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LOS ANGELES — Depeche Mode will return next year with a new album, “Memento Mori,” and an accompanying tour of North America and Europe. The announcement comes only a few months after the group’s co-founder and keyboardist Andy Fletcher died at 60 in May.

Depeche Mode have lined up a new album and the band's first live shows in more than five years, an announcement that comes months after the death of founding member Andy "Fletch" Fletcher. The band said in Berlin on Tuesday that the album, "Memento Mori," will be released next spring.…

One month after Depeche Mode keyboardist and founding member Andy Fletcher's death, the band has released a new statement on social media, confirming the cause of death. In a statement posted to the official Depeche Mode Instagram account on Monday, the band's remaining members Martin Gore and Dave Gahan said…

Fletcher died in May aged 60

The musician helped introduce the band’s electro-pop sound to the world, bringing them global fame

Andy Fletcher, who played synthesizers in Depeche Mode, an electronics-heavy British band that developed a huge fan following and sold millions of records in the 1980s and ’90s, has died. He was 60.

Keyboard player and business brain of Depeche Mode who pushed the electronic band to long-lasting success

As well as a keyboard player, Fletch was a facilitator – and someone whose cheerleading demeanour helped fans feel closer to the band they loved

A person close to the band said Fletcher died Thursday from natural causes at his home in the United Kingdom.