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Peter Bjorn and John to Open for Depeche Mode

Mar 6, 2009, 6:15pm

On the surface, it makes just about no sense for Swedish pop pros Peter Bjorn and John to open Depeche Mode 's summer American tour, since their bubbling-over joy has basically nothing to do with Depeche Mode's brooding synthetic throb. You'd think that someone like Ladytron , who will open a few of Depeche Mode's Eastern European shows, would be a better fit, just based on the sense of elegant gloom they share. [...]

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