For a band that has sold more than 100m albums and had dozens of top 40 hits, Depeche Mode rarely trouble the tabloids. But last November songwriter Martin Gore caused a minor fuss when he jokingly told Music Week: "I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell." The grand poobah of primetime karaoke took great exception to this. "Why I am angry about weirdo Gore is a ton of people have got shot this year and people like weirdo Gore encourage this," he tweeted from his fainting couch. I suggest to Gore that this wasn't quite the crushing riposte Cowell thought it was. "Absolutely," he hoots. "I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than...
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