HEADLINE UK WARM-UP SHOWS ANNOUNCED
24th of February – The Grace, LONDON
25th of February – Brighton Electric, BRIGHTON
Suzie Stapleton has been invited to open for Depeche Mode this March for a run of arena dates
in Spain, France, Germany, and Portugal as part of their Memento Mori World Tour. Two UK
warm up shows have been announced with Stapleton and her band set to headline London’s
The Grace on February 24th and Brighton Electric on February 25th. This is a triumphant
welcome back to the stage for the Brighton-based Sydney-born artist who independently
released her debut album ‘We Are The Plague’ in 2020.
Though unable to tour the album, ‘We Are The Plague’ received universal praise, landing on
multiple Albums of The Year lists including Louder Than War’s Top 20 Albums of 2020. LTW
lauded it as “A dazzling debut album of guitar rock, fused with the primal spirit of blues and
gospel. Blending the spirit of Patti Smith and PJ Harvey with the soul of Nick Cave and
Mark Lanegan”.
Stapleton busied herself connecting with fans online, shooting film clips in her house, and
working on new songs whilst taking long walks around the Sussex countryside. It was around this
time that the self-managed artist noticed a certain Dave Gahan from New York had joined her
mailing list. This Dave also purchased a vinyl copy of ‘We Are The Plague’ from her website, but
Stapleton just assumed that it was not the same Dave Gahan that fronted one of the most
influential synth-pop bands of the 80s and 90s.
Stapleton was also keeping occupied working on The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, a
labour of love which pays tribute to the late frontman of The Gun Club. Stapleton had met the
project’s producer Cypress Grove during a DIY UK tour in 2013 and he’d invited her to first
record some backing vocals for the project. These ended up on 2014’s ‘Axels & Sockets’ – a call
and response section shared with Mark Lanegan & Bertrand Cantat on the track ‘Constant
Limbo/Constant Rain’. The pair hit it off with Grove inviting Stapleton to contribute further to
the fourth album in the project series that was in the works.
SUZIE STAPLETON – HEADLINE WARM-UP SHOWS
Supports TBA
24th of February – The Grace, LONDON, UK
25th of February – Brighton Electric, BRIGHTON, UK
Tickets On Sale 10am Monday 22nd of January from
www.suziestapleton.com/tour
DEPECHE MODE + SUZIE STAPLETON
MEMENTO MORI WORLD TOUR MARCH 2024
3rd Accor Arena PARIS, FRANCE
5th Accor Arena PARIS, FRANCE
7th Olympiahalle MUNICH, GERMANY
12th WiZink Center MADRID, SPAIN
14th WiZink Center MADRID, SPAIN
16th Palau Sant Jordi BARCELONA, SPAIN
19th Altice Arena LISBON, PORTUGAL
21st Bizkaia Arena BILBAO, SPAIN
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