Depeche Mode Cancel More Concerts

05/21/09 11:36am

Depeche Mode have cancelled three more shows, bringing their total thus far to nine, as frontman Dave Gahan recovers from severe gastroenteritis.

"Doctors have advised that more time is needed to allow singer, Dave Gahan, to fully recover from his recent illness and ensure that the tour can resume shortly," said a message posted on Wednesday on the Depeche Mode website.

"Depeche Mode apologise to all their fans for this inconvenience and wish Dave a speedy recovery."

Gastroenteritis (which is also known as the "stomach flu," though unrelated to influenza) involves the inflammation of the stomach and small intestine that results in acute diarrhea. Inadequate treatment of the ailment kills an estimated five to eight million people per year around the world and is a leading cause of death among children under five (and U.S. president Zachary Taylor in 1850).

Gahan shouldn't be at risk of getting to that stage since he can afford top medical care. Besides, he's already survived a suicide attempt and a drug overdose.

The latest concerts to be put on hold are in Warsaw, Poland on May 23, Riga, Latvia on May 25 and Vilnius, Lithuania on May 27. Ticket holders should hang on to their tickets until new dates are scheduled or the shows are cancelled for good.

This also applies for previously cancelled concerts in: Athens, Greece; Istanbul, Turkey; Bucharest, Romania; Sofia, Bulgaria; Belgrade, Serbia; and Zagreb, Croatia.

The next scheduled Depeche Mode gig is May 30 at London, England's O2 Arena. The British band's Tour Of The Universe is supposed to cover Europe until mid-July. A July 24 performance at Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre is slated to begin the North American leg of the tour.

Depeche Mode are touring in support of the recently released Sounds Of The Universe. Here are their dates that haven't been cancelled:

May 30 London, England @ O2 Arena w/M83
May 31 Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Pinkpop Festival
June 2 Hamburg, Germany @ HSH Nordbank Arena w/M83
June 4-5 Dusseldorf, Germany @ LTU Arena w/M83
June 7-8 Leipzig, Germany @ Zentralstadion w/Polarkreis 18 and M83
June 10 Berlin, Germany @ Olympiastadion w/Polarkreis 18 and M83
June 12 Frankfurt, Germany @ Commerzbank Arena w/M83
June 13 Munich, Germany @ Olympiastadion w/M83
June 16 Rome, Italy @ Stadio Olimpico w/M83
June 18 Milan, Italy @ Stadio San Siro w/M83
June 20 Werchter, Belgium @ TW Classic Festival
June 22 Bratislava, Slovakia @ Inter Stadium w/MOTOR
June 23 Budapest, Hungary @ Puskas Ferenc Stadium w/ZAGAR and MOTOR
June 25 Prague, Czech Republic @ Slavia Stadium w/MOTOR
June 27 Paris, France @ Stade De France w/M83
June 28 Nancy, France @ Le Zenith w/M83
June 30 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Parken Stadium w/MOTOR
July 2 Bergen, Norway @ Bergenhus Festning
July 3 Arvika, Sweden @ Arvika Festival
July 6 Carcassonne, France @ Esplanade Gambetta w/MOTOR
July 8 Valladolid, Spain @ Jose Zorilla Stadiu w/MOTOR
July 9 Bilbao, Spain @ Bilbao BBK Live Festival
July 11 Porto, Portugal @ Super Bock Super Rock Festival
July 12 Seville, Spain @ Olimpic Stadium w/MOTOR
July 24 Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 25 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
July 28 Bristow, DC @ Nissan Pavilion
July 31 Boston, MA @ Comcast Center
Aug. 1 Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Resort Spa & Casino
Aug. 3-4 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Aug. 10 Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
Aug. 12 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Aug. 14 San Diego, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 16-17 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
Aug. 19 Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
Aug. 20 Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
Aug. 22 Las Vegas, NV @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
Aug. 23 Phoenix, AZ @ US Air Arena
Aug. 25 Salt Lake City, UT @ E Center
Aug. 27 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphtheatre
Aug. 29 Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center
Aug. 30 Spring, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sept. 1 Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
Sept. 4 Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheater
Sept. 5 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ BankAtlantic Center
Oct. 1 Guadalajara, Mexico @ Arena V.F.G.
Oct. 3 Mexico City, Mexico @ Foro Sol
Oct. 8 San Jose, Costa Rica @ TBA
Oct. 10 Bogota, Colombia @ TBA
Oct. 13 Lima, Peru @ TBA
Oct. 15 Santiago, Chile @ TBA
Oct. 17 Buenos Aires, Argentina @ TBA
Oct. 22 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil @ TBA
Oct. 24 Sao Paulo, Brazil @ TBA
Oct. 31 Oberhausen Ob Eck, Germany @ Kopi Arena
Nov. 1 Bremen, Germany @ AWD Dome
Nov. 3 Hannover, Germany @ Tui Arena
Nov. 7 Mannheim, Germany @ SAP Arena
Nov. 8 Stuttgart, Germany @ Schleyerhalle
Nov. 10 Geneva, Switzerland @ Palexpo
Nov. 12 Valencia, Spain @ Recinta Ferial
Nov. 20 Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi
Nov. 23 Lyon, France @ Tony Garnier
Dec. 1 Nuremberg, Germany @ Arena
Dec. 3 Vienna, Austria @ Stadthalle
Dec. 4 Graz, Austria @ Arena
Dec. 6-7 Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
Dec. 10 Dublin, Ireland @ O2 Arena
Dec. 12 Glasgow, Scotland @ Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre
Dec. 13 Birmingham, England @ LG Arena
Dec. 15-16 London, England @ O2 Arena
Dec. 18 Manchester, England @ Manchester Evening News Arena
Jan. 11, 2009 Budapest, Hungary @ Sports Arena
Feb. 4 St. Petersburg, Russia @ SKK
Feb. 6 Moscow, Russia @ Olympiski