DEPECHE MODE MEMENTO MORI: MEXICO CITY - A NEW LIVE ALBUM AND NEW STUDIO SONGS

 

With Depeche Mode: M coming next week, we already had quite a bit to look forward to but, today, we got more exciting news. On 5th December, the band will release a new live album called Memento Mori: Mexico City and that release will also include four new songs recorded during the Memento Mori sessions. The first of these, In The End, will be available on all streaming services from Friday 24th October. That means we can all stop watching dodgy YouTube videos filmed at various screenings of the film.

The live album features the setlist from the first part of the tour. The tracklist is:

Intro, My Cosmos Is Mine, Wagging Tongue, Walking In My Shoes, It's No Good, Sister Of Night, in Your Room, Everything Counts, Precious, Speak To Me, Home, Soul With Me, Ghosts Again, I Feel You, A Pain That I'm Used To, World In My Eyes, Wrong, Stripped, John The Revelator, Enjoy The Silence, Waiting For The Night, Just Can't Get Enough, Never Let Me Down Again, Personal Jesus

I enjoyed the sets on the last tour and I thought the opening pair of My Cosmos Is Mine and Wagging Tongue were tremendous openers. It'll be cool to hear the set again though it's a pity the incredible version of Black Celebration we heard later in the tour isn't here. That's just being picky however.

The cover has a bit of a bootleg feel to it which I hope is intentional. If not, it doesn't feel like a great deal of time was spent on the artwork here.

Finally on the live part, I think we can all agree that the sound on the last live album was crap (see my wordier review here - https://almostpredictablealmost1.blogspot.com/2020/07/well-its-about-time-depeche-mode-live.html) and sounded nothing like the actual gigs. Let's hope that's not the case here.

The four new songs also feature on all formats. They are called: Survive, Life 2.0, Give Yourself To Me and In The End. I can't wait to hear them, starting with In The End this Friday.  Suddenly getting four new Depeche tracks as a surprise is a very good thing and if they match or get close to Memento Mori in quality, happy early Christmas to us all.

As it is 2025 and a new thing is being released, we have a multitude of formats to deal with. Buy one or be an idiot (hello me) and buy most of them, the choice is yours! Here is a rundown of them and some links to buy them. This isn't exhaustive, just a selection so please don't shout at me. 

VINYL:

Quadruple black vinyl (see top of blog): Official store https://depechemodeuk.store/?lf=3624b999881c86f8f5db5042cc9b4d95

Quadruple blue vinyl -Depeche Mode US Storehttps://depeche-mode-us.myshopify.com/products/memento-mori-mexico-city-4lp

Quadruple silver vinyl - HMV UK https://hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/memento-mori-mexico-city!-limited-edition-4lp?_gl=1*10szgoc*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjwgeLHBhBuEiwAL5gNEclx8EbLASwLQsDSFG9CpTIG7JlVbfsOswRO2T4H3GKbb1IfngCS1xoCDZUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&gbraid=0AAAAACmFV8V5J1vCJ7sgZiQFip6sJhHJL

Quadruple pink vinyl (see above) - jpg.de https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/depeche-mode-memento-mori-mexico-city/hnum/12513380

CASSETTE

Double cassette - Official store UK or US https://depechemodeuk.store/products/memento-mori-mexico-city-2cassette

CD

Double CD - Official store US or UK https://depechemodeuk.store/products/memento-mori-mexico-city-2cd

MuteBank https://mutebank.co.uk/products/depeche-mode-memento-mori-mexico-city-2cd

DVD AND BLU RAY

Disc 1 (Blu Ray and DVD) - Depeche Mode: M

Disc 2 (Blu Ray and DVD) - Memento Mori: Mexico City - that's a full length concert film directed by Fernando Frias featuring over two hours of footage from the 2023 Foro Sol shows. Exciting stuff

2 x CD - Memento Mori: Mexico City

Buy it from the official stores  https://depechemodeuk.store/products/depeche-mode-m-2dvd-2cd or Mutebank https://mutebank.co.uk/products/depeche-mode-memento-mori-mexico-city-2cd-blu-ray

I'm very much looking forward to this. First up is the film which I'm seeing in Glasgow next week. Podcast preparations are somewhat behind so the review of that will be here in writing rather than in a mumbled Scottish accent in your headphones at some point soon. 

INSIGHT - A DEPECHE MODE PODCAST

 

If you are reading this, you probably know that I've written a lot about Depeche Mode. What started as a hobby has turned into something bigger than I ever imagined it could be and, recently, conscious that I hadn't done anything for a while, I started thinking about what to do next.

I'd had an idea for a podcast a few years ago which I ran past a few DM fans but we didn't get round to doing anything. I found the notes I'd prepared for that and decided to do it myself. With that, Insight - A Depeche Mode Podcast came into existence.

Now, I've never recorded a podcast before. I also have limited technical skills and very little idea of how I'm going to do this however I am going to do it and hopefully you'll tune in. 

I'm aiming to release the first of what at the moment looks like about 25 podcasts early in 2026. The frequency with which they will be released is not something I'm making any promises about but I'll attempt one a month, maybe more. Depending on how they go, I'll try and add a few extra ones with interviews and other things. Sounds like a plan eh?

There will be a first episode this year to try things out and I will try to tie it in with the release of M. I'm going to a couple of screenings in Glasgow so that seems like a sensible theme for the first episode of Insight, presuming I work out how to actually record and release a podcast in the next couple of weeks. 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy whatever it is this turns into. There are social media things for you to follow to stay up to date:

Twitter (not calling it X ) - @InsightPod101

Instagram - @insightpodcast101

See you soon.

DEPECHE MODE: M

 

It seems a new Depeche Mode live film is on the way. It is called Depeche Mode:M and it was filmed live at the Foro Sol gigs in Mexico City on 21st, 23rd and 25th September 2023.

Gigs there always look incredible and it therefore seems a good venue to choose for this sort of thing. The film is directed by Fernando Frias and features, so the press release says, "interstitials and archival" footage from the gigs. 

Like the best forgotten Spirits In The Forest, it seems the film will be shown in cinemas (or theatres for everyone outside the UK) so that's good news. It's great that we are getting a release from this tour as it was a cracker. Two of the three Foro Sol gigs were reviewed by blog friend Natalia Burgos. Natalia has sadly passed away since then and she is much missed by everyone in the DM community. Here is her review:

https://almostpredictablealmost1.blogspot.com/2023/10/a-memento-depeche-mode-foro-sol-mexico.html

The press releases is of course full of the usual press release jazz. To end here it is in full lifted from the ever excellent XS Noize. Once more news about Depeche Mode:M comes out, I'll no doubt write about it here:

Depeche Mode has announced an expressive and dynamic cinematic film titled Depeche Mode: M, featuring interstitials and archival footage from the band’s Mexico City shows on the 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour.

The feature-length film, conceptualized and directed by award-winning filmmaker Fernando Frias, takes audiences on a profound musical journey, using nearly 200,000 Mexican fans’ fervent connection with the band as a window into the band’s timeless global influence, and a powerful tribute to the unbreakable connection between music, tradition and the human spirit.

Through Frias’ creative lens, the cinematic experience weaves footage from the three sold-out shows at Mexico City’s Foro Sol Stadium to explore the parallels between the themes on Depeche Mode’s latest album Memento Mori and the deep connection to death and mortality in Mexican culture. Frias is best known for his award-winning film I’m No Longer Here, which won Mexico’s prestigious Ariel Academy Awards with 10 wins, including Best Picture and Best Direction. The film also earned Frias a DGA nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement. Additionally, it was Mexico’s submission to the Oscars in 2021 and was shortlisted for Best International Feature. His latest film, I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me, premiered to critical acclaim.

Depeche Mode: M will premiere in theatres later this year and follows the band during its Mexico City stop during the Memento Mori Tour, which saw them play to more than 3 million fans at 112 shows around the world and was hailed by Rolling Stone as “a stunning celebration of life and music.” The tour followed Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album, Memento Mori, released in 2023 to wide critical acclaim. An indelible inspiration to fans, critics and artists alike, Depeche Mode continues to forge ahead, with the Memento Mori album and tour representing just the latest chapter of a peerless and ongoing legacy.

Depeche Mode: M is produced by Columbia Records, Anonymous Content and REDRUM. Sony Music Vision is the distributor.