14 July 2026

MOJO tells the detailed story of how DEPECHE MODE returned a different, darker, more adult band after they went to Berlin. A fascinating change into their most formative phase, 40 years since its key release, Black Celebration.

Also in the magazine: Rush – inside their remarkable comeback tour; Paul Simon’s Graceland revisited; The Damned – undead at 50; Phil Collins – vindicated; Robyn Hitchcock; Jack White; Slade; Ma Rainey; Peter Hammill; The Durutti Column; Ry Cooder; The Scaffold; Dinosaur Jr; Clive Davis; Shannon & Narducy’s R.E.M. love-in; and more.

This month’s Free CD, dubbed Masters & Servants: A Depeche Mode Companion.
counts 15 Depeche-adjacent tracks featuring The Stooges, Johnny Marr, The Normal,
Cabaret Voltaire, Gordon Lightfoot, LFO, Blind Willie Johnson and others.

You can purchase a copy and have it sent to your home. Info HERE.