Depeche Mode have confirmed that their epic concert film, M, will be coming to cinemas worldwide later in 2025. Check out the details below.
The upcoming release follows on from the film being announced in April and receiving a rapturous reception at this year’s Tribeca Festival. It is set to screen in over 2,500 cinemas across more than 60 countries.
Made by the band along with Trafalgar Releasing and Sony Music Vision, the limited theatrical event will begin on October 28, and gives fans of the band the opportunity to see Dave Gahan and Martin Gore on their journey “into the heart of Mexican culture’s relationship with death, framed by the iconic live performances”.
The film was conceived and directed by award-winning Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frias, and comprises footage from the band’s three sold-out shows at the Foro Sol Stadium in Mexico City – held as part of their ‘Memento Mori’ 2023 and 2024 tour. It also sees the members illustrate their multi-cultural influences and explore the connection between music, mortality, and Mexican tradition.
“At its core, our new film M is about the deep connection between music, culture, and people – and Fernando Frías, who directed and conceived the film, did a beautiful job telling that story that through the lens of Mexican culture and our shows in Mexico City,” said Gahan.
Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing, added: “We’re proud to continue our longstanding collaboration with Sony Music Vision and IMAX to bring Depeche Mode: M to audiences worldwide in October. This cinematic experience is a perfect celebration of the ‘Memento Mori Tour’ and the deep connection Depeche Mode has with their global fanbase.”
For Frias, the project comes following his work on the award-winning film I’m No Longer Here, which cleaned up at Mexico’s prestigious Ariel Academy Awards, taking home 10 wins. It also follows on from his latest film, I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me, which was released in 2023 to critical acclaim.
With their shows in Mexico City, Depeche Mode played to nearly 200,000 fans, and all shows on the extensive tour came in celebration of their 15th studio album of the same name. That record marked the first since the tragic passing of synth player and founding member Andy Fletcher, who died back in May 2022, aged just 60.
During the dates between 2023 and 2024, the band played to more than 3million fans globally at 112 shows around the world.
Tickets for the theatrical release of M go on sale from September 17 and will be available here. You can also visit that link to sign up for event alerts from Depeche Mode.
Before the tour kicked off, Gahan and Gore spoke to NME about what it was like adjusting to life without their bandmate, and shared that they wanted to celebrate his unmistakable impact in the ‘Memento Mori’ album.
“It’s fucking hard work to keep a band going for that long, you realise how it’s got to be losing an anchor. Fletch was part of what we knew as Depeche Mode for the last 40 years,” Gahan told us.
“Losing Fletch made that feeling more real. Everything will come to an end. I don’t know when that is. After Fletch passed and we had to continue, I said, ‘Try to enjoy what you’ve got to do here and do the best you can’. You really don’t know if you’re going to be doing it again.”
Gahan spoke to us again last year, around the time of the live show that celebrated the life of Mark Lanegan. In the discussion, he also revealed what is on the cards for Depeche Mode.
“To be honest it’s taken me quite a while just to recover after the tour… It was fantastic and ended up being more than what Martin and I could have imagined in many ways,” he said. “I’ve just spent the last five months since I got home just trying to get back into my regular life of family, friends, a little bit of writing here and there, but to be honest I’m not that inspired by anything.
“It takes a while. Wait and see. I wouldn’t rule out getting together at some point, but it’s not on the cards at this point.”
In the summer of 2023, NME gave the ‘Memento Mori’ show in London set a glowing four-star review.
“The famously fractious tensions in the band seem to have given way to fraternity, never more heartwarming than during the pally wedding dancing between members that closes the monolithic ‘Enjoy The Silence’, or the tender hug they share after Gahan and Gore’s duet on ‘Waiting For The Night’,” it read.
“What ultimately hits the hardest is the generosity of bangers and the graceful energy they arrive with. Look at that setlist […] Come on. We’re in sexy goth heaven,” the review continued. “You feel spoiled as an audience member, and we’d be lucky if this good feeling and compulsion of Depeche Mode’s current purple streak continues for years to come.”
