{"id":1493786,"date":"2022-05-26T18:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T22:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493786"},"modified":"2022-05-26T18:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T22:14:43","slug":"we-are-shocked-depeche-mode-confirms-news-of-band-member-andy-fletchers-death-at-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-shocked-depeche-mode-confirms-news-of-band-member-andy-fletchers-death-at-60\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Are Shocked\u2019: Depeche Mode Confirms News Of Band Member Andy Fletcher\u2019s Death At 60"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-are-shocked-depeche-mode-confirms-news-of-band-member-andy-fletchers-death-at-60%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Depeche Mode band members confirmed the news that founding member of the British 80s and 90s rock group, keyboardist Andrew Fletcher, had died at the age of 60.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/depechemode\/status\/1529901182562340864?s=20&#038;t=i4IY81zX4eTCVxUooDbYlA\">statement<\/a> Thursday from the band, the group wrote that they were \u201cshocked\u201d and saddened to share the news that the keyboard player had died. There was no other information provided as to a possible cause of death at the time of this publication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate Andy \u2018Fletch\u2019 Fletcher,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFletch had a true heart of gold and was always there when you needed support, a lively conversation, a good laugh, or a cold pint,\u201d it added. \u201cOur hearts are with his family, and we ask that you keep them in your thoughts and respect their privacy in this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher was born in 1961, and in the late 1970s he founded the group Composition Of Sound alongside Martin Gore and Vince Clarke. Once singer Dave Gahan came on board, they changed the name to Depeche Mode, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2022\/may\/26\/depeche-modes-andrew-fletcher-dies-aged-60\">The\u00a0Guardian<\/a> reported. Fletcher not only played the keyboard, but sometimes worked the bass guitar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartin\u2019s the songwriter, Alan\u2019s the good musician, Dave\u2019s the vocalist, and I bum around,\u201d he once joked in the band\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XG5Uk9ae7bg\">1989 documentary 101<\/a>, co-directed by D.A. Pennebaker, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/05\/depeche-mode-andy-fletch-fletcher-dead-obituary-keyboard-player-founding-member-was-60-1235033869\/\">Deadline<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RlB7QM6ckW\">pic.twitter.com\/RlB7QM6ckW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Depeche Mode (@depechemode) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/depechemode\/status\/1529901182562340864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beauty of using electronics is that music can now be made in your bedroom,\u201d Fletcher told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/depeche-mode-want-your-respect-233038\/\">Rolling Stone in 1990<\/a>. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to get four people together in some warehouse to practice. You don\u2019t have to have four excellent musicians fighting among themselves. You can do it in your bedroom, and it\u2019s all down to ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band found huge success with such hits as \u201cNew Life\u201d and \u201cJust Can\u2019t Get Enough,\u201d \u201cPersonal Jesus,\u201d and \u201cPolicy of Truth,\u201d among so many more.\u00a0The British pop group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Following news of Fletcher\u2019s death, founding member of The Cure, Lol Tolhurst, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LolTolhurst\/status\/1529915041079652353?s=20&#038;t=YIaZOcsnxVyXvugo0pKVwQ\">tweeted<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cVery sad news today. Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode has passed. I knew Andy and considered him a friend. We crossed many of the same pathways as younger men. My heart goes out to his family, bandmates, and DM fans. RIP Fletch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depeche Mode band members confirmed the news that founding member of the British 80s and 90s rock group, keyboardist Andrew Fletcher, had died at the age of 60. In a statement Thursday from the band, the group wrote that they were \u201cshocked\u201d and saddened to share the news that the keyboard player had died. 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