Any Depeche Mode fans out there?

[EeeByeGummieBear]

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 😞

[FitYeDaeinYeMadRadge]

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

[AlecTrevelyan006]

Very sad news

[NamechangeFML]

Aw that keyboard Enjoy the Silence. Epic.

[BlueTitSmilingAtMe]

Saw them on the Violator tour, they were incredible.

Really really sad news.

[Nitgel]

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

[Yumsnet]

Yes. Very sad, can’t believe it 🥲

[Brendabigbaps]

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

[Theforest]

It is heartbreaking 💔

[mrsfollowill]

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]

I was so upset when I heard this.

[Badger1970]

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

So so sad, 60 is no age

[Florence08]

This is so sad. RIP Fletch 😢

[FitYeDaeinYeMadRadge]

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]

He was only 60. Sad news.

[ALongHardWinter]

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.

[EeeByeGummieBear]

@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).

[ElenaSt]

I was there -

[EeeByeGummieBear]

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

[EmmaH2022]

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

[mrsfollowill]

@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]

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]

@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]

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

I remember Fletch and Vince Clarke being in DM

So sad

[EnjoyingTheSilence]

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

[BreadmanAndCake]

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