“We’re stunned and stuffed with overwhelming unhappiness with the premature passing of our pricey buddy, circle of relatives member, and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher,” the band mentioned in a commentary posted to Instagram and Twitter Thursday. “Fletch had a real center of gold and used to be at all times there whilst you wanted toughen, a full of life dialog, a excellent chuckle, or a chilly pint.”
The band went on to notice: “Our hearts are together with his circle of relatives, and we ask that you just stay them on your ideas and appreciate their privateness on this tricky time.”
The announcement didn’t specify a explanation for dying.
The British digital band used to be formally based in 1980 by means of Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Vince Clarke. Fletcher remained a member of the band for greater than 40 years and seemed on all 14 studio albums, from their 1981 debut “Discuss & Spell” to 2017’s “Spirit.”
Thought to be synth-pop, digital and new wave pioneers, the band — together with former individuals Clarke and Alan Wilder — used to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Reputation in 2020. Their hits integrated “Private Jesus” and “Benefit from the Silence” from the band’s 1990 album, “Violator.”
Tributes to Fletcher started to pour in in a while after the band’s announcement of his dying.
The band Orchestral Manoeuvres within the Darkish tweeted that their live performance Thursday evening “shall be touched by means of a perfect unhappiness as all folks say farewell to Andy Fletcher from Depeche Mode. An attractive individual in an important band.”
“I knew Andy and regarded as him a chum. We crossed lots of the similar pathways as more youthful males,” tweeted Lol Tolhurst, a founding member of The Remedy. “My center is going out to his circle of relatives, bandmates, and DM enthusiasts. RIP Fletch.”
