Back in 2006, Apple introduced a Season Pass feature for television series for sale as downloads via ites iTunes Store: fans could be a pass for a series while it was on the air, and have new episodes delivered to them automatically as soon as they came available on iTunes. Now, Apple is extending the idea to music releases with iTunes Pass, enabling artists to set up deals where users can subscribe to new releases and extras and receive them automatically as the new material comes out. And the first act to get in on iTunes Pass is veteran dance and alternative outfit Depeche Mode, offering an iTunes Pass to its forthcoming album Sounds of the Universe for $18.99. For that, fans get the new Single "Wrong" as well as Black Odyssey Club’s remix of the new song "Oh Well"—plus every new song will appear in users libraries when the album comes out on April 21, along with video extras and new music titles along the way. The Depeche Mode iTunes Pass is slated to be available through June 16, 2009.
