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Any Depeche Mode fans out there?

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EeeByeGummieBear · 26/05/2022 21:33

I've just heard about Fletch! Depeche Mode are the soundtrack to my life. First gig at 15 and followed them ever since.
So sad 😞

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FitYeDaeinYeMadRadge · 26/05/2022 21:53

What??? Oh no. Such sad news….I’m the same @EeeByeGummieBear Followed them from the very beginning.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 26/05/2022 21:55

Very sad news

NamechangeFML · 26/05/2022 21:55

Aw that keyboard Enjoy the Silence. Epic.

BlueTitSmilingAtMe · 26/05/2022 21:56

Saw them on the Violator tour, they were incredible.

Really really sad news.

Nitgel · 26/05/2022 21:56

My first band too in 1985ish I'm really shocked. So sad and he was so young.

Yumsnet · 26/05/2022 21:59

Yes. Very sad, can’t believe it 🥲

Brendabigbaps · 26/05/2022 22:00

Pretty heartbroken at this. Found out 3 hrs ago and still shocked.
60! no age. Natural causes too

Theforest · 26/05/2022 22:01

It is heartbreaking 💔

mrsfollowill · 26/05/2022 22:02

Me too - despite my current user name I've been on every tour since 'Black Celebration' so sad and he was too young really- 60 is no age. How Dave Gahan is still alive is a puzzle given the life he has led- you could imagine Fletch pottering in his garden retired. RIP. 😢

Plump82 · 26/05/2022 22:03

I was so upset when I heard this.

Badger1970 · 26/05/2022 22:03

They were the soundtrack to my teenage years, and I saw them so many times live.

So so sad, 60 is no age Sad

Florence08 · 26/05/2022 22:07

This is so sad. RIP Fletch 😢

FitYeDaeinYeMadRadge · 26/05/2022 22:09

Bloody hell, I am so upset about this, tears are here. So many happy memories, corking tunes. Always left their gigs buzzing and with my heart bursting with the joy of seeing them again.

OverByYer · 26/05/2022 22:10

He was only 60. Sad news.

ALongHardWinter · 26/05/2022 22:10

I've loved Depeche Mode since I was a teenager (I'm now 58). I found out 5 minutes ago that he'd died 😟 So sad. Only 60.

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EeeByeGummieBear · 26/05/2022 22:11

@mrsfollowill I said the same to my DH earlier.
Music for the Masses was my first tour. Not seen a better live band (and I've been to some great gigs).

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ElenaSt · 26/05/2022 22:13

I was there -

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EeeByeGummieBear · 26/05/2022 22:14

@FitYeDaeinYeMadRadge - absolutely. The joy I've felt at their gigs. The power of their music and the devotion of their fans.

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EmmaH2022 · 26/05/2022 22:16

Oh no
RIP Fletch
can't thank you enough for the music.

mrsfollowill · 26/05/2022 22:18

@EeeByeGummieBear They were so amazing live weren't they ! - not all bands can hold a stadium in the palm of their hands like they did. This is probably the end of them as a band. Maybe Martin and Dave will release some solo stuff/collaborations but I can't see them performing as DM again now. Same with the Foo Fighters after Taylor's death. It all sucks!

MissAmbrosia · 26/05/2022 22:21

I am really sad. First saw them live in 1984 and last time a couple of years ago in Antwerp. He was younger than my dh!

mrsfollowill · 26/05/2022 22:24

@FitYeDaeinYeMadRadge agree with everything you have said- pure joy! and the utter devotion from the fans. Last one I went to (trying to dredge the year up in my head!) lots of new young fans there too- talking 16- 20 yrs olds. Sigh!

woodhill · 26/05/2022 22:24

I never saw them live but they were part of my teens.

I remember Fletch and Vince Clarke being in DM

So sad

EnjoyingTheSilence · 26/05/2022 22:26

Absolutely gutted. So very sad, I’ve loved DM forever and will never get to see them again, best live band ever.

BreadmanAndCake · 26/05/2022 22:27

Absolutely gutted. Saw them in London in 2016 (?) and again in Birmingham in 2018, incredible shows.

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