and a Deluxe Box Set that will include a host of exclusive material:

• Three CDs containing the album, bonus songs and remixes, as well as 14 demos available exclusively-- a career first for Depeche Mode.

• A DVD that will feature three films: Making The Universe, a behind-the scenes documentary about the recording of the album, Usual Thing, Try And Get The Question In The Answer (a conversation with the band discussing recording techniques, intercut with personal archive footage from previous album sessions) and Sounds Of The Universe (a short film featuring track by track with the band). The DVD will also include the promo video for the album's first single "Wrong" (directed by Patrick Daughters), plus four songs filmed live in the studio in December 2008 and a version of the album the album mixed in DTS 5.1 surround sound

• Two 84-page hardback books, one featuring the lyrics to all the songs from the Sounds Of The Universe sessions, accompanied by exclusive photography by Anton Corbijn. The second book will contain exclusive and candid studio photography by Daniel Miller, Ben Hillier, Luke Smith and Ferg Peterkin.


Tracklisting:
Sounds Of The Universe – CD

1. In Chains
2. Hole To Feed
3. Wrong
4. Fragile Tension
5. Little Soul
6. In Sympathy
7. Peace
8. Come Back
9. Spacewalker
10. Perfect
11. Miles Away / The Truth Is
12. Jezebel
13. Corrupt

CD 2 (Deluxe Box Set edition)
Bonus tracks
1. Light
2. The Sun And The Moon And The Stars
3. Ghost
4. Esque
5. Oh Well

Remixes
6. Corrupt - Efdemin Remix
7. In Chains - Minilogue's Earth Remix
8. Little Soul - Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Ambient Mix
9. Jezebel - SixToes Remix
10. Perfect - Electronic Periodic Dark Drone Mix
11. Wrong - Caspa Remix

CD 3 (Deluxe Box Set edition)
Demos
1. Little 15
2. Clean
3. Sweetest Perfection
4. Walking In My Shoes
5. I Feel You
6. Judas
7. Surrender
8. Only When I Lose Myself
9. Nothing's Impossible
10. Corrupt
11. Peace
12. Jezebel
13. Come Back
14. In Chains

Official site: www.depechemode.com/sotu.html





Tour of the Universe:

(Europe)

05-10 Tel Aviv, Israel - Ramat Gan Stadium
05-12 Athens, Greece - Terra Vibe Park
05-14 Istanbul, Turkey - Santral
05-16 Bucharest, Romania - Parc Izvor
05-18 Sofia, Bulgaria - Vasil Levski Stadium (Tuborg Greenfest)
05-20 Belgrade, Serbia - Usce Park (Tuborg Greenfest)
05-21 Zagreb, Croatia - Arena (Tuborg Greenfest)
05-23 Warsaw, Poland - Gwardia Stadium
05-25 Riga, Latvia - Skonto Stadium
05-27 Vilnius, Lithuania - Zalgirio Stadium
05-29 London, England - 02 Arena
05-31 Landgraaf, Netherlands - Pinkpop Festival
06-02 Hamburg, Germany - HSH Nordbank Arena
06-04 Dusseldorf, Germany - LTU Arena
06-05 Dusseldorf, Germany - LTU Arena
06-07 Leipzig, Germany - Zentralstadion
06-08 Leipzig, Germany - Zentralstadion
06-10 Berlin, Germany - Olympiastadion
06-12 Frankfurt, Germany - Commerzbank Arena
06-13 Munich, Germany - Olympiastadion
06-16 Rome, Italy - Stadio Olimpico
06-18 Milan, Italy - Stadio San Siro
06-20 Werchter, Belgium - TW Classic Festival
06-22 Bratislava, Slovakia - Inter Stadium
06-23 Budapest, Hungary - Puskas Ferenc Stadium
06-25 Prague, Czech Republic - Slavia Stadium
06-27 Paris, France - Stade de France
06-28 Nancy, France - Zenith Amphitheatre
06-30 Copenhagen, Denmark - Parken Stadium
07-02 Bergen, Norway - Bergenhus Festning
07-03 Arvika, Sweden - Arvika Festival
07-08 Valladolid, Spain - Jose Zorilla Stadium
07-09 Bilbao, Spain - Bilbao BBK Live Festival
07-11 Porto, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock Festival
07-12 Sevilla, Spain - Olimpic Stadium

(United States)

Friday, July 24th - Toronto
Saturday, July 25th - Montreal
Tuesday, July 28th - DC
Friday, July 31st - Boston
Saturday, August 1st - Atlantic City
Monday, August 3rd - New York
Monday, August 10th - Seattle
Wednesday, August 12th - San Francisco
Friday, August 14th - San Diego
Sunday, August 16th - Los Angeles
Monday, August 17th - Los Angeles
Thursday, August 20th - Santa Barbara
Saturday, August 22nd - Las Vegas
Sunday, August 23rd - Phoenix
Tuesday, August 25th - Salt Lake City
Thursday, August 27th - Denver
Saturday, August 29th - Dallas
Sunday, August 30th - Houston
Tuesday, Sept 1st - Atlanta
Friday, Sept 4th - Tampa
Saturday, Sept 5th Ft. - Lauderdale