OMD unexpectedly reformed in 2006, but Paul Humphreys was also in collaboration with Claudia Brucken in a side project called Onetwo.
It was exciting to see the two of them turning up at Leicester Cathedral as part of the Castle Park Festival
October 23rd 1991 - Birmingham NEC This gig was a bit of a birthday treat to me. If a trip to the NEC could ever be considered a "treat". Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark had now gone through a bit of a change, with FIVE of the main protagonists leaving the band. They had spent... Continue Reading →
August 24th 1991 - Milton Keynes Bowl Supported by: OMD, Stranglers I think you still had to get your tickets from box offices in 1991? So I would have got this from De Montfort Hall box office in town centre. On paper this was a great line up for me, OMD a great favourite band... Continue Reading →
February 7th 1986 - De Montfort Hall This gig was originally scheduled for 8th November1985 but had been rescheduled Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark were still a firm favourite with me and the Crush album was pure pop! You knew you were going to get a great live show. The only issue for me was... Continue Reading →
September 19th 1984 - DeMontfort Hall Two gigs in a week, that was pretty special. I hadn't really come down from the wonderful Echo and the Bunnymen concert and now we are back at the Demontfort Hall again. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark were one of my top 5 bands at this early point in... Continue Reading →
April 15th 1983 - DeMontfort Hall Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.....now there's a name!! I think I was always going to like them just because it was a ridiculous name. In reality, we all called them OMD. This was the start of me getting a little bit of pretentiousness into my music. I mean, the... Continue Reading →
