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07 October

**07 October**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: LIVE - The Touring Principle, Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Gary Numan's mum Beryl offers to iron OMD's shirts.
* **1980**: Enola Gay enters the UK Top 40 at no.35.[1]
* **1981**: LIVE - 1981 NA tour Lido Beach Malibu Beach Club, NY, USA
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour, Hamburg Musichalle, Germany.
* **1986**: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die down one place to no.12
* **1991**: LIVE - Sugar Tax tour Sacramento One Edge Up, CA, USA.
* **2008**: LIVE - 30th anniversary tour (final night): London Roundhouse.
* **2018**: LIVE - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, UK with the 75-piece Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (second of two nights) (see *Live With The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra*)
* **2019**: RELEASE - video for Don't Go (Clash music)[2]

## Other

* **1979**: Joy Division release Transmission/Novelty FAC13 7" single
18 August

**18 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: PRESS - *Sounds* two-page feature. Issue also carries news of Leigh festival and release of *Street to Street* compilation album.
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour. Sydney Balmain RSL, Australia
* **2012**: LIVE - Worksop Flashback Festival, Nottingham UK
* **2019**: LIVE The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village CO, USA.
* **2023**: NEWS - New album 'teaser' image posted on social media, with caption '4 Days' and link to http://BauhausStaircase.com
27 November

**27 November**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - Organisation tour: Vooruit Konzertsaal, Ghent, BE
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Chicago Pavilion, IL, USA
* **2009**: LIVE - Support to Simple Minds. Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, DE
* **2020**: RELEASE - Enola Gay (remixes) 12" coloured vinyl
20 July

**20 July**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour: CNE Bandshell, Toronto, Canada (see ticket here)
* **2013**: ANNOUNCEMENT - Official OMD announcement that Malcolm Holmes was taken ill during last night's show in Toronto, and that he is currently being treated for heat exhaustion in hospital.[1]
* **2015**: RADIO - BBC R Scotland *The Janice Forsyth Show*. Edi Stark sits in for Janice Forsyth and talks to OMD founder member Andy McCluskey ahead of the Rewind Festival.[2]

## Related

* **2010**: Propaganda, BBC Local Radio. "Claudia Bruecken talks about.. her current project working alongside ex-OMD member Paul Humphrey" (sic.)
09 February

**09 February**

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* **2018**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.2) DR Studie 2, Copenhagen Denmark
* **2020**: LIVE - Souvenir: Stockholm, Berns [3]

## Related

* **1982**: The Jam are straight in at no.1 in the UK with A Town Called Malice/Precious. Depeche Mode enter at no.40 with new single See You.
08 September

**08 September**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: **LIVE - Futurama Festival Leeds, UK** (*listen to Bunker Soldiers here*)
* **1979**: PRESS - Sounds review of the Leigh Festival, by Mick Middles: "*A movement with no name... and a festival with no people (But a 'staggering event' all the same, says our man Middles) ..."*
* **1981**: CHARTS - Souvenir single is up to no.8 in this week's UK Top 40.*[1]*
* **1981**: MIXING - mixing of *Architecture & Morality* begins at Mayfair Studios, Primrose Hill, London (Houghton, 2018 p.128) - *see also photo session on Primrose Hill.*
* **1983**: LIVE - Showcase tour, Caesar's, Bradford UK
* **2017**: CHARTS - *The Punishment of Luxury* enters the UK album charts at no.4 [2]
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Nowhere City Juice Bar, Syracuse NY, USA
* **2021**: RADIO - 6 Music Live Hour - fourth Peel Session (rpt.) [3]
22 March

**22 March**

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* **1983**: CHARTS - Genetic Engineering down to no.32 (final UK Top 40 placing)
* **2011**: LOVE - HoM Tour: Bluebird Theater, Denver CO, USA
* **2018**: RADIO - 6 Music Live Hour ( Fourth Peel session repeat - except ABC Auto-Industry) [1]

## Related

* **1993**: Depeche Mode release *Songs Of Faith And Devotion* album
22 September

**22 September**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*: "*OMITD will be supporting Tubeway Army on their forthcoming tour. Their album 'Electricity' will be available on the DinDisc label from September 28*." (sic.), p.5
* **1979**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, "*A Spaced Oddity*" - review of Futurama '79, p.29
* **1981**: CHARTS - Souvenir down to no.4 (from 3)
* **1984**: PRESS - *Melody Maker*, OMD review the Singles
* **1984: PRESS - *Record Mirror* - short Q&A with AM in Japan.**
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham UK
* **1991**: LIVE - Cabaret Metro, Chicago IL, USA
* **1996**: LIVE - Festival appearance in Port Veill, Barcellona, Spain (Enola Gay, Walking On The Milky Way and Pandora's Box). Only live appearance of the year.
* **2011**: LIVE - Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia PA, USA
* **2017**: RADIO/LIVE - Concertcafé, Radio2.be [1]
* **2021**: PRESS *How Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark became OMD and narrowly avoided the name Margaret Thatcher's Afterbirth*, David Prentice in liverpoolecho.co.uk (ahead of gigs at Liverpool Empire, 21 November and Eventim Olympia 23 November).
28 August

**28 August**

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* **1985**: LIVE - The Power Station support tour East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena, NJ, USA
* **1993**: LIVE - Rock over Germany Festival, Wildenrath Germany
* **2017**: LIVE - New Sounds/Soundcheck, AM & PH studio performance and interview with John Schaefer (Isotype, The Punishment of Luxury, If You Leave) [1] *(video here)*
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater FL, USA
* **2021**: LIVE - Waregem W Festival, Belgium
06 November

**06 November**

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* **1985**: LIVE - The Thompson Twins support tour Universal City Universal Amphitheatre, CA, USA
* **1991**: LIVE - Sugar Tax tour, Berlin Metropole, Germany.
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator tour, Le Bikin Confluent, Toulouse, France
* **2009**: LIVE - A Night of The Proms. Antwerp Sportpaleis, Belgium
* **2017**: VIDEO - What Have We Done music video released.
* **2017**: LIVE - EE tour Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, UK
* **2021**: LIVE Architecture & More Tour First Direct Arena, Leeds UK

##### Notes

1. ↑ In an interview published in Smash Hits in Jan. 1982, AM states that "*The night before the last british tour began, me and Paul were in the studios til 3.30 in the morning recording what we both thought then would be the last song we'd ever write. We'd had enough*".

## Related

* **1984**: Chaka Khan goes to no.1 with I Feel For You
* **2006**: Moby releases *Go - The Very Best of Moby*
25 December

**25 December**

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1. ↑ Although the Christmas Day edition usually featured the year's no.1 singles, in 1981 it was a 'best of the year' programme as the no.1s had been featured the previous day, Thursday 24th.

## Related

* **1981**: the abovementioned edition of TOTP also featured Teardrop Explodes, The Human League, Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet and Ultravox.
* **2021**: Janice Long dies, aged 66.
19 September

**19 September**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - Portsmouth Guild Hall, UK - Enola Gay on *Urgh! A Music War*. Performance reviewed by *Record Mirror*, 27 September.
* **1984**: LIVE Junk Culture tour De Montfort Hall, Leicester UK.
* **1991**: LIVE - 9:30 Club, Washington DC USA
* **2008**: LIVE - Atomium, Brussels BE. AM/PH Maid of Orleans and Enola Gay with full orchestra as part of UNICEF fundraiser.
* **2010**: RADIO - BBC R2 *Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker.* This week, Andy McClusky from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark recalls his favourite music and memories from the decade.
* **2011**: LIVE - Ramshead Live, Baltimore MD, USA
* **2015**: LIVE - 'With love from Liverpool' Echo Arena, Liverpool UK. Short set with other bands in favour of the Syrian refugee crisis.
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Philadelphia The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, PA, USA[1]
17 April

**17 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - OMITD tour: Liege Salle De La Chapelle, Belgium
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour - Sheffiled, City Hall, UK (1/2 consec.)
* **1984**: CHARTS - Locomotion up to no.19
* **1981**: LIVE - Organisation tour: Stone Club, San Francisco CA, USA

## Related

* **1981**: Kraftwerk release new single Pocket Calculator
06 February

**06 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: RADIO - Standing in for John Peel, Mike Read plays Red Frame/White Light on the Radio 1 late evening show. Peel is attending the birth of his third child, Thomas James Dalglish (future BBC 6 Music DJ Tom Ravenscroft).[1]
* **2018**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.2) Pustervik, Gothenburg, Sweden [2]
* **2020**: OMD tweet "*We're finally coming home*".[3]
01 February

**01 February**

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* **1982**: LIVE - Architecture & Morality tour Hugenottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg Germany
* **2023**: ANNOUNCEMENT - "*A previously unheard early version of 4-Neu entitled "In Heaven Above" will be released on all streaming services tomorrow morning. An announcement will follow at 2pm UK time*."[1]
26 May

**26 May**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: PRESS - *Melody Maker* Factory bands in London (17 May) live review.
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour (opening night) Glasgow Apollo
* **1988**: LIVE - DM support: Philadelphia Spectrum, PA, USA
* **1991**: CHARTS - Sailing on the Seven Seas down to no.13
* **2007**: RADIO - BBC Radio London interview.[1]
* **2012**: RADIO - BBC Radio 6 Music Live Hour - session tracks: Genetic Engineering (1983), Messages, Red Frame/White Light, Julia's Song (all 1979) [2]
* **2013**: CHARTS - Dresden enters UK Physical Singles chart at no.1. [3]
* **2018**: LIVE - Let's Rock Norwich, UK
* **2022**: LIVE - Souvenir tour (US 2022) Greek Theater, Los Angeles, USA - *band pay homage to Andy Fletcher*.[4][5]

## Related

* **2017**: Kraftwerk release *3-D The Catalogue* live album
* **2022**: RIP Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode)
23 August

**23 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1985**: LIVE - The Power Station support tour CNE Grandstand, Toronto, Canada. (Nik Kershaw and Paul Young also perform).
* **2015**: LIVE - BSF Festival, Brussels Belgium
* **2018**: LIVE - Parkbuehne, Leipzig Germany
* **2023**: NEWS - *Bauhaus Staircase* album release date, tracklisting and illustrated purchase options announced on official website shop.
16 March

**16 March**

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* **2013**: RADIO - BBC R2, Graham Norton. Night Cafe premiere and interview. (clip)
* **2013**: RADIO - BBC Radio Devon. Richard Green. Andy McCluskey of OMD joins Richard Green to discuss their brand new album "English Electric" , and we'll have two of the tracks from the forthcoming release.[1] *(tracks unknown)*
* **2023**: LIVE - Madrid La Riviera, Spain [2]
16 July

**16 July**

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* **1986**: PRESS - *Smash Hits* "*Should we scrap the Royal Family?*" feature, PH & AM give their views.
* **1988**: PRESS - *Melody Maker* - review of Pasadena concert on Depeche Mode support tour
* **2021**: TV - *Top of the Pops* 02/05/1991[1] (rpt.) - Sailing On the Seven Seas [2]

## Related

* **1999**: AM becomes father to Ava Elizabeth born on this day to girlfriend Toni. [3]
16 August

**16 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* / Feedback 'Reeality' feature (dates for new single, album and tour already set)
* **1981**: RECORDING - Recording of *Architecture & Morality* ends at The Manor (Houghton, 2018 p.128)
* **1982**: TV/LIVE - *Late Night in Concert* (BBC1) 11.35 pm (30 mins.) Highlights of Drury Lane concert (1981). Introduced by Anne Nightingale.
* **1985**: LIVE - The Power Station support tour Riverbend Music Centre, Cincinnati OH, USA[1]
* **1996**: TV - *Top of the Pops*. Walking On The Milky Way (17) - see page
* **2021**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City UT, USA.
* **2023**: NEWS - New PH & AM publicity photo posted on social media with invitation to sign up to [2]http://BauhausStaircase.com
21 June

**21 June**

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* **1984**: PRESS - Smash Hits Talking Loud and Clear lyrics[1] and  'We hate technology' feature.[2]
* **1984**: LIVE - Benidorm Plaza de Toros, Spain
* **1986**: CHARTS - If You Leave US no.24
* **1999**: RELEASE - *Now That's What I Call Music 1981* (feat. Souvenir)
* **1999**: RELEASE - *Now That's What I Call Music 1984* (feat. Locomotion)
* **2007**: LIVE - The Best of OMD tour, Dome, Brighton UK
* **2023**: LIVE - Athens Release Festival, Greece [3]
Nobutaka Tendou

**Nobutaka Tendou** (天童 信孝, *Tendō Nobutaka*) is a character that appears in I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness. He works at Sign as an Information Systems Manager in charge of posting information about sign language online. Tendou also manages Sign's social media networks.

## Appearance

Tendou has light-colored hair and is very tall.

## Personality

Tendou often lures Taichi Sagawa with food. He's also kind-hearted and likes to cheer people up. For example, at the employee retreat, Tendou made up he had a deaf brother, all to cheer Taichi up.

## Story

Tendou makes the music for Ryuu Chiba's company's games. He composes music for B-rate horror flicks and social games on the side.
(The Angels Keep Turning) The Wheels of the Universe

**(The Angels Keep Turning) The Wheels of the Universe** is the title of a song written, recorded and released by OMD in 1984. It was originally issued as a single sided 7" single given with with initial copies of the *Junk Culture* album.

The track is an experimental instrumental piece which the group had not deemed suitable for inclusion on the album.

It later appeared as a bonus track on the *Navigation The OMD B-Sides* album in 2001 and again on the bonus disc of the deluxe re-issue of *Junk Culture* in 2015.
27 May

**27 May**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour: Liverpool Empire, UK (*bootleg available*)
* **1988**: LIVE - DM support: Philadelphia Spectrum, PA, USA
* **2011**: LIVE - Festival: Hannover NDR2 Plaza Festival, Germany

## Related

* **1991**: Electronic release eponymous debut album
* **2016**: ABC release *The Lexicon of Love II*
25 November

**25 November**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1978**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* Upfront live listings, Thursday 23 November Liverpool Eric's: The Tear Drop Explodes/Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
* **1980**: CHARTS - Enola Gay down to no.13 (from no.8)
* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour: Liverpool Empire, UK
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Madison Dane County Coliseum, WI, USA
* **2017**: LIVE - TraumHits Festival, Messe Erfurt, DE
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Rostock Stadthalle, DE (first night in Germany)
Mother and Child's SOS!

*Tokkei Winspector, Episode 35*

***Mother and Child's SOS!*** (母と子のSOS!, *Haha to Ko no Esu Ō Esu!*?) is the thirty-fifth episode of *Tokkei Winspector*

## Synopsis

A boy who loves the sea and dreams of becoming a seafaring man is the only witness to a terrible crime. But his mother pressures him to not report it. What reason can she possibly have for obstructing justice? And will Winspector be able to protect the boy when the criminal comes around to eliminate the only witness?

## Notes

Here's what it looks like on the eyecatch.

WSP05EyecatchA.pngPre-Break for Episode 35.WSPEyecatch.pngMiddle-Break for Episode 35.WSP05EyecatchB.pngPost-Break for Episode 35.
13 May

**13 May**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: CHARTS - Messages moves up to no.41
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour, Pabellon Deportivo Juventad, Barcelona ES
* **1984**: TV - *Discoring* (Italy) Locomotion(?)
* **1985**: RELEASE - So In Love single
* **1988**: LIVE - DM support: Arlington Six Flags, TX, USA
* **1993**: TV - *TOTP*, Stand Above Me (23)
* **2007**: LIVE - First gig of comeback tour, Olympia Theatre, Dublin.

## Related

* **1985**: New Order release The Perfect Kiss 12" and *Low-Life* album
18 October

**18 October**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: PRESS - David Hepworth reviews Electricity (Dindisc re-release) for *Smash Hits* Singles page; "Mancunian duo" (sic.)
* **1980**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, Enola Gay lyrics
* **1991**: LIVE - ST tour, Preston Guildhall, UK.
* **2017**: INTERVIEW - AM interviewed for Radio Wey.[1]
* **2019**: CHARTS - Electricity 7" single down to no.24
* **2020**: PRESS - *The i* "OMD on the roadie to ruin".
* **2023**: PRESS - Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys talk about the song Veruschka (X)

## Related

* **1980**: exclusive interview and front cover for Gary Numan in Melody Maker
20 February

**20 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: RADIO - John Peel plays Messages (from *OMITD* album) on Radio 1 show
* **1982**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* front cover and feature
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Crawley Leisure Centre, UK
* **2018**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.2) Douglas Villa Marina Hall, Isle of Man (Andy & Paul only) - *final date*

## Related

* **1950**: Tony Wilson born
* **1974**: Tangerine Dream release *Phaedra*
* **1981**: Depeche Mode release debut single Dreaming Of Me.
* **1981**: The Human League release new single Boys and Girls, their first since the group split.
* **2020**: BBC Radio Wales - Janice Long MiG-15 in session[1]
04 January

**04 January**

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* **1986**: PRESS - RM 'What Are They Doing in '86?': OMD, "..*planning a tour and working ion another album...releasing soundtrack single from Pretty in Pink*'."
* **1987**: LIVE - TPA tour: The Playroom, Gold Coast, Australia
* **1994**: LIVE - Liberator tour: Goeie Hoope Sentrum, Kaapstad South Africa

## Related

* **1980**: John Foxx releases debut solo single Underpass.
07 December

**07 December**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: LIVE - Camden Electric Ballroom, London - support to Talking Heads (first of two nights)
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator UK arena tour: Birmingham NEC, UK (support from Gary Numan). Recorded for BBC Radio.[2][3]
* **2006**: LIVE - Night of the Proms, Munich Olympiahalle, Germany.
* **2009**: LIVE - Simple Minds support, Wembley Arena, London UK
* **2018**: RADIO - Carla Greene (BBC Lincolnshire) [4]

#### Notes

1. ↑ OMITD are a last minute replacement to The Human League who were unable to play. U2 are also on the bill. [1]
2. ↑ Heaven Is and Messages are included on Universal CDS1, King of Stone and Talking Loud and Clear on CDS2. (King of Stone not included in radio broadcast)
04 May

**04 May**

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* **2022**: LIVE - Souvenir tour (US 2022) Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak, MA USA

## Related

* **1982**: The Cure release *Pornography* album
* **1984**: Echo & The Bunnymen release *Ocean Rain* album
* **1984**: Victoria Hesketh (Little Boots) born
* **2018**: Jon Hopkins releases *Singularity* album
05 December

**05 December**

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* **2017**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.1) 013, Tilburg, NL [1]
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Duesseldorf Mitsubishi Electric-Halle, DE.
* **2020**: RADIO - BBC Local Radio. *Stereo Underground*. Radio Waves is requested and listed although Time Zones is played by mistake.[2]

## Related

* **1985**: Pet Shop Boys *Top of the Pops* debut.
12 November

**12 November**

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* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour: Edinburgh Playhouse, UK (*see also Record Mirror interview*)
* **1981**: TV - Top of the Pops Joan of Arc (5) - rpt of 29/10/81 broadcast
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: St Louis Fox Theatre, MO, USA
* **1988**: PRESS - Record Mirror, DJ Directory reviews Brides of Frankenstein
* **1991**: LIVE - ST tour, Paris La Cigale, France (final date of tour)
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour, Portsmouth Guildhall
* **2021**: LIVE - Architecture & More Tour, Resorts World Arena, Birmingham UK

## Related

* **1980**: Live debut for the new line-up of The Human League in Doncaster
* **1984**: Duran Duran release live album *Arena*.
* **1984**: Madonna releases second album *Like a Virgin*
05 February

**05 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1982**: LIVE - Architecture & Morality tour Zeche Club, Bochum Germany - members of Kraftwerk are in the audience and meet OMD afterwards.
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Newcastle City Hall, UK
* **2013**: RELEASE - Atomic Ranch video
* **2018**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.2) Vasateatern, Stockholm, Sweden

## Related

* **1990**: Depeche Mode release Enjoy the Silence
23 June

**23 June**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1983**: PRESS *Smash Hits* 'Who's Who' Andy McClusky (sic.) (p.14 next to Malcolm McClaren) [1]
* **1984**: LIVE - Barcelona Festival of Sant Joan, Spain (*actually went on stage after midnight*)
	+ "*Playing in front of 250,000 in Barcelona on June 20th* (sic.) *1984 was pretty surreal—the biggest gig we’ve ever played. It was a city festival of San Juan* (sic.) *and there were 250,000 people watching us as far as you can see beyond the plaza that we were playing on*.” - AM, 2023
* **2007**: LIVE - The Best of OMD tour, New Theatre, Oxford UK
* **2011**: LIVE - History of Modern tour Parkbuehne, Leipzig Germany
* **2018**: RADIO - BBC Radio Devon. Richard Green OMD and A Flock of Seagulls chat with "Retro" Rich Green.[2]
28 July

**28 July**

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* **1980**: LIVE - Royal Court Theatre Nottingham. A one-off gig recorded on video for the ATV *Rockstage* series, which was eventually aired in April 1981. See also *Access All Areas* (2015).
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture NA tour: The Ritz, NY, USA (2/2)
* **2018**: RADIO - Richard Green's retro Show (BBC Radio Devon) Richard is joined by the Jaki Graham and OMD's Paul Humphries to chat about their music. (Genetic Engineering, Georgia, Joan of Arc) [1]
* **2023**: LIVE - Robomagic Presents: Live at The Palace, Fulham Palace, London UK
26 January

**26 January**

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* **1985**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* - list of chart entries 1984 G-O - with b/w band pic., stating that OMD had four chart entries in 1984.
* **2019**: LIVE - 80s Weekend #7, Los Angeles Microsoft Theater, CA, USA (with The Bangles, Bananarama..) [1]
* **2024**: RELEASE - Kleptocracy digital single.
Shigeru Kanzaki

**Shigeru Kanzaki** (神崎 茂, *Kanzaki Shigeru*?): An international smuggler who was known as the **Merchant of Death**. Kanzaki kidnapped Ryota and his school crush Akane in order to blackmail Ryouma into handing over a supply of enriched uranium from France. With Ryouma under his thumb, Kanzaki expected no interference from Winspector. However, Ryouma managed to alert the team with Morse Code, secure the uranium, rescue Ryota and Akane, and arrest Kanzaki. Ryouta's First Love Letter
27 February

**27 February**

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* **1986**: LIVE - Crush tour: Paris Grand Rex, France (broadcast live around cinemas in France).
* **1988**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, news of *The Best of OMD* album and video release (29 February)
* **1999**: TV - *TOTP2* (BBC2) [1]
* **2021**: TWITTER - Tim Burgess Listening Party: *Organisation*

## Related

* **1980**: British Rock & Pop Awards 1979 [2]
03 May

**03 May**

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* **1982**: TV - *Multi Coloured Music Show* 1982 - "Some of the very best music from the final series of Swap Shop"
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour: Liverpool Empire, UK
* **1986**: CHARTS - If You Leave US no.12
* **1984**: TV - TOTP, Locomotion (6)
* **2013**: LIVE - English Electric tour: The Roundhouse, London
* **2022**: LIVE - Souvenir tour (US 2022) - History, Toronto CAN
17 September

**17 September**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1981**: TV *Top of the Pops -* Souvenir (3) (rpt. of 03 September performance)
* **1981**: **PRESS - *Smash Hits*** gives news of tour dates and ticket prices, Paul's imminent wedding, and changes in the OMD line-up. (*see scan right*)
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour Colston Hall, Bristol, UK
* **2011**: LIVE - Beacham Theatre, Orlando FL, USA
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour The Anthem, Washington DC USA
* **2020**: LIVE - You Me & OMD concert details announced
* **2021**: LIVE - Friars Aylesbury at the Waterside, Aylesbury, UK
* **2023**: TV - German TV appearance, on Fernsehgarten (ZDF) [1]
08 October

**08 October**

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* **2021**: RELEASE - Choir Song (rough mix), digital only (prior to release of *Architecture & Morality The Singles*)
* **2021**: RADIO - BBC Radio 2 *Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies*: Architecture & Morality at 40. (Joan of Arc. Maid of Orleans)
	+ My 80s, Andy McCluskey: Kraftwerk - Tour de France, David Bowie - Let's Dance, Grace Jones - Slave to the Ryhthm, Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus.
	+ My 80s, Paul Humphreys: David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes, Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime, Malcolm McLaren - Madame Butterfly, Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart.[2]

### Related

* **1981**: Joy Division release 'posthumous' album *Still.*
* **1992**: Simple Minds release compilation album *Glittering Prize 81/92*
10 June

**10 June**

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* **2007**: LIVE - **The Best of OMD... All the Hits and More tour Pavillion, Southend Cliffs *opening night***
* **2011**: LIVE - Caribana Festival, Crans-pres-Celigny, Switzerland
* **2013**: LIVE - Frankfurt HR1, Germany (duo only - set opens with Electricity)
* **2016**: LIVE - Last Summer On Earth, DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI, US (review, photos)
* **2018**: LIVE - A-ha 2018 Electric Summer, Abbey Stadium, Cambridge, UK
* **2023**: LIVE - Let's Rock The North East Festival, Middlesbrough UK
"Heroes" (song)

"**Heroes**" is the title of a song written, recorded and released by David Bowie in 1977. Originally released as a single, it became the title track of the ensuing album, released the same year.

Although not a huge hit at the time, the song has become one of Bowie's best known and most covered by other artists.

## OMD

* Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey performed a cover version of "Heroes" on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Friday 11 August 2017. No official recording of this performance, or studio recording, has been released.
06 July

**06 July**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1984**: LIVE - Paderborn-Schloss Neuhaus Hermann-Loens Stadion, Germany. Late replacement for Paul Young. Setlist based on Junk Cture although starts with Enola Gay.[1]
* **1985**: PRESS - Record Mirror news (p.6) 'Darkest Secrets', announcement of Secret as new single (rel. 08 July) and details of Crush tour, beginning 31 October.
08 August

**08 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour. Gosford Central Coast League's Club, Australia
* **1985**: LIVE - The Power Station support tour. Civic Centre, St Paul MN, USA
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour. Kettlehouse Amphitheater, Missoula MT, USA

## Related

* 2009: BBC Radio 6 Music. 6 Mix - "Orbital's Phil and Paul Hartnoll..playing the records that inspired them, including Kraftwerk, OMD, Depeche Mode an Steel Pulse."[1]
06 October

**06 October**

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* **1981**: LIVE - **1981 NA tour College Park University of Maryland Grand Ballroom, MD, USA**. (see pic.)
* **1981**: CHARTS - Souvenir down to no.10 (from 5)
* **1984**: LIVE - JC Tour, European tour, Deinze Zaal Brielpoort, Belgium.
* **1991**: LIVE - ST US tour rest day (travelling from Mexico to California)
* **2008**: LIVE - 30th anniversary tour, Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK
* **2018**: LIVE - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, UK with 75-piece Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (first of two nights) (see *Live With The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra*)
* **2023**: EVENTS - *Bauhaus Staircase* album launch events announced (FB)

## Related

* **1981**: CHARTS - new entries: The Human League - Open Your Heart, New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green [1]
15 August

**15 August**

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* **1985**: LIVE - The Power Station support tour Louisville Gardens, Louisville KY, USA
* **1993**: RELEASE - *Now That's What I Call Music 1991* - feat. Sailing on the Seven Seas
* **2012**: LIVE - Olt Rivierenhof, Antwerp Belgium (premiere of Please Remain Seated, opening track)
03 August

**03 August**

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* **1984:** LIVE - Junk Culture tour Melbourne The Venue, Australia (first date in Australia)
* **1985**: PRESS - *Music Week* - "Music on Video Virgin Promotion for OMD Video" *Crush - The Movie* - n.13 in Music Video charts. (p.20)
* **1991**: LIVE - Manchester Cities In The Park, UK - Tribute to Martin Hannett [1]
* **2007**: RADIO - BBC Radio 2, Ken Bruce. Tracks of My Years, Andy McCluskey. (5/5)
* **2018**: LIVE - Summer Nights at the Bandstand Festival, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, UK
* **2022**: LIVE - Souvenir Hamburg Stadtpark, Germany
04 October

**04 October**

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* **2019**: RELEASE - *Souvenir* anthology and boxset. Electricity single re-release goes straight into the vinyl singles charts at no.1.
* **2019**: RADIO - Sounds of the Eighties with Gary Davies (Forever) OMD (BBC R2). Gary marks Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's 40th Anniversary with an OMD Mastermix. [2]
23 April

**23 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - Eindhoven Effenaar, NL
* **1981**: LIVE - Organisation tour: Riviera Rock Room, Edmonton, CAN
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour: Brighton Conference Centre, UK
* **2021**: LIVE - Souvenir tour (US 2022) - Jannus Live, St Petersburg, FL

## Related

* **2001**: Depeche Mode release new single Dream On.
21 July

**21 July**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: PRESS - SOUNDS review of Electricity by David Hepworth ("..*Hot Butter meeting Kraftwerk"*)
	+ John Peel's column in the same issue mentions OMD, when they were still a Factory band.[1]
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture NA tour: Montreal Old Port, Canada
* **2018**: LIVE - Rewind Festival, Perth UK
03 December

**03 December**

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* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Indianapolis Indiana Convention Center, IN, USA
* **1986**: PRESS - Smash Hits - "*Is Meat Murder?*", AM & PH give their views [1]
* **2006**: LIVE - Night of the Proms, Hanover TIU Arena, Germany.
* **2009**: LIVE - Simple Minds support, Manchester MEN Arena, UK
* **2016**: LIVE - Bognor Regis Butlin's Resort, UK (Electric Dreams weekend festival)
* **2017**: LIVE - Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Duesseldorf
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Stuttgart Leiderhalle

## Related

* **1981**: The Human League's Don't You Want me video shown on *Top of the Pops*
04 December

**04 December**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - Organisation tour: Paard van Troje, The Hague, NL (see pics by Marc Tilli)
* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London (filmed) (1/2)
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Columbus Veterans Coliseum, OH, USA
* **2020**: CHARTS Enola Gay remix single enters UK vinyl singles charts at no.1

## Related

* **1984** - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power of Love goes to no.1
01 December

**01 December**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - Organisation tour:  Paradiso, Amsterdam NL - CANCELLED, see 10 Dec. 1980
* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour, CANCELLED Leeds Tiffany's, UK
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Cleveland Public Hall, OH, USA
* **2006**: LIVE - Night of the Proms, Hamburg Color Line Arena, Germany.
* **2009**: PRESS - guardian.com, OMD/Simple Minds, Newcastle Arena live review [1]
* **2018**: **RELEASE - Messages (1978 Demo) - flexi disc** with *PTSTF* book

## Related

* **1979**: *Year of the Child Concert,* featuring Gary Numan, shown on BBC2 [2]
* **2017**: Midge Ure releases *Orchestrated* album
13 February

**13 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1982**: LIVE - Architecture & Morality tour Ancienne Belgique, Brussels Belgium
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Reading Hexagon, UK
* **2002**: RADIO - *Liverpool - the NewWave. 3: Into the Pleasuredome - Electro-pop and the Eighties*.(features OMD) [1]

## Related

* **1945**: bombing of Dresden begins.[2]
14 January

**14 January**

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* **1986**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum, NM, USA
* **2013**: PRESS - Official announcement of new album *English Electric*, video for Decimal and new single coming in March.

## Related

* **1977**: David Bowie releases *Low* album
* **1983**: Echo & The Bunnymen release new single The Cutter
23 November

**23 November**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1978**: LIVE - Eric's Club, Liverpool with The Teardrop Explodes, "a minor disaster". (listed in *Record Mirror* dtd. 25 Nov.)
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Five Season Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
* **2009**: LIVE - A Night of The Proms. Rotterdam Ahoy, NL
* **2021**: LIVE: Architecture & More Tour, Eventim Olympia, Liverpool (final date)

## Related

* **2003**: Pet Shop Boys release *PopArt: The Hits*
01 November

**01 November**

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* **1980**: PRESS - Organisation tour gets special mention in Record Mirror's 'Upfront' gig guide (p.36) with (old) photo of AM (p.37) [2]
* **1980**: RADIO - John Peel's Music (BFBS) - plays The Misunderstanding from *Organisation*.
	+ Peel also reads out details of the 7" EP included with the album, plus fan club and (with some disdain) "bowling shirt" information given on the sheet inside the LP.
* **1985**: LIVE - The Thompson Twins support tour Pepperdine Univ., Malibu CA, USA (opening date)
* **1986**: LIVE - The Pacific Age tour: Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, UK.
* **1986**: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die US no.37
* **1991**: LIVE - Sugar Tax tour, National Stadium, Dublin, Eire
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator tour Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
* **2010**: LIVE - HoM tour: Nottingham Concert Hall.
* **2014**: LIVE - *Dazzle Ships at The Museum of Liverpool*, UK (1/2)
* **2017**: LIVE - PoL tour Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, UK
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour, Apollo Manchester, UK
* **2021**: LIVE - Architecture & More Tour, O2 Academy, Glasgow (opening night)
* **2023**: LIVE - Kingston-Upon-Thames *Bauhaus Staircase* album launch (Andy & Paul live performance)
* **2023**: RADIO - BBC Radio *Stereo Underground* featured artists: OMD, with AM special guest.(programme link here / full interview here)
19 April

**19 April**

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* **1980**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* Dark Stars feature and interview (in Sheffield, 13 March); review of Electric Ballroom gig on 11 April
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour: Hammersmith Odeon, London. (1/2)
* **1983**: CHARTS - Telegraph down to no.47 (from 42)
* **1984**: TV - TOTP. Locomotion (19)
* **1986**: CHARTS - If You Leave US no.20
10 October

**10 October**

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* **2019**: EVENT - 40 years of OMD exhibition British Music Experience, Liverpool.
* **2019**: APP - OMD Access All Areas app launched, for Souvenir tour
* **2019**: RADIO - BBC Radio Scotland, The Afternoon Show - AM
* **2019**: RADIO - BBC 6 Music Live Hour - rpt. of fourth Peel session [1]
* **2019**: RADIO - BBC Radio Ulster, The Arts Show 40 years of OMD (clip)

### Related

* **1980**: The Teardrop Explodes release debut album *Kilimanjaro.*
* **1983**: Ultravox release live album *Monument*
22 June

**22 June**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1985**: PRESS - *Melody Maker*: "*A Fine Crush"*, *Crush* album review.
* **1985**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* *Crush* album review (5/5)
* **1984**: LIVE - Pacha Auditorium, Valencia Spain
* **2007**: LIVE - The Best of OMD tour, Dome, Brighton UK
* **2011**: LIVE - History of Modern tour Parkbuehne, Leipzig Germany
21 August

**21 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1981**: **RELEASE - Souvenir single (see *Record Mirror* news announcement)**
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour, Canberra ANU Bar & Refectory, Australia
* **1985**: LIVE - The Power Station support tour Philadelphia Spectrum, PA, USA
* **1989** : RELEASE - Arthur Baker And The Backbeat Disciples – *Merge* album released, featuring Walk Away written and recorded with AM. [1]
* **2010**: LIVE - The Beach, Buesum, Germany. (Mirelle Davis' first gig as OMD manager, ABC & Nik Kershaw also on the bill)
* **2015**: LIVE - Frequency Festival, St Poelten Austria
* **2018**: LIVE - Bochum Zeltfestival, Germany
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour The Majestic Theatre, San Antonio TX, USA
* **2021**: LIVE - Let's Rock the North-East, Sunderland UK
* **2023**: NEWS - social media announcement, with short video/audio clip, that new single Bauhaus Staircase will premiere on YouTube on Tuesday 22nd August at 7pm (UK time). Andy will be posting live in the comments on YouTube at this time. Following the premiere, the track will be available on all streaming/download services. Album news will follow at 9am (UK time) on Wednesday.
20 December

**20 December**

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* **2020**: RADIO - BBC 6 Music *Guy Garvey's Finest Hour* ...some new music from one of Guy's favourite artists Bjork and a couple of classics from I Am Kloot and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.[1]

## Related

* **1982:** *Horizon: The Mysterious Mr Tesla* (BBC 2 TV documentary) [2]
11 November

**11 November**

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	+ Paul Morley's *Men of Mystery and Imagination* piece for NME (22 November) is based around this day and performance.
* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour, Glasgow Apollo, UK (*see also Record Mirror interview*)
* **1982:** PRESS - OMITD book advertised in Smash Hits [1]
* **1991**: LIVE - ST tour, Munich C69's, Germany.
* **2009**: LIVE - A Night of The Proms. Antwerp Sportpaleis, Belgium
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Guildford G Live (AM sings Souvenir)
* **2022**: RELEASE - *Life Moves Pretty Fast: The John Hughes Mixtapes*[2]

## Related

* **1980**: The Tide Is High by Blondie is new no.1 single
* **2016**: Simple Minds release *Acoustic* album
03 April

**03 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: PRESS - *Smash Hits* lists the upcoming gig at the Camden Electric Ballroom, London on 11 April.
* **1981**: LIVE - Organisation tour: Salle des fêtes du Grand Parc, Bordeaux
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour: Deinze Zaal Brielpoort, Belgium. "..*after Brussels we rehearsed all afternoon in Deinze and changed the running order again. Success! Deinze was the best concert so far*.." (*see newsletter*)

## Related

* **1980**: Smash Hits, Indie Bitz page mentiions The Fatal Charm and the new Basczax single.
27 October

**27 October**

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* **1981**: CHARTS - Joan of Arc up to no.21 (from 36), Souvenir still at no.32 [1]
* **1986**: LIVE - The Pacific Age tour: Bristol Colston Hall (see press cutting)
* **1991**: LIVE - ST Tour, Aberdeen Capitol, UK
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator European Tour: Oslo Rockerfeller Music Hall, Norway
* **2017**: RELEASE - What Have We Done remixes
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour, York Barbican.
* **2020**: NEWS - Architecture & More tour dates announced [2]
02 February

**02 February**

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* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Liverpool Empire, UK (opening night for re-scheduled dates)
* **2002**: TV - TOTP2 (BBC2)
* **2015**: RELEASE - *Junk Culture* Deluxe edition
* **2018**: TV - *Hits, Hype & Hustle* 3: Revivals and reunions (BBC Four), "*We also hear from OMD, who for the first time reveal what really happened during their bitter break-up*."[1]
* **2019**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour Cupula Multiespacio, Santiago Chile - (full band) first-ever performance in Chile.
* **2023**: RELEASE - In Heaven Above (4-Neu Demo) is released on digital platforms as preview to DS40.
21 November

**21 November**

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* **1981**: PRESS - *Look-In* magazine Joan of Arc 'Singalong' lyrics and feature 'Throwing Light on the Dark'.
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: St Louis Fox Theatre, MO, USA
* **2009**: LIVE - A Night of The Proms. Rotterdam Ahoy, NL [1]
* **2012**: RADIO - BBC Radio 6 Music. *Architecture and Morality* is Classic Album of the Day.[2] Tracks played:
	+ Shaun Keaveny: Souvenir
	+ Lauren Laverne: Sealand
	+ Radcliffe & Maconie: Joan of Arc, Architecture & Morality
	+ Steve Lamacq. She's Leaving, plus OMD frontman Andy McCluskey joins Steve to talk about his 1981 album (clip here)
* **2019**: RADIO - Janice Long (BBC Radio Wales). [3]
* **2020**: RADIO - BBC R2 Pick of the Pops. The Great Gambo presents this week’s chart from 1981 (Joan of Arc).
* **2021**: LIVE- Architecture & More Tour, Empire Theatre, Liverpool[4]

## Related

* **1983**: Duran Duran release third album *Seven and the Ragged Tiger*
15 November

**15 November**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: PRESS - ***Smash Hits* letters page with photo after request from reader**
* **1980**: LIVE - Organisation tour Gaumont, Ipswich UK
* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour: Leicester De Montfort Hall, UK
* **1986**: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die US no.26
* **2010**: RELEASE - Sister Marie Says single and remixes (7", CDS, digital)
* **2017**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (UK & Eire) - Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion, UK (*report and pics here*)
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour Corn Exchange, Cambridge
* **2019**: RADIO - BBC R2 Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, live performance [1] (video here)
11 October

**11 October**

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## OMD

### OTD

* **1979**: RADIO - John Peel plays the new Dindisc release/version of Electricity on his late night BBC Radio 1 show.[1]
* **1980**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* 2 page article "OMITD Drop a Bomb".[2]
* **1984**: LIVE - JC tour Berlin Metropol, Germany.
* **1984**: PRESS - *Smash Hits*, OMD interview by Neil Tennant
* **1986**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* review *The Pacific Age*, "..*a lumbering beast of an album...very flatulent*.." , 2 stars (p.22); The Pacific Age tour ad (p.53)
* **2019**: CHARTS - *Souvenir* enters the UK album charts at no.18, and at no.11 in the vinyl album charts. The Electricity single re-release goes down to no.4

## Related

* **1980**: TV - 350th edition of *The Old Grey Whistle Test*
05 April

**05 April**

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* **1983**: CHARTS - Genetic Engineering down to no.71 (final Top 100 placing), Telegraph enters charts at no.59.
* **1986**: CHARTS - If You Leave US no.35
* **2013**: **RELEASE - *English Electric* album.**
* **2013**: LIVE - English Electric tour: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver Canada (first date of the tour and first live date of the year) [1]
* **2021**: RADIO - BBC 6 Music. Chris Hawkins. MySpace with Andy McCluskey. Andy McCluskey provides a tour around his favourite space - his studio in Liverpool aka The Motor Museum.[2]

## Related

* **1983**: David Bowie - Let's Dance goes to no. 1 in UK.
08 March

**08 March**

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* **1982**: LIVE - Architecture & Morality tour (NA): Auditorium Le Plateau, Montreal, Canada
* **1983**: CHARTS Genetic Engineering reaches peak position of no.20 in the UK Top 40.
* **1986**: CHARTS - If You Leave enters US Hot 100
* **2011**: RADIO - Alex Lester (BBC Radio 2) Walking On the Milky Way - LISTENER'S LIBRARY FROM THE CD, "MESSAGES: THE GREATEST HITS" (VIRGIN) SUGGESTED BY TONY PERRY [1]
* **2022**: NEWS - BBC Stoke & Staffordshire: *OMD musician's art collection to go on display in Staffordshire* [2]
09 December

**09 December**

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* **1981**: LIVE/TV - *Rock Meets Classic*, at the Circus Krone Bau in Munich, Germany. Short live performance recorded for TV broadcast in Feb. 1982.
* **1986**: LIVE - Hawaii Sheraton Hotel, HI, USA
	+ Martin, Mal & Weir Bros. go on strike! (see Houghton, 2018 p.201)
* **2006**: LIVE - Night of the Proms, Munich Olympiahalle, Germany.
* **2009**: LIVE - Simple Minds support, O2 Arena, Dublin Republic of Ireland
06 April

**06 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **2013**: LIVE - English Electric tour: The Showbox @ Market, Seattle WA, USA [1]
* **2019**: RADIO - BBC 6 Music Liz Kershaw: Highlights from the 6 Music Festival, "...highlights from her 'Making Music in Liverpool' panel featuring The Coral, OMD, Thomas Lang, producer Steve Levine and She Drew The Gun." [2]
* **2020**: RADIO - BBC 6 Music Live Hour (first Peel session) [3]
11 September

**11 September**

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* **2019**: LIVE The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Grand Rapids Meijer Gardens, MI, USA[1]
* **2020**: RELEASE - Ani Glass - Ynys Araul (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark remix) - *soundcloud.com*
* **2021**: RADIO - BBC Three Counties Mike Naylor. A synth-pop special with Andy McCluskey of OMD [2]
* **2023**: LIVE - Aranda de Duero El Picon Festival, Spain - performance interrupted by torrential rain and thunderstorm: "*Stage soaked! Equipment destroyed! Stopped So in Love!.*."

## Related

* **2001** - terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
10 November

**10 November**

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* **1981**: CHARTS - Joan of Arc reaches peak position of no.5 in the UK Top 40 (Souvenir at 68)
* **1986**: LIVE - TPA tour University of Western Ontario, London ON, Canada[2]
* **1997**: TV - *Never Mind the Buzzcocks* (BBC2, rpt. of Ep. 02 of Series 01, first shown 26 November 1996) Andy McCluskey is on Phill Jupitus' team.
* **2017**: LIVE - EE tour Guildhall, Southampton UK
* **2020**: PODCAST - Lonely Arts Club. S3, Ep.6 Andy McCluskey [3]
* **2021**: LIVE - Architecture & More Tour, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff UK

## Related

* **1980**: Visage release debut album
* **1986**: Kraftwerk release *Electric Café*
26 November

**26 November**

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* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Grand Rapids Welsh Auditorium, MI, USA
* **1996**: TV - *Never Mind the Buzzcocks* (BBC2) Andy McCluskey on the team.[2]
* **2009**: LIVE - Support to Simple Minds. Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall, NL
* **2017**: LIVE - Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, DE (first night of The Punishment of Luxury tour - Germany)
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir: Dresden Kulturpalast

## Related

* **1976**: Sex Pistols release Anarchy in the UK single
* **1983**: Howard Jones releases What Is Love? single
11 December

**11 December**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: PRESS - competition in Smash Hits to win *DINDISC 1980* compilation LP (correct answers are 'Messages' and 'Electricity').[1]
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator UK arena tour: Bournemouth International Centre, UK (support from Gary Numan)
* **2009**: LIVE - Simple Minds support, SECC, Glasgow UK
11 January

**11 January**

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* **1982**: PRESS - *Record Business*, Vol 4, No.41, Feature: The Industry Year. "*Bands like OMITD could have their finest days before them*" (pp.12-13)
* **1983**: RADIO - BBC R1 Mike Read plays Electricity after 8.30 news
* **1986**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Oklahoma City Myriad, OK, USA
* **1994**: LIVE - Liberator tour: Johannesburg Standard Bank Arena, South Africa (*bootleg available*)
26 June

**26 June**

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* **1991**: PRESS - Pandora's Box single release and Sugar Tax tour dates ad in *Smash Hits* [1]
* **1993**: RADIO - BBC R1 *The Way Out*. Paul Humphries (OMD) returns from exile in New York to talk about his new band The Listening Pool.
* **2019**: RELEASE - *OMD – Pretending to See the Future* (Softback Edition)
10 September

**10 September**

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* **1986**: PRESS - *Smash Hits*, interview, colour picture, TPA review and Live and Die lyrics.[1]
* **2011**: LIVE - headline on re-opening night at Eric's Liverpool.
* **2017**: RADIO - Top of the Pops (BBC World Service). we hear from 1980s electro pop pioneers OMD who are back with their 13th album to date.[2]
* **2019**: RELEASE new and previously unreleased track Liberator as teaser of Unreleased Archive Vol I
* **2020**:  RADIO - BBC 6 Music Live Hour (first Peel session) [3]
22 February

**22 February**

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* **1983**: CHARTS - Genetic Engineering up 12 places to no.25 in the UK Top 40.[1]
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: St Austell Coliseum, UK
* **2019**: PRESS - interview with Mike & Jan Humphreys by Neil Taylor
* **2020**: PRESS - *“Nobody Was Going To Stop Us”: OMD On Their Self-Titled Debut Album*, Peacock, Tim. udiscovermusic.com

## Related

* **1980**: The Vibrators play Eric's
* **1998**: Madonna releases *Ray of Light* album