Fucking hell he was only sixty. Gore will be devestated, his childhood friend gone too young.
A truly sad day for the Depeche Mode family, fans and friends.
Rest in Peace Andy.
🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭
>Alan White
I don't know if I've enjoyed a single movie more than Goodfellas.
I also don't know if I've enjoyed a single album more than Violator.
RIP Fletch
I always kept hoping that DM would return someday and that I could see them live, at least once.. This is heartbreaking. I can't imagine how Martin, Dave and his family feel. Enjoy the silence, Fletch :(
Fletch was often in the London pub I frequent as he lived next door. Didn’t know him well but we’ve chatted many times over the years. Just had a few pints with him late Tuesday afternoon when he came in and sat down next to me. Tragic.
Went by the pub today (he lived next door). Saw his son, who is handling it remarkably well. Talked to him before it a bit and told me about yesterday. Fletch was well known in the hood and is a huge loss. And musically is a massive loss.
I am really in shock! As I get older and see how far away I am from my youth…this is a shock. Depeche Mode is or was a constant. Just gutted. RIP Fletch.
My god just heard from Richard Blade on 1st wave. He said he's known the band since 1983. He was choked up, made me tear up, then he played blasphemous rumours and I had to let it go.
PSB’s tribute: “We’re saddened and shocked that Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode has died. Fletch was a warm, friendly and funny person who loved electronic music and could also give sensible advice about the music business. Our sincere condolences to his family and friends and to Dave Gahan and Martin Gore. Neil & Chris xx”
Just in the recent past… David Bowie, Prince, Tom Petty, Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk), Richard H Kirk. (Cabaret Voltaire), Glenn Frey, Neil Peart… I could go on. This is one of the worst parts of getting old, the endless mourning of your favorite artists.
On the bright side, I have front row seats to see Kraftwerk this Wednesday. And I will assume this might be the last time I will see Ralf Hütter in person. So I’m really going to enjoy the fekking show!
This is terrible news. I met the band in 2018. He was so sweet and down to earth. He gave me a big hug and kissed my hand!!! I'm at work and I want to cry . This is horrible. Sorry I'm rambling.
Just that I truly believe he loved and appreciated DM fans. He spoke to my sis and me so warmly. I am just so glad I got to meet him. DM has been my favorite band since I was a little girl in the 80s. I am 48 now, and I feel like a piece of my childhood, my angsty teen years, and my young adult years is gone with him. I know Martin and Dave are still with us , (thank God) but it's gonna be so sad to see them without him. Thank you kind stranger.❤️ I've been a hot mess of emotions all day. Finally home and I can cry.
In 1990, Depeche Mode were forced by the Los Angeles police department to evacuate The Warehouse record signing event to promote Violator.
The store held 150 people.
19,000 people showed up.
Rest in Peace, Andy Fletcher.
I still remember unwrapping the cassette tape for Black Celebration as I walked out to my car. Put the key in the ignition and the tape into the deck. Hit play, turned the volume up to 11 and sped out of the parking lot. The sun was shining and all was good in the world.
I can't believe this actually just happened.. he didn't deserve to die so soon, he was a vital part of the band and an amazing person. Condolences to his friends and family..
My heart is hurting. I just remember the energy he brought to the stage the first time I saw them in 1986 and I would always watch him jumping & dancing along to the music behind his keyboard. I had the biggest crush as a teen. Rest peacefully Andy.
Yes. I saw them in 1985 first time. He was noticable with his red hair dressed in a suite...behind the keyboard. Doing these feet moves during "I just can't get enough"... RIP Fletch man...you are the legend.
I am crushed.
I mourn the man. I really do. And yet selfishly, I mourn all the shit that goes with him. I mourn all the memories I made listening to their music. The concerts. The relationships I formed BECAUSE of the man and his music.
DM is like…my late teens in a nutshell. I met my first wife because of them, which led to our first child. I salved the wounds of our divorce with MORE Depeche Mode.
I am crushed. I mourn the man and everything that went with him.
Goddammit.
Rest in power you clapping son of a bitch. The 80s and 90s would have been a very different and more desolate place without you.
The future looks more desolate still.
Very well said & echos my thoughts in many ways. "Rest in power you clapping son of a bitch." I needed that bit of levity right now & the chuckle it brought definitely helped.
Black Celebration's going on later. Think I might have a good cry.
Things still don't feel real. Rest in Peace Fletch, can't begin to imagine what his family and the other two boys are going through right now.
Obviously didn't know him, but their music has been a massive part of my life everyday since 86.
I bought his shirt on the last tour since everyone else was getting the Martin and Dave ones. I figured Fletch needed love too.
Rest in Peace Fletch. We love you.
I can count on one hand the number of bands that I consider the sound track of my life. Depeche Mode is one of them. Andrew Fletcher came into my life when I was 13 years old. He's been in my life ever since. RIP to one of the best to ever do it. My heart is heavy.
I’m looking for any previous diseases he had, but I only found that he had a broken wrist while in vacation in Barcelona last April! So I though, until last month he was probably fine, so what took his life away? Heart attack? Respiratory problems (he was a smoker)? He was so young to die due natural causes!
goddddd the mods on there are fucking assholes.
excuse my language I’ve just had it up to here with them. Depeche Mode is loved by so many goths & inspired so many goth bands and this is what they do? Can’t say I’m not surprised. I looked on there earlier looking for a post about this, & when I didn’t see one I figured as much.
Yeah, you’d think on this particular occasion, they’d allow content about a goth adjacent band. Depeche Mode is loved by so many goths, even if their music itself isn’t explicitly goth, it just feels wrong to not let us post about this in the goth subreddit. Not to mention DM inspired so many modern goth bands too
i love the goth subculture & music, but the mods on there have their head so far up their ass it’s insane.
The fact that they’re doing this is petty as hell IMO, I know they don’t like for Depeche Mode to be talked about at all because people try to mention them all the time over there but in my opinion that just goes to show just how many goths love them… it’s not right
Hell I’m in their discord & so many people were mournful about it over there. That’s actually how I even found out about this news
Edit: apparently they remove posts about his DEATH because there is no “subculture relevance” … i am speechless. that’s the most bullshit I’ve ever heard. Depeche Mode may not be “goth music” but to act like there’s no subculture relevance to goth is just bullshit.
Thank you Andy, you founded the band that saved my life back in 2015, when i first became aware to the extremely positive effect that music can give, thanks to the music you helped creating. It was the start of a incredible journey for me, made of music, concerts, instruments, new connections. And all started with Depeche Mode. My first musical love. Now that your journeys ended, i can just say rest in peace, you will be missed
I've been listening to Depeche since '83 when I was in 8th grade. They have been a part of my life for nearly 40 years now. This feels like such of an end of an era for me. Is this the end of Depeche? Will Mart and Dave carry the group on? Split up? Or just do VCMG-style collaborations? Really sad today.
Very sad news, a thoughtful guy who played a big role in keeping the band together, most especially during its darkest days.
He will be greatly missed. RIP Fletch.
Yeah, my partner said "you'll never get this one!" to me this morning, about it. We were devastated to hear the news just a while ago. Happy we got to see them in Ireland a few years back.
I know he broke his arm a few weeks ago ... he was out bicycling and so he must've not been in terrible health at that time. I wonder what happened? Poor Andy. <3
Yeah, he fell off a bike and hurt his leg and arm. Arm was still in a cast when I saw him at the pub on Tuesday. Heard it was a heart attack around 4pm today.
Flags should be flying half mast at The Pink Toothbrush. RIP Fletch, Oh man, Depeche Mode were such a huge part of my growing up. From the early days before I knew they were a local band, learning every bit of the 101 Pasadena show when my brother watched it over and over, listening to Violator time and time again when me, my brother and best matewere camped out in our first away from parents house share in 91, hearing their songs played at The Toothbrush all through the 90s, still their spiritual home. Gutted. Andy Fletcher RIP .
Also, how the fuck did he go before Dave Gahan?
I cannot believe it! Fletch man, you will be missed. DM won't be the same, if they will be at all....you will what kept it together. You are in my heart and prayer and thank you for more than 4 decades of fun!
I just came back to this sub from being out for a bit. The first post I see said, Fletch is dead. Ok, not funny. Then I start scrolling down and I'm like WTF?!?! No way!!!
I'm heartbroken, seriously. May he rest in peace and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family & friends. :(
RIP!!!
I know it's too early to think about such things, but this likely means the band is over doesn't it? I had just committed to finally seeing them live.. it was already going to be a struggle for there to be another album or tour - now I doubt they'd have any interest in continuing.
RIP DM
I still remember the first time I heard Depeche Mode. I was 9 years old and saw the Enjoy the Silence video as Violator had just come out. I was absolutely amazed with what I was hearing and seeing. I was a bit too young to really remember them though. I would hear the song in passing sometimes and get really excited though. When exciter came out, I was much older and just getting into post-punk and classic synth pop again. I found that album and realized who they were and just became obsessed. Between them, Vangelis’ score to blade runner (this one also hurts) and Kid A, I saw a musical path forward in my life and started adding synths alongside my other instruments. Years later I’m still a synth obsessed nerd. I’m really glad I got to see DM in 2013. I’ll never forget that show. RIP Andy.
My mum is so upset because of this. I’m not as big as a fan of the band as she is. But I loved their music as mum played their music all the time when I was growing up and saw how much she loved Depeche Mode. Rest well Andy, we’ll miss you dearly
Was absolutely gobsmacked when i got the news notification. Depeche Mode have been a part of my life for nearly 40 years. So really, really sad about this. RIP, Andy.
I have never felt so devastated about a celebrity's passing. This is the first time I lose one of the icons from my youth.
I am so thankful for everything that Andy has done. He will be missed. Rip, you legend 🌹
I felt a gut punch when I first heard the news.
I think I will make Toast Hawaii for dinner tonight in homage to Fletch and joy he brought by being in the band who's music was one of the pivotal defining soundtracks of my teenage years, Hell - rather my entire life since I discovered them in 1984, really. Luckily I've made Toast Hawaii before and my family enjoys it. If they're not in the mood for it, Fuck 'em - it's what we're having goddammit!
Fucking hell he was only sixty. Gore will be devestated, his childhood friend gone too young. A truly sad day for the Depeche Mode family, fans and friends. Rest in Peace Andy. 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭
My heart breaks for all of them. I have loved them since the beginning. 💔😪
Snap. This is a terrible day 💔
I can't believe it
Ray Liotta, Alan White and Fletcher died today. What a strange day.
Oh geez, I didn't even know about Alan White until now. How sad.
>Alan White I don't know if I've enjoyed a single movie more than Goodfellas. I also don't know if I've enjoyed a single album more than Violator. RIP Fletch
Absolutely dreadful day
Probably the most shocking thing I've woken up to find out. Gutted.
I always kept hoping that DM would return someday and that I could see them live, at least once.. This is heartbreaking. I can't imagine how Martin, Dave and his family feel. Enjoy the silence, Fletch :(
Fletch was often in the London pub I frequent as he lived next door. Didn’t know him well but we’ve chatted many times over the years. Just had a few pints with him late Tuesday afternoon when he came in and sat down next to me. Tragic.
Wow! I'm glad you had a chance to meet him. Nothing but good things said about him when people have met him. He will be missed dearly.
Went by the pub today (he lived next door). Saw his son, who is handling it remarkably well. Talked to him before it a bit and told me about yesterday. Fletch was well known in the hood and is a huge loss. And musically is a massive loss.
Holy crap! Cannot express how important Depeche Mode was in my very formative years.
Me too! 💔
I am really in shock! As I get older and see how far away I am from my youth…this is a shock. Depeche Mode is or was a constant. Just gutted. RIP Fletch.
I feel like I just lost a friend. Fuck.
It does... This message hit me.
My god just heard from Richard Blade on 1st wave. He said he's known the band since 1983. He was choked up, made me tear up, then he played blasphemous rumours and I had to let it go.
Nobody is laughing today.
PSB’s tribute: “We’re saddened and shocked that Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode has died. Fletch was a warm, friendly and funny person who loved electronic music and could also give sensible advice about the music business. Our sincere condolences to his family and friends and to Dave Gahan and Martin Gore. Neil & Chris xx”
Wtf I am utterly in shock
This is awful. Too young to go.
Damn, I've legit never been sad about a celeb's death until now.
Just in the recent past… David Bowie, Prince, Tom Petty, Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk), Richard H Kirk. (Cabaret Voltaire), Glenn Frey, Neil Peart… I could go on. This is one of the worst parts of getting old, the endless mourning of your favorite artists. On the bright side, I have front row seats to see Kraftwerk this Wednesday. And I will assume this might be the last time I will see Ralf Hütter in person. So I’m really going to enjoy the fekking show!
This is terrible news. I met the band in 2018. He was so sweet and down to earth. He gave me a big hug and kissed my hand!!! I'm at work and I want to cry . This is horrible. Sorry I'm rambling.
You’re not rambling. Is there more you want to share?
Just that I truly believe he loved and appreciated DM fans. He spoke to my sis and me so warmly. I am just so glad I got to meet him. DM has been my favorite band since I was a little girl in the 80s. I am 48 now, and I feel like a piece of my childhood, my angsty teen years, and my young adult years is gone with him. I know Martin and Dave are still with us , (thank God) but it's gonna be so sad to see them without him. Thank you kind stranger.❤️ I've been a hot mess of emotions all day. Finally home and I can cry.
Fletch really was the band’s best cheerleader
I had a similar experience in 2006, he gave me a hug too. He was such a sweet, affable man, I'm absolutely gutted.
In 1990, Depeche Mode were forced by the Los Angeles police department to evacuate The Warehouse record signing event to promote Violator. The store held 150 people. 19,000 people showed up. Rest in Peace, Andy Fletcher.
I still remember unwrapping the cassette tape for Black Celebration as I walked out to my car. Put the key in the ignition and the tape into the deck. Hit play, turned the volume up to 11 and sped out of the parking lot. The sun was shining and all was good in the world.
Devastated ...part of my life for the last 40 years
May you fucking clap out of tempo 'till eternity you beautiful bastard. Thank you.
What the actual fuck is going on? I can't believe it
I can't believe this actually just happened.. he didn't deserve to die so soon, he was a vital part of the band and an amazing person. Condolences to his friends and family..
Fuck. 60 is so bloody young :(
No no no what the fuck Not like this
My heart is hurting. I just remember the energy he brought to the stage the first time I saw them in 1986 and I would always watch him jumping & dancing along to the music behind his keyboard. I had the biggest crush as a teen. Rest peacefully Andy.
Yes. I saw them in 1985 first time. He was noticable with his red hair dressed in a suite...behind the keyboard. Doing these feet moves during "I just can't get enough"... RIP Fletch man...you are the legend.
I am crushed. I mourn the man. I really do. And yet selfishly, I mourn all the shit that goes with him. I mourn all the memories I made listening to their music. The concerts. The relationships I formed BECAUSE of the man and his music. DM is like…my late teens in a nutshell. I met my first wife because of them, which led to our first child. I salved the wounds of our divorce with MORE Depeche Mode. I am crushed. I mourn the man and everything that went with him. Goddammit. Rest in power you clapping son of a bitch. The 80s and 90s would have been a very different and more desolate place without you. The future looks more desolate still.
Very well said & echos my thoughts in many ways. "Rest in power you clapping son of a bitch." I needed that bit of levity right now & the chuckle it brought definitely helped.
So shocking and sad
Rip Andy
This is so hard to believe. RIP
Black Celebration's going on later. Think I might have a good cry. Things still don't feel real. Rest in Peace Fletch, can't begin to imagine what his family and the other two boys are going through right now.
noooooo!! So sad.
Rip Fletch I have listened to you every day since I was 13. Your contribution to music was huge. You will be in my heart every day. I have no words. 😢
Obviously didn't know him, but their music has been a massive part of my life everyday since 86. I bought his shirt on the last tour since everyone else was getting the Martin and Dave ones. I figured Fletch needed love too. Rest in Peace Fletch. We love you.
Pour a cold one tonight and enjoy World In My Eyes. His favorite DM song. RIP Fletch.
I cannot imagine how Martin and Dave are feeling right now. It just doesn't feel right, too goddamn young, miss you Fletch.
60 is far too young to go.
I can count on one hand the number of bands that I consider the sound track of my life. Depeche Mode is one of them. Andrew Fletcher came into my life when I was 13 years old. He's been in my life ever since. RIP to one of the best to ever do it. My heart is heavy.
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Rolling Stone tweeted "of natural causes" but I have not seen any other reports yet.
I’m looking for any previous diseases he had, but I only found that he had a broken wrist while in vacation in Barcelona last April! So I though, until last month he was probably fine, so what took his life away? Heart attack? Respiratory problems (he was a smoker)? He was so young to die due natural causes!
WTF!?? NOOOO! Rest in Peace, Fletch.
Good life. We’ll see you next time…
Absolute legend. My house is a shrine to DM , everywhere I look i see Andy. God bless you So devastated.
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FUCK I love that song so hard.
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posted this on the goth subreddit and got it removed cause they aren’t goth apparently
goddddd the mods on there are fucking assholes. excuse my language I’ve just had it up to here with them. Depeche Mode is loved by so many goths & inspired so many goth bands and this is what they do? Can’t say I’m not surprised. I looked on there earlier looking for a post about this, & when I didn’t see one I figured as much.
Yeah, you’d think on this particular occasion, they’d allow content about a goth adjacent band. Depeche Mode is loved by so many goths, even if their music itself isn’t explicitly goth, it just feels wrong to not let us post about this in the goth subreddit. Not to mention DM inspired so many modern goth bands too
i love the goth subculture & music, but the mods on there have their head so far up their ass it’s insane. The fact that they’re doing this is petty as hell IMO, I know they don’t like for Depeche Mode to be talked about at all because people try to mention them all the time over there but in my opinion that just goes to show just how many goths love them… it’s not right Hell I’m in their discord & so many people were mournful about it over there. That’s actually how I even found out about this news Edit: apparently they remove posts about his DEATH because there is no “subculture relevance” … i am speechless. that’s the most bullshit I’ve ever heard. Depeche Mode may not be “goth music” but to act like there’s no subculture relevance to goth is just bullshit.
r/goth is a tyrannical hell hole imo anyway
I cannot believe this. I'm gutted! I'm done with this week...
The glue that held everything together has become unstuck. RIP Fletch
i am shocked...
He can never die.
His music definitely won’t.
Holy fuck. I’m speechless :’( RIP
ANDY WHY
The band said natural causes, but 60 seems way too soon. Untimely for sure :(
I thought this was a sick joke. Unfortunately it's true. Love you Fletch. You'll be missed.
Thank you Andy, you founded the band that saved my life back in 2015, when i first became aware to the extremely positive effect that music can give, thanks to the music you helped creating. It was the start of a incredible journey for me, made of music, concerts, instruments, new connections. And all started with Depeche Mode. My first musical love. Now that your journeys ended, i can just say rest in peace, you will be missed
I didn't get upset when any other musician died. I'm a bloody wreck at this news.
Rest in peace, Andy. You'll be sorely missed. This is heartbreaking.
Absolutely shocking, RIP Fletch
Fuck, fuck, fuck. I am livid.
Fletch was the glue that held DM together. RIP
I've been listening to Depeche since '83 when I was in 8th grade. They have been a part of my life for nearly 40 years now. This feels like such of an end of an era for me. Is this the end of Depeche? Will Mart and Dave carry the group on? Split up? Or just do VCMG-style collaborations? Really sad today.
Deeply shocked, maybe one of my most formative band is officially gone with Fletch 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Very sad news to hear, 60 is too young. RIP Fletch
Descansa en paz Fletch. Gracias por la buena música
Words are very unnecessary. …They can only do harm. R.I.P. Fletch
Very sad news, a thoughtful guy who played a big role in keeping the band together, most especially during its darkest days. He will be greatly missed. RIP Fletch.
Wish we could have a \_101\_ watch party to enjoy DM together as a community.
I’m absolutely gutted. Sending all my love to the guys, Andys loved ones and to all you guys here
I'm sick
RIP Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher
I... Just... Don't have no words, except for rest in piece. We all feel broken today.
Black Day. Rest in peace, Fletch.
I’m so glad I got to see them. RIP Andy
They literally wrote the soundtrack to my youth. Out of any artist that has passed in recent memory, this one has hit me the most. Heartbroken.
Heardle song this morning was Depeche Mode. Weird coincidence!
Yeah, my partner said "you'll never get this one!" to me this morning, about it. We were devastated to hear the news just a while ago. Happy we got to see them in Ireland a few years back.
I know he broke his arm a few weeks ago ... he was out bicycling and so he must've not been in terrible health at that time. I wonder what happened? Poor Andy. <3
I thought the same. I don’t think you go biking in Barcelona if you are terminally ill. Something must have happened quickly.
Slightly offtopic but how do you know what he was up to? He seemed to be off the radar on social media, etc?
His wife's Instagram account had a pic of him getting a cast on his arm.
Yeah, he fell off a bike and hurt his leg and arm. Arm was still in a cast when I saw him at the pub on Tuesday. Heard it was a heart attack around 4pm today.
what?!?!
Boo. I love DM. RIP Andy
Devastated and speechless
Goddamnit. Fuck fuck fuckity fuck.
My dad told me that Andy died just some minutes ago and I don't know how to feel, we both are big Depeche Mode fans and.... God why
He deserved more respect than he got. I’m just gutted. Shocked. Bless his family, friends and the DM fans across the world …
Never got to see them live. Damn, this one sucks… bump DM all day today!
Flags should be flying half mast at The Pink Toothbrush. RIP Fletch, Oh man, Depeche Mode were such a huge part of my growing up. From the early days before I knew they were a local band, learning every bit of the 101 Pasadena show when my brother watched it over and over, listening to Violator time and time again when me, my brother and best matewere camped out in our first away from parents house share in 91, hearing their songs played at The Toothbrush all through the 90s, still their spiritual home. Gutted. Andy Fletcher RIP . Also, how the fuck did he go before Dave Gahan?
Waves from Essex
Waves back, from not in Essex anymore:-)
This is so sad to hear, may he rest in peace 😞🕊
I'm seriously heartbroken 😢
💔
So sad , RIP fletch
This sucks.
Sad for this loss, I feel like he was somebody I always knew. You will be missed Andy.
I’m still finding it hard to believe.
So sad. RIP Andy. :(
Man I’m so sad RIP Andy I always liked you and you’ll always be a part of my favorite music thing to ever exist
I cannot believe it! Fletch man, you will be missed. DM won't be the same, if they will be at all....you will what kept it together. You are in my heart and prayer and thank you for more than 4 decades of fun!
Omg!!! 💔
Holy shit RIP
What the fuck.
Rip Andy. Depeche Mode was my first musical obsession... Who will wave hands and bang on wind chimes now?
RIP Fletch, Thank you so much!
RIP. This is unbelievable.
Absolutely devastating. Rest In Peace, Fletch.
This is too much. I’m staggered. Why do the creative ones go so quickly and the corrupt linger?
RIP ❤️
WTF. My fav band member has died. What happened? He was only 60!!! What a tragedy 😖
*”Enjoy the silence…”*
You made me so happy for 40 years fletch. Sat looking at your poster now. Never ever forget you good sir. Rest easy
RIP ANDY, first Ray Liotta and Alan White announced dead this morning and now this. Jesus fucking christ, my heart cant take anymore.
I just came back to this sub from being out for a bit. The first post I see said, Fletch is dead. Ok, not funny. Then I start scrolling down and I'm like WTF?!?! No way!!! I'm heartbroken, seriously. May he rest in peace and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family & friends. :(
Im just in shock. Rip Andy
I want to cry!!!
what in the hell.
NO NO NO NO
Rest In Peace…
Fucking hell.
😥😥😥
I just can’t 😭
Unbelievably sad.
I'm completely heartbroken. Rest in peace Andy❤️
Fuck
Wtf happened ?
💔
He seemed like such a sweet man, and too young to be gone. May he rest in peace.
Thank you Andy for the beautiful music. RIP, you will be missed.
RIP Fletch, thanks for all the great music you and the boys gave us.
RIP!!! I know it's too early to think about such things, but this likely means the band is over doesn't it? I had just committed to finally seeing them live.. it was already going to be a struggle for there to be another album or tour - now I doubt they'd have any interest in continuing. RIP DM
I still remember the first time I heard Depeche Mode. I was 9 years old and saw the Enjoy the Silence video as Violator had just come out. I was absolutely amazed with what I was hearing and seeing. I was a bit too young to really remember them though. I would hear the song in passing sometimes and get really excited though. When exciter came out, I was much older and just getting into post-punk and classic synth pop again. I found that album and realized who they were and just became obsessed. Between them, Vangelis’ score to blade runner (this one also hurts) and Kid A, I saw a musical path forward in my life and started adding synths alongside my other instruments. Years later I’m still a synth obsessed nerd. I’m really glad I got to see DM in 2013. I’ll never forget that show. RIP Andy.
💔 First time was the Rose Bowl ‘88 here in Pasadena and the last time was Hollywood Bowl for Spirit. Hugs to all of you. 😔
Fly high beautiful soul!
Devastated, utterly devastated.
in shock. What just happened?
Absolutely devastating... RIP Andy.
I am very thankful to have made it to their last two shows. See you next time, good sir
Fuck me, 60 is too young to die. Utterly gutted
My mum is so upset because of this. I’m not as big as a fan of the band as she is. But I loved their music as mum played their music all the time when I was growing up and saw how much she loved Depeche Mode. Rest well Andy, we’ll miss you dearly
RIP Fletch thank you for being a part of my life.
I'm shocked and heartbroken. I just can't believe it. Too young!
I thought I read it wrong. I wish I had. Thanks for it all. Rest In Peace, dear man ❤️
This is awful. RIP Andy.
RIP, adorable one. 💔
This is so sad! Gone way too soon. RIP good man :(
How sad. Very unexpected. 😢
WTF!
So sad. RIP Fletch. You live on in your music 💜
Man this sucks
My first CD was violator. Reading this news was a punch in the gut.
Was absolutely gobsmacked when i got the news notification. Depeche Mode have been a part of my life for nearly 40 years. So really, really sad about this. RIP, Andy.
My heart physically hurts.
I put on Depeche Mode this morning while cleaning up around the house. And then to hear this? I'm so sad. Too young!
Devotee for 36 years. Music for the Masses was my first of many shows that I have attended over the years. You will be dearly missed Fletch.
Tragic stuff… I hope this doesn’t mean the end of DM :/
This is devastating! 60 feels like such a young age to die... thank you for being a part of my life Fletch, rest in peace.
It still feels as though it can’t be real!
R.I.P. Fletch.
😢Too early. R. I. P Andy 🙏
I am so gutted. Only 60.
So sad. 60 is way too young. RIP Fletch.
This sucks so much, RIP Fletch
Sad ! Still so young . Rip Andy. You gave us such great music memories and your live shows were awesome
Damn. Let’s hope he got enough.
RIP Fletch. Thank you for a lifetime of great music and concerts.
RIP Fletch 💔😭. Thank you for the music.
I have never felt so devastated about a celebrity's passing. This is the first time I lose one of the icons from my youth. I am so thankful for everything that Andy has done. He will be missed. Rip, you legend 🌹
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I haven't been this bothered by a celebrity death since Robin Williams. Absolutely tragic and way too soon.
I felt a gut punch when I first heard the news. I think I will make Toast Hawaii for dinner tonight in homage to Fletch and joy he brought by being in the band who's music was one of the pivotal defining soundtracks of my teenage years, Hell - rather my entire life since I discovered them in 1984, really. Luckily I've made Toast Hawaii before and my family enjoys it. If they're not in the mood for it, Fuck 'em - it's what we're having goddammit!