The band’s upcoming tour has been dubbed “Tour Of The Universe 2009″ according to German ticket outlet Eventim.de. This of course kicks off speculation that the album title will follow a similar naming scheme (like “Master Of The Universe”… GO HE-MAN!)! Anyhoot… date recap:

Finally, we are proud to announce that the new Recoil website has gone on-line. By popular demand, Shunt has decided to revert back to a mainly Html site while still retaining some Flash elements. This allows viewers more flexibility. Thanks almost entirely to Oliver Thiede, this new version is virtually complete and will be regularly updated with many new features.

The German tour dates are slowly being revealed to us, and we’ve just been notified that from tonight at 20:00 CET, all the people who’ve registered for the Eventim Ticket-Alarm, will be able to reserve tickets. The dates so far are:

The official website just announced that the October 6th press conference will be streamed live at 13:30 CET (see below for international times). The band will be announcing their upcoming 2009 world tour. Watch the press conference live on depeche mode dot com.

Norwegian newspaper VG is reporting that Depeche Mode will hit the Norwegian town of Bergen on July 2nd, 2009. The show is set to take place in the fields near the city’s old fortress.