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Depeche Mode Tribute at Glastonbury Well it  came and went and Depeche Mode tribute Speak and Spell can now legitimately say “we have played Glastonbury“. We were honoured to be asked last year and very aware we were unable to tell anyone until the end of May. Then the announcement and then the gig.  And […]

Depeche Mode Tribute ‘Speak & Spell’ to play Glastonbury 2017. UK tribute band Speak and Spell have been chosen to play at this year”s Glastonbury Festival 2017 on Saturday (24th June), at the Williams Green Stage. The band has played at gigs across the UK and Europe but this is the first time it has […]

Music for the Masses 30th Anniversary Next Summer Depeche Mode embark on a new World Tour with what will no doubt be a fantastic new show and visual spectacle. But if you would also want to relive classic Depeche Mode concerts of 30 years ago, come to the O2 Academy Islington on the 23rd September […]

Speak and Spell are to head back to the West Country for the first time im almost 8 years to play ‘The Wharf’ in Tavistock, Devon. Being such a professional music venue the band couldn’t resist the opportunity to revisit this beautiful part of the England and play in such a glorious venue. For ticket […]

Well it would seem our Black Celebration album show was a resounding success, played to a rammed out O2 Academy main hall. And yes we mean rammed out. We were very nervous about this for some months, particularly with recent changes but if social media is anything to go by the show was VERY well […]

We’re taking the Speak & Spell machine north of the border to Scotland, playing at the Electric Circus in Edinburgh on Saturday 7th November 2015. We’ll be playing our sell-out Violator show that packed out the O2 Academy in London. It’s red hot mix of hits and fan favourites and tickets are going quickly, so […]

The Violator show at the O2 was such a success that we’re at it again… only this time with the seminal Black Celebration album – just in time for its 30th Anniversary. This solid fan-favourite is getting the full treatment. We’re playing it live, in full, at the O2 Academy in Islington. There’s a lot […]

Our regular gigs at The Horn St Albans are always a lot of fun, and yesterday was no exception! It may have been torrential rain all day and a very hot night, but folks still turned out in their masses to see us and our wonderful support act Pulse. Pulse really brought the house down, […]

There are few words in the electronic music language that express so much in three letters, but the BAS events are one of them. These are mini-electronic music festivals, spread across two nights, in what is to some the Mecca of electronica: Basildon. Depeche Mode’s hometown pays homage to a ‘Sounds of Basildon’ night on […]

Brace yourselves, Speak & Spell are back at The Horn in St Albans on 20th of June! This is always a fun night, for us and the audience alike. The Horn may be small but it’s full of energy and we intend to rock your socks off with an amazing set. As it’s a smaller […]