Depeche Mode have been playing massive venues as far back as 1988, while still existing as four guys playing keyboards, but for the last 25 years have been a very credible arena rock band. Martin Gore ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

Far, far away from the group once known for bubbly synth-pop anthems like “Just Can’t Get Enough” and “Everything Counts,” Depeche Mode circa 2009 has pressed its small army of keyboards and ...