Timeline Pt.II (1981-1982)

**Timeline Pt. II (1981-1982)**

Chronology of the group's main activities, appearances, performances, record releases etc. during this period

### 1981

* 1981-01 / 04: the group continue to tour the USA, Canada and France. Setlists are a mixture of the first two albums although a new track 'She's Leaving' is also performed.
* 21 February: BBC Radio One broadcast a short set recorded live at the Paris Theatre on 04 February. Some of the group's equipment was stolen before the gig.
* 19 March: Smash Hits cover photo. The issue [1] carries a free flexi-disc featuring a live version of Pretending To See The Future for which the lyrics are also printed.
* 25 March: Tour of France to promote *Organisation* album begins in Rouen.
* 14 April: Tour of US & Canada to promote the *Organisation* album begins in LA.
* 22 April: *Rockstage*, ITV.
* 19 July: recording of new material with Richard Manwaring begins a The Manor, Oxfordshire.[2]
* 06 August: *Smash Hits* carries the story that the group have been recording demos for their third album expected in October, and that a new single Souvenir 'should be' out on August 14. It is also reported that Enola Gay is "a monster in Italy as is the *Organisation* LP in France".
* 16 August: recording with Richard Manwaring at The Manor is completed.[3]
* 21 August: new single Souvenir is finally released.
* 25 August: Souvenir enters the UK charts at no. 41, going up to no. 23 the following week.
* 03 September: OMD perform Souvenir on *Top of the Pops* for the first time, and are seen as a six-piece for the first time too.
* 03 September: *Smash Hits* interview and feature with full page colour picture. A group photo features the McCluskey/Hunphreys/Holmes/Douglas "new line-up". The Souvenir single is reviewed as "ethereal but rather hollow".
* 17 September: Souvenir is featured again on TOTP although in a repeat of the 03 September performance. The single is at its peak position of no.3.
	+ *Smash Hits* also give details of a new tour starting in November "assuming they've completed the new LP they're currently labouring over". It is also reported that Martin Cooper has re-joined the band and that Mike Douglas has formed his own band Godot. (Douglas will be playing live with The Human League within the year).
* 26 September: OMD are back in North America to promote the *O.M.D.* compilation album.
* 15 October: new single Joan of Arc (released 09 October?) advertised in *Smash Hits* as being "*from the forthcoming Dindisc album Architecture & Morality*".[4]
* 20 October: Joan of Arc enters UK charts at no.36.
* 29 October: TOTP performance of Joan of Arc, now at no.21.
* 29 October: Smash Hits *Architecture & Morality* album review (9/10), advertisement and competition to win LPs.
* 07 November: Architecture & Morality tour begins at Lancaster University.
* 08 November: (possibly 06 November) *Architecture & Morality* album released.
* 12 November: Repeat showing of TOTP perfomance of Joan of Arc. The single is at its peak position of no.5 and will remain there for one more week.
* 14 November: *Architecture & Morality* enters the UK album charts at no. 5, climbing to no. 3 a week later (kept off the top spot by Adam & the Ants and Queen).
* 04 December: concert at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London filmed and recorded and later released on VHS.
* 25 December: New performance of Souvenir on TOTP Christmas Day show featuring the "classic" four-piece line-up for the first time.