Depeche Mode Drops 'Memento Mori: Mexico City' Album

Mexico City stadium trilogy becomes multimedia monument

Three sold-out performances at Foro Sol Stadium in September 2023 have become the scaffold for Depeche Mode's most expansive live documentation to date. (Original source) The Columbia Records package pairs two full-length films—Depeche Mode: M, a hybrid of concert footage, archival material, and staged sequences directed by Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frías, plus a straight concert document from the same run—with a two-hour live album across 2 CDs. All physical configurations include four previously unreleased studio tracks from the Memento Mori sessions, extending the album cycle beyond its original 12-track frame. (Depeche Mode 'Memento Mori: Mexico City' 2025) The 4LP vinyl edition spreads the complete recording across colored discs, while cassette and digital-only versions strip away the visual components. (Review: Depeche Mode, 'Memento Mori: Mexico City') By routing this late-period monument through Mexico City and Frías's lens, the band foregrounds its unusually deep Latin American following and the cultural resonance of mortality themes in that geography.

Four unreleased tracks and Fernando Frías films

The four previously unreleased studio tracks arrive from the original Memento Mori sessions, expanding the album cycle beyond its initial fifteen-song arc. Label copy frames these as exclusive to the physical and digital package—no standalone single release has been announced.

Frías delivered two distinct films: Depeche Mode: M blends concert footage with archival material and staged sequences, while the second disc presents a straightforward concert document of the Foro Sol performances. The theatrical run of M preceded the worldwide physical release, positioning the home edition as a second-window product rather than day-and-date distribution. Sony Music Entertainment GSA CEO Christoph Behm called the shows "another career highlight" and "a testament to the unbroken enthusiasm of the fans and the timelessness of the band."

Myth-making devotion across three million fans

The Memento Mori World Tour played to over three million fans across 112 shows, with Mexico City's three-night run accounting for more than 200,000 attendees at Foro Sol Stadium. (depeche mode dot com) The scale positions the album as documentation of one of electronic music's few remaining stadium-scale acts sustaining that reach four decades in, while the choice of Mexico City—and a Mexican director—acknowledges a regional fan base whose intensity has long exceeded conventional touring economics. (Memento Mori: Mexico City - 2 CD - Depeche Mode US Store) Live reviews single out performances of "My Cosmos Is Mine," "Wagging Tongue," "Ghosts Again," and "John the Revelator" alongside catalogue standards "Stripped," "Enjoy the Silence," and "I Feel You," drawn from Songs of Faith and Devotion, Ultra, Playing the Angel, and Black Celebration.

Sources

• Original source
• Depeche Mode 'Memento Mori: Mexico City' 2025 (2008-08-15)
• Review: Depeche Mode, 'Memento Mori: Mexico City' (2025-12-13)
• depeche mode dot com (2025-10-22)
• Memento Mori: Mexico City - 2 CD - Depeche Mode US Store
• Album by Depeche Mode - Memento Mori: Mexico City - Spotify

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