Depeche Mode performed in the final of the Sanremo Festival 2023 with the new single Ghosts Again and their 1989 hit Personal Jesus.
Depeche Mode in Sanremo 2023
Depeche Mode are the super-guests of the last evening of the Sanremo Festival 2023, the final that rewards the 73rd winner of the Ligurian event: the band set the stage on fire with the new song Ghosts Againthe first single extracted on February 9 that anticipates the release of the new Depeche Mode album Memento Mori the first project without guitarist Andy Fletcher who passed away on May 26 in London. Then they went back in time with Personal Jesusthe 1989 song that received the applause of the Ariston audience.
The last Depeche Mode album without Andrew Fletcher
Memento Mori will be the next Depeche Mode album to be released on March 24th. Six years after the publication of Spiritthe band restarts without one of its symbols: guitarist Andy Fletcher passed away last May in London, following an illness that had lasted for the past two years. A project from 12 tracks, started in the first months of 2020 and processed during the pandemic. An album with a piece of Italy, with the Piedmontese violinist Davide Rossiwho also accompanied Colapesce and Dimartino on the Ariston stage, who composed the strings in the project.
Depeche Mode in Sanremo 2023 for the fourth time
The group, led by frontman Dave Gahan, returned for the fourth time to the Sanremo Festival: the band performs around 10pm with two songs, the new single Ghosts Again And the famous one Personal Jesus of 1989. Taking a step back, it is enough to go back to 1986 to observe their debut at the Sanremo Festival with the female conduction of Loretta Goggi flanked by Anna Pettinelli: then they sang strippedfirst excerpt from Black Celebrationthen succeeded in 1989 with Everything counts. They last took to the Ariston stage in 1990 with their worldwide success Enjoy the Silence.
