recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
14 February

**14 February**

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* **1985**: PRESS - *Smash Hits*, 'Love Is...' AM: "... *agreeing to shave every day because your five o'clock shadow scratches her face*."
* **1988**: CHARTS - Dreaming down to no.69 (final chart placing until re-entry 19 June)
* **2015**: LIVE - Semperoper, Dresden Germany - Andy & Paul only perform Maid of Orleans and Dresden at awards ceremony to present HRH The Duke of Kent with the 'Dresden Prize'.
* **2018**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.2) Razzmatazz, Barcelona Spain.
* **2018**: TV - *L'Informatiu 2*, TVE (Spanish TV). OMD concert mentioned at the end of news programme (see here, 10'25'')
* **2020**: LIVE - Souvenir: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels

## Related

* **2005**: Atomic Kitten release new single Cradle (co-written by A. McCluskey)
07 May

**07 May**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - OMITD tour: Brussels Klacik, Belgium - the group had to fly back to the UK immediately after this show to record the band's first appearance on *Top Of The Pops* as Messages had entered the UK charts
* **1983**: RADIO - BBC Radio 1 Janice Long. OMD in concert (rec. Manchester, 01 May)[1]
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour Oxford Apollo, UK
* **1986**: PRESS - Smash Hits. Ian Cranna reviews 88 Seconds in Greensboro, the B-side to If You Leave, preferring it to the A side.[2]
* **1991**: RELEASE - *Sugar Tax* album.
* **2020**: RADIO - 2020: RADIO - BBC 6 Music, Chris Hawkins - phone interview with AM after death of Florian Schneider
* **2022**: LIVE Souvenir tour (US 2022) The Fillmore, Minneapolis MN [3][4]
26 October

**26 October**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1985**: LIVE - Rotterdam Ahoy, NL. Played as part of Veronica's Rocknight for Greenpeace. (*full concert here*)
* **1986**: LIVE - TPA tour, Portsmouth Guildhall, UK.
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator European Tour: Stockholm Cirkus, Sweden
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour, Nottingham - Royal Concert Hall
* **2023**: TV - *BBC Breakfast* AM & PH interviewed on the eve of the release of *BS*. Archive TV clips and small clip of Anthropecene video.(link)
19 July

**19 July**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1981**: RECORDING - Recording of *Architecture & Morality* with Richard Manwaring begins at The Manor (Houghton 2018, p.128)
* **1985**: LIVE - Support on Power Station tour begins. Houston Southern Star Amphitheatre, TX, USA
* **2013**: LIVE - Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada. Malcolm Holmes has to leave the stage, suffering from heat exhaustion and cardiac arrest. It would be his last gig before retiring from OMD.[1]
* **2017**: RELEASE - The Punishment of Luxury single
* **2019**: RELEASE - *Now That's What I Call Music 103* - features Locomotion (as part of 35th anniversary 'throwback' promotion)
28 November

**28 November**

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* **1981**: PRESS - Record Mirror, 'Playing the game' feature, interview and **colour poster**.
* **1981**: PRESS - NME: 'The Pursuit of Grand Schemes', Hammersmith Odeon live review.
* **2009**: LIVE - Support to Simple Minds. Brussels Forest Nationale, BE
* **2010**: RADIO - BBC R2 *Weekend Wogan*. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark play live: Enola Gay, History of Modern (Pt.I) and Sister Marie Says. [1]
* **2017**: LIVE -  Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, DE
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Haus Auensee, Leipzig DE
04 November

**04 November**

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* **1985**: LIVE - The Thompson Twins support tour Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City CA, USA (1/2)
* **1986**: LIVE - TPA tour: Edinburgh Playhouse, UK
* **1986**: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die down to no.60 (final Top 100 placing)
* **1991**: LIVE - ST tour, Cologne E-Werk, Germany.
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator tour, La Cite L'Espace, Rennes, France
* **2009**: LIVE - A Night of The Proms. Antwerp Sportpaleis, Belgium
* **2010**: LIVE - HoM tour: Liverpool Echo Arena
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Liverpool Empire.
* **2019**: VIDEO - *Behind the Vinyl*: If You Leave [1]
* **2020**: LIVE - extra dates for Manchester and Liverpool added to the Architecture & More Tour scheduled for 2021.
* **2022**: PODCAST - *Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware* EP113: Andy McCluskey [2]
* **2023**: TV - *Later... with Jools Holland* - OMD live performance of *Bauhaus Staircase (song) and Don't Go. (youtube BS DG*

## Related

* **1983**: Simple Minds release Waterfront
08 December

**08 December**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: LIVE - Camden Electric Ballroom, London - support to Talking Heads (second of two nights)
* **1979**: PRESS - Record Mirror, "Up Front" (pp.27-28), gigs at Electric Ballroom, London on 07 & **08 December** with Talking Heads listed (*the paper would have come out on Thursday 06/12*)
* **1980**: LIVE - Organisation tour, Kant Kino, Berlin DE
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator UK arena tour: Manchester GMEX, UK (support from Gary Numan)
* **2006**: LIVE - Night of the Proms, Munich Olympiahalle, Germany.
* **2017**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.1), Les Docks, Lausanne, CH
* **2019**: PRESS - Virgin Radio Classic Artist: OMD (video interview) [2]

#### Notes

1. ↑ OMITD are a last minute replacement to The Human League who were unable to play. U2 are also on the bill. [1]

## Related

* **1981**: The Human League's Don't You Want Me announced as new no.1 in UK.
07 February

**07 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: PRESS - Smash Hits announce the release of debut album and publicise Red Frame/White Light single out now.
* **1982**: LIVE - Architecture & Morality tour: Musichalle, Hamburg Germany
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Leicester De Montfort Hall, UK
* **1988**: CHARTS - Dreaming reaches peak position of no.50 in the UK charts
* **2011**: RELEASE -   *So80s (SoEighties) Presents Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark* remix compilation album, curated by Blank & Jones.
* **2015**:
	+ RADIO - BBC R2, *Sounds of the 80s*. Sara Cox chats to OMD's Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys about the re-issue of their 1984 album *Junk Culture*. [1]
	+ RADIO - BBC Radio Devon. Richard Green celebrates the re-issue of OMD's Junk Culture album with Andy McCluskey. *(tracks played: Love and Violence, Junk Culture, Talking Loud and Clear [2]*
* **2018**: LIVE The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.2) Rockefeller Musichall, Oslo Norway
* **2020**: LIVE - Souvenir: Rockefeller Musichall, Oslo Norway
19 November

**19 November**

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* **2019**: PRESS - "*How OMD manoeuvred themselves back from the dark*", Deevoy, A. for Event Magazine in dailyexpress.co.uk
* **2019**: PRESS - "*Wir waren in Hitlers Unterhose*", spiegel.de
* **2020**: RADIO BBC Radio Wales - Janice Long chats to Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark to mark the 40th anniversary of their hit 'Enola Gay'. [3]
* **2021**: LIVE - Architecture & More Tour O2 Apollo, Manchester UK (1/2)

## Related

* **1981**: New Order live at Ukrainian National Home, New York
10 February

**10 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1982**: LIVE - Architecture & Morality tour Salle Omnisport, Grivegnee Belgium
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Sheffield City Hall, UK
* **2020**: LIVE - Souvenir: Malmo, KB Sweden
* **2023**: RELEASE *Intrigue* - *Steven Wilson Presents Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979-89 (*features Sealand
26 April

**26 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1981**: LIVE - Organisation tour: Montreal Le Club, CAN (link to page in *Montreal Gazzette*, 25 April)
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour: Birmingham Odeon, UK (2/2)
* **1983**: CHARTS - Telegraph down to no.51 (final UK placing)
* **1984**: PRESS - *Smash Hits*. A McCluskey 'My Five Obsessions' [1]. Locomotion lyrics and full page colour pic.[2], *Junk Culture* review [3]
* **1986**: CHARTS - If You Leave US no.18
* **2022**: Souvenir tour (US 2022) - Lincoln Theatre, Washington DC
06 May

**06 May**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: TV - Belgian TV show Follies (Pretending To See The Future and ?Motion & Heart? - trasmitted ?31/05/1980?[1]). (*Photos by P. Carly*)
* **1980**: RADIO - BBC R1 John Peel, first repeat of second Peel session (Enola Gay, Motion & Heart, Dancing, Pretending To See The Future)
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour: Ipswich Gaumont, UK
* **1987**: CHARTS - Shame (re-recorded version) UK charts new entry at no.52 (peak)
* **1988**: LIVE - DM support: Portland Civic Auditorium, OR, USA (2/2)
* **2007**: LIVE - Robanna Studios, Birmingham UK (capacity 100). "Birmingham 100": the 'classic' OMD line up's first gig together since 1988.
* **2022**: LIVE - Souvenir tour (US 2022) Riviera Theater, Chicago IL [2]

## Related

* **2020**: death of Kraftwerk founding member Florian Schneider made public
17 November

**17 November**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - Organisation tour, Sheffield City Hall.
* **1981**: LIVE - Architecture & Morality tour, Southampton Gaumont, UK
* **1981**: CHARTS - Joan of Arc non-mover at no.5[1]
* **1984**: TV: *The Wide Awake Club [2]*
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: St Louis Fox Theatre, MO, USA
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill UK
* **2021**: LIVE - Architecture & More Tour New Theatre, Oxford UK
01 May

**01 May**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: PRESS - Smash Hits, feature and bio by Steve Taylor [1] (the review of The Human League's Holiday '80 EP also references "OMTD") [2]
* **1981**: LIVE - Organisation tour, New York Privates Club, NY, USA (1/2) Privates Club and Ritz, NYC mentioned here
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour, Manchester Apollo, UK
* **1984**: CHARTS - Locomotion up to.6
* **1991**: PRESS - Smash Hits feature *The Ever-Changing Hair "Styles"of Andy McCluskey out of OMD [3]*
* **2022**: Souvenir tour (US 2022) Boston, MA – House Of Blues

## Related

* **1981**: Depeche Mode play the London South Bank University
02 September

**02 September**

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* **2017**: PRESS - *‘We don’t miss analogue’: OMD on self-producing their new record and the wonders of digital* PSN Europe
* **2017**: RADIO - Richard Green's Retro Radio Show (BBC Radio Devon). Andy McCluskey joins Richard to talk the new OMD album "The Punishment of Luxury" [2] *tracks played: The Punishment of Luxury (song), Isotype, The View From Here, plus Enola Gay, "Heroes" (cover).*
* **2021**: RELEASE - Maid of Orleans (Demo) [part of *Architecture & Morality The Singles*, digital only]
* **2021**: NEWS - details of the release of *Architecture & Morality The Singles* are given on social media and retail sites. Release date 15 October 2021.

## Related

* **2013**: The 1975 release their eponymous debut album, recorded at The Motor Museum.
14 December

**14 December**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour Leeds Queens Hall, UK (re-scheduled from 01/12)
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: New Haven Coliseum, CT, USA
* **1985**: TV - American Bandstand (So In Love, Secret) [1]
* **2009**: RELEASE - *Electricity*, incl. The Energy Suite (DVD)
* **2018**: RELEASE - *Live With The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra*
* **2018**: RADIO - Tammy Gooding (BBC H&W) AM [2]

## Related

* **1979**: The Clash - *London Calling* album released
09 January

**09 January**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1982**: PRESS - *Jackie* magazine, full colour page feature.
* **1982**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*. Maid of Orleans release news
* **1986**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Dallas Reunion Hall, TX, USA
* **1987**: LIVE - TPA Tour, Perth Canterbury Court Ballroom, Australia
* **2019**: RADIO - Tammy Gooding (BBC H&W) - AM [1]
15 October

**15 October**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1981**: PRESS - *Smash Hits*, Joan of Arc single release advert and song lyrics; Bitz, "....*the next single (not Joan of Arc..but the one after that) ..as commercial of Mull of Kintyre but twice as hip*."; four dates listed in Nights Out [1]
* **1991**: LIVE - Sugar Tax tour (opening night 2nd UK leg) Newport Centre, UK.
* **2011**: LIVE - Corona Capital Music Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir 40th anniversary tour begins in Lisbon, Portugal.
* **2021**: RELEASE - *Architecture & Morality The Singles*
* **2023**: RADIO - BBC Radio Devon Richard Green "Just Great Songs" and OMD's Andy McCluskey (Bauhaus Staircase, Genetic Engineering) (link)

### Related

* **1979**: The Human League release their debut album *Reproduction* on Virgin records.
* **1979**: John Peel broadcasts first session by The Teardrop Explodes
* **1982**: Ultravox release *Quartet*
12 December

**12 December**

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* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator UK arena tour: Wembley Arena, UK (support from Gary Numan)
* **2006**: LIVE - Night of the Proms, Bremen AWD Dome, Germany
* **2008**: **ART - The Energy Suite art installation opens, FACT, Liverpool.**[2]
* **2009**: LIVE - Simple Minds support, Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, UK (final date)
* **2012**: RADIO - 6 Music Live Hour 1993-12-07 Birmingham NEC.[3]
* **2018**: RADIO - *The Afternoon Show* (BBC Radio Scotland) GRANT STOTT talks to to OMD founder, ANDY MCCLUSKEY about a new biography on the band.[4]
28 April

**28 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - OMITD tour Paris Bains Douches (early version of Statues ?) [1]
* **1981**: LIVE - Organisation tour: Barrymore's Music Hall, Ottawa, CAN
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour: Glasgow Apollo
* **1984**: PRESS - *Melody Maker* OMD mentioned on cover (article?)
* **1984**: PRESS - Record Mirror review of *Junk Culture*
* **1984**: PRESS - No.1 magazine - Locomotion lyrics (see right), new album and tour news
* **1987**: CHARTS - Shame (re-recorded version) NE at no.62
* **1991**: CHARTS - Sailing on the Seven Seas up to no.5 [2]
* **2013**: LIVE - English Electric tour UK leg begins Margate Winter Gardens (with John Foxx & The Maths)
* **2017**: TV - *I Migliori Anni*, Italian TV (Rome) - performance of Enola Gay [3]
10 August

**10 August**

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* **1985**: PRESS - Music Week, "Orchestral Manoeuvres behind the scenes" - review of *Crush - The Movie*
* **1991**: LIVE - Manchester Maine Road, UK (Simple Minds headline, The Stranglers also on the bill)
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend OR, USA.
* **2023**: NEWS - "Pixel" image posted on social media, as a first 'teaser' of new studio album *Bauhaus Staircase*. Close examination reveals that each row is the basic 'colour coding' of each OMD album.
03 November

**03 November**

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* **1981**: CHARTS - Joan of Arc is up from no.21 to no.7 and becomes OMD's third Top 10 single.[2]
* **1984**: RADIO - *In Concert* (R1), Hammersmith Odeon concert (1984).[3]
* **1984**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, OMD review the new singles.
* **1984**: PRESS - *No.1*, 2 page colour spread for lyrics of Never Turn Away, plus full-page colour ad
* **1986**: **RELEASE - We Love You single.**
* **1986**: LIVE - TPA tour, Carlisle Sands Centre, UK
* **1991**: LIVE - ST Tour Brussels Ancienne Belgique, Belgium
* **2017**: LIVE - EE tour, Corn Exchange, Cambridge UK
* **2019**: LIVE Souvenir tour: Sheffield City Hall [4] [5]
* **2021**: LIVE - Architecture & More Tour Sage, Gateshead [6]
* **2023**: CHARTS
	+ *Bauhaus Staircase (*album*)* placings: Official Independent Albums Chart **N1**, Official Albums Chart / Official Vinyl Albums Chart / Official Album Downloads Chart / Official Physical Albums Chart / **N2**.
	+ Bauhaus Staircase (single):
* **2023**: RADIO BBC World Service *Top of the Pops* "Duran Duran and OMD" (link)

## Related

* **1980**: Adam & the Ants release *Kings of the Wild Frontier* album (Adam Ant's 26th birthday), Bauhaus release *In the Flat Field*
* **1986**: New Order release Bizarre Love Triangle single
12 October

**12 October**

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## OMD

### OTD

* **1978**: LIVE - first advertised performance of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark at Eric's Club Liverpool, supporting John Dowie.
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour Duesseldorf Philipshalle, Germany
* **2012**: RELEASE - Stanlow (Live with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - video
* **2020**: VIDEO - clip of Andy McCluskey (diagnosed with coronavirus) singing a part of Georgia, posted on Facebook

## Related

* **1981**: U2 release second studio album *October*.
08 February

**08 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: PHOTOS - Virginia Turbett photo session in Gramophone Suite and on building site
* **1982**: LIVE - Architecture & Morality tour Philipshalle, Dusseldorf Germany
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Birmingham Odeon, UK
* **2023**: SOCIAL - new album update posted on social media. "*6 mixes finished, 6 to go!*"[1]
21 October

**21 October**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: CHARTS - Enola Gay moves up six places to no.12 in UK singles chart.
* **1981**: PRESS - Photo session by David Corio in London (Primrose Hill, Little Venice) [1] [2] [3]
* **1986**: LIVE - The Pacific Age tour: Birmingham Odeon (opening date)
* **1986**: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die down to no.20 (final Top 40 placing)
* **1991**: LIVE - ST tour, Bradford, St. George's Hall, UK
* **1996**: RELEASE - Universal single.
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Barcelona, ES

## Related

* **1985**: Simple Minds release seventh studio album *Once Upon A Time*
* **2021**: Tony Wilson biography, *From Manchester With Love* by Paul Morley published.
08 May

**08 May**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: TV - *Top of the Pops* debut, Messages at no.53.
* **1980**: CHARTS - *OMITD* album at no.40 in UK album charts reveal.
* **1983**: PRESS - *Ciao 2001* (IT) - 3 page feature (mentioned on cover)
* **1984**: CHARTS - Locomotion peaks at no.5
* **1988**: LIVE - DM support: Salt Lake City Salt Palace, UT, USA
* **1993**: RADIO - *The Way Out* (R5 Live). Andy McCluskey
* **2022**: LIVE Souvenir tour (US 2022) TheTruman, Kansas City MO[1]

## Related

* **1980**: The Human League make TOTP debut (see above)
22 December

**22 December**

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* **1979**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, Tours - OMITD tour dates announced (with photo)
* **1980**: RADIO - Peel session #2 repeated as one of the best of the year.[1]
* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour: Dublin National Stadium, Republic of Ireland.
* **1984**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, "Snow Business" (pp.14-15) AM& PH (among others) say how they'll be spending Christmas
* **1985**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Rochester Riverside Convention Center, NY, USA
* **2020**: INTERNET - Christmas message on Twitter [2]
20 November

**20 November**

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* **1980**: TV - *Top of the Pops*, short clip of Enola Gay promo video in Top 10 rundown
* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour: Hammersmith Odeon, UK
* **1985**: PRESS - *Smash Hits:* competition to win La femme accident 12" double packs[1], new re-scheduled UK tour live dates for 1986 announced.[2]
* **1993**: TV - *Pop Show* ZDF, Germany. Stand Above Me and Everyday.[3]
* **2016**: LIVE - Sinner's Day Festival 2016, Ethias Arena, Hasselt, BE. [4]
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: London Hammersmith (final UK date).
* **2021**: LIVE - Architecture & More Tour O2 Apollo, Manchester UK (2/2)

## Related

* **2015**: David Bowie releases Blackstar single
* **2015**: *80's Re:Covered* album feat. China Crisis, Heaven 17, ABC, Kim Wilde & others released. [5]
02 October

02 October

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* **1980**: PRESS - *Smash Hits*, Enola Gay lyrics (p.2) with full page b&w picture (p.3, from 1979); new album and live dates announcement (p.12) and competition to win Korg synthesiser and *Organisation* album (p.21). The first prize is to be awarded by OMD at one of the venues on their November national tour. Enola Gay 'vertical strip' ad (p.46).[1]
* **1981**: LIVE - Detroit Bookies, MI, USA
* **1984**: LIVE - JC tour, Hammersmith Odeon, UK (1/3)
* **1986**: RADIO - BBC Radio 1 City to City: Liverpool.[2]
* **1986**: TV - Top of the Pops, (Forever) Live and Die (11)
* **2019**: RADIO - The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky.[3]
* **2023**: NEWS - Veruschka - coming soon (social media announcement)

### Related

* **1980**: *Smash Hits* - Gary Numan cover and feature, John Foxx 'My Face' flexi-disc and short feature.
* **2000**: Radiohead release *Kid A*
* **2002**: Pet Shop Boys record first Peel session.
07 June

**07 June**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: LIVE - Factory Bands tour - Leeds Branigan's (Fan Club), UK (reviewed in *Sounds*, 30 June)
* **1984**: PRESS - photo session, Virgin offices, Brussels BE (by P. Carly)
* **1984**: PRESS - *Smash Hits*, Junk Culture tour dates (p.48)
* **1986**: CHARTS - If You Leave US no.6 (down from 4)
* **1988**: LIVE - Depeche Mode support: Great Woods Amphitheatre, Mansfield MA, USA
* **2007**: LIVE - Zitadelle, Berlin DE
* **2018**: LIVE - a-ha 2018 Electric Summer (opening night) The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (*review*)
05 August

**05 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1982**: PRESS - Smash Hits, lyrics to Julia's Song published (Request Spot, p.35)
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour. Melbourne University, Australia.
* **1984**: TV - Countdown, Locomotion [1]
* **1995**: TV - *Rock Family Trees* (BBC2) The New Merseybeat. (OMD feature). [2]
* **1996**: RELEASE - Walking On The Milky Way single.
* **2012**: LIVE - Johannesburg Emperor's Palace, South Africa
* **2017**: LIVE - Punta Cana Hard Rock Café, Dominican Republic
* **2018**: LIVE - Rewind Festival, Cheshire UK
22 April

**22 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1981**: LIVE - Organisation tour: University MacEwan Hall Ballroom, Calgary, CAN
* **1981**: TV - *Rockstage*. Lene Lovich and OMD filmed live at Theatre Royal Nottingham.
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour: Poole Arts Centre, UK
* **1987**: CHARTS - Shame (re-recorded version) enters the UK charts at no.80
* **2022**: LIVE - Souvenir tour (US 2022) Plaza Live Orlando, FL

1. ↑ later released on CD/DVD/LP/digital as *Access All Areas* (2015)
21 April

**21 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: RADIO - first broadcast of second Peel session (Dancing/Enola Gay/Pretending To See The Future/Motion and Heart)
* **1980**: LIVE - OMITD tour Paradiso, Amsterdam NL (see photos by Marc Tilli)
* **1984**: RADIO - BBC R1 *Saturday Live*, session with Richard Skinner Julia’s Song/Hard Day/Of All The Things We’ve Made
* **1984**: TV - *The Saturday Picture Show* (BBC1). OMD featured band.[1]
* **1986**: RELEASE - If You Leave single.
* **1991**: CHARTS -  Sailing on the Seven Seas enters UK Top 10 at no.8
* **2013**: LIVE - English Electric tour: Coachella festival, Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, CA

## Related

* **1986**: Siouxsie & The Banshees release new album*Tinderbox*
* **1989**: The Cure release new album *Wish*
22 November

**22 November**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: PRESS - NME 'Men of Mystery and Imagination' by Paul Morley
* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour Newcastle City Hall, UK
* **1986**: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die US no.24
* **2009**: LIVE - A Night of The Proms. Rotterdam Ahoy, NL
* **2019**: RELEASE - Live at Hammersmith Apollo 2019 digital files

## Related

* **1979**: Landscape play Erc's club, Liverpool
* **2010**: The Human League release new single Night People.
12 June

**12 June**

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* **2007**: LIVE - The Best of OMD...All the Hits and More tour Plymouth Pavilions
* **2013**: LIVE - Saarbrucken Funkhaus Halberg, Germany
* **2020**: INTERNET - Tim's Twitter Listening Party: *Dazzle Ships*[1]
* **2021**: RELEASE - RSD 2021 Enola Gay (2020 remixes) - 12" coloured vinyl [2]
05 September

**05 September**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1985**: LIVE - Crush tour Royal Oak Music Theatre, MI, USA
* **2011**: LIVE - IFA-Sommergarten, Berlin Germany
* **2017**: LIVE - **Rough Trade East, London live** + POL signing

## Related

* **1980**: Gary Numan releases second solo album *Telekon*.
* **1980**: Kate Bush releases third studio album *Never for Ever*
14 September

**14 September**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour, Utrecht NL (*not mentioned in Newsletter feature*)
* **2017**: RADIO - BBC 6 Music Gideon Coe. Sessions from Half Man Half Biscuit, OMD, The Blasters and The Wave Pictures. *(only Red Frame/White Light seems to have been played)*
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Detroit MI, USA.
* **2023**: NEWS - Social media announcement: "Don't be afraid folks. Buckle up for a bumpy Sci-Fi surrealist ride! Set aside your preconceptions and come along for the journey! Slow Train will be released 18th September" [1]
[2]
08 April

**08 April**

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* **2013**: LIVE - English Electric tour: The Bing Lounge, Portland OR, USA - CD launch party, duo only.[1]
* **2013**: PRESS - thequietus.com "*Souvenirs: Andy McCluskey Of OMD’s Favourite Albums*"[2]
* **2013**: RADIO - BBC R2 Ken Bruce / Claudia Winklemann. Tracks Of My Years: Andy McCluskey (1/5) [3]
01 October

**01 October**

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* **1979**: LIVE - The Touring Principle, Guildford Civic Hall, UK. (fanzine review, right)
* **1981**: LIVE - Chicago Tut's, IL, USA
* **1984**: LIVE - JC tour, Brighton Dome, UK
* **1991**: LIVE - ST tour, Salt Lake City Kingsbury Hall, UT, USA
* **2008**: LIVE - 30th anniversary tour, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, UK

### Related

* **1976**: Eric's Club opens in Liverpool.
* **1984**: U2 release *The Unforgettable Fire.*
14 April

**14 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: RADIO - Recording of second John Peel session. (Pretending To See The Future / Enola Gay / Dancing / Motion And Heart)
* **1981**: LIVE - Organisation tour: Whiskey a Go Go, Los Angeles, CA *opening night of tour leg and first of two nights at this venue*
* **1983**: PRESS - *Smash Hits* prints lyrics to Telegraph and Dave Rimmer reviews the single, "..*it made no impression on me whatsoever.*".[1]
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour UK leg begins at Bristol Colston Hall.
* **1991**: CHARTS - Sailing on the Seven Seas up to no.19
* **2013**: LIVE - English Electric tour: Coachella festival, Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, CA.
* **2020**: TWITTER - #timstwitterlisteningparty features *Architecture & Morality*
16 June

**16 June**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1984**: PRESS - Number 1! magazine - Talking Loud and Clear review by Max Bell: "*At least Andy McCluskey couldn't possibly dance to it*". (p.36). Same issue has half-page b/w ad for the single.
* **1991**: CHARTS - Sailing on the Seven Seas down to no.54 (final chart placing)

## Related

* **1980**: Ultravox release new single Sleepwalk, their first with Midge Ure as frontman
12 February

**12 February**

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* **1983**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, feature and inset cover photo; Genetic Engineering review.
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Oxford Apollo, UK
* **2018**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.2) Bataclan, Paris, France
* **2020**: LIVE - Souvenir, Vega Copenhagen, DK.

## Related

* **1982**: XTC release *English Settlement.*
* **2015**: Steve Strange of Visage dies, aged 55
04 February

**04 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1981**: LIVE - Paris Theatre, London for BBC *In Concert* broadcast 21 February.[1]
* **1982**: TV - *Top of the Pops*, Maid of Orleans (6). Repeat of 21.01.82 performance. *Architecture & Morality* no.4 in album charts.
* **1983**: TV - *The Tube*. Live performance of two new tracks ABC Auto-Industry and Genetic Engineering.
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Edinburgh Playhouse, UK
* **2013**: PRESS - Atomic Ranch announcement and video on pitchfork.com
* **2020**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Progresja, Warsaw, Poland

## Related

* **1982**: Top of the Pops - John Peel returns as host for the first time since 1968. Kraftwerk – The Model, video featured on as no.1 single.
* **1983**: Echo and the Bunnymen release new album *Porcupine.*
* **2001**: Atomic Kitten go straight in at no.1 in the UK with Whole Again.
15 June

**15 June**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour, Palacio De Los Deportes, Leon, Spain (first night in Europe)
* **1985**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*: news of new OMD album *Crush*, and Jobs For a Change festival (07 July)
* **1988**: PRESS - Dreaming re-release ad in *Smash Hits*
* **1988**: LIVE - Depeche Mode support: Phoenix Compton Terrace, AZ, USA
* **2010**: RECORDING - Delta (The Punishment of Luxury demo)
* **2011**: LIVE - Apolo, Barcelona, Spain
* **2013**: LIVE - Hilversum De Vorstin, NL (live radio broadcast for Dutch radio show "TROS Muziekcafé" on Radio 2, 5.00-6.00 pm) [1]
* **2016**: LIVE - Last Summer on Earth, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, VA, US
* **2017**: RADIO - BBC Radio 6 Music Day, Liverpool. Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie broadcast a special show live from Liverpool for BBC Music Day, with live music from OMD and She Drew the Gun.[2] Live performance of Enola Gay, Isotype, Electricity.
03 October

03 October

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* **1981**: LIVE - 1981 North American tour, Kitchener-Waterloo Bingeman Park, Canada
* **1981**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, Star Choice (p.27) - Paul Humphreys selects favourite albums.
* **1984**: LIVE - JC tour, London Hammersmith Odeon, filming afternoon performance with 300 fan club members (see Christmas 1984 newsletter) plus regular evening show. (One of these was used for In Concert, broadcast on 03 November).
* **1991**: LIVE - ST NA tour Los Angeles Variety Arts Center, CA, USA (first of two nights)
* **2008**: LIVE - 30th anniversary tour: Liverpool, UK
* **2023**: NEWS - Veruschka Thursday, 7pm (UK time) with youtube link

## Related

* **1980**: Adam & The Ants release Dog Eat Dog single
* **1985**: Midge Ure on Top of the Pops with If I Was at no.1
* **2005**: Depeche Mode release new single Precious.
10 December

**10 December**

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* **1981**: PRESS - Smash Hits *Nights Out*, live review of Hammersmith Odeon gig.
* **1985**: LIVE - Support to Thompson Twins: Hampton Coliseum, VA, USA
* **1988**: TV - Rockopop (Spanish TV) - Enola Gay (promoting *The Best of OMD*) [1]
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator UK arena tour: Cardiff Ice Rink, UK (support from Gary Numan)
* **2006**: LIVE - Night of the Proms, Munich Olympiahalle, Germany.
* **2009**: LIVE - Simple Minds support, Odyssey Arena, Belfast UK
18 November

**18 November**

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* **2010**: LIVE - HoM Tour - Berlin Tempodrom, Germany (*Live in Berlin* album)
* **2023**: LIVE - Huntington Beach Darker Waves Festival, CA, USA (10-song 'greatest hits' set)

## Related

* **1991**: U2 release *Achtung Baby* album.
* **2016**: The Human League release *Anthology: A Very British Synthesizer Group* compilation.
14 March

**14 March**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - OMITD tour: London Y Studios/ YMCA, UK. (bootleg, liveandloudshows.com, incl. earliest recording of Enola Gay)
* **1982**: LIVE - Chicago Park West, IL, USA
* **1983**: RADIO - BBC Radio 1 John Peel (Liverpool week) Peel session #4 (first repeat)
* **2022**: LIVE - Atmospheric & Greatest Hits: Royal Albert Hall, London
07 August

**07 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: PRESS - *Smash Hits*: *The Quality of Mersey* feature, mentions OMD.
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour. Sydney Chevron, Australia
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour BECU ZooTunes Concert Series, Seattle WA, USA
* **2021**: LIVE - Let's Rock Shrewsbury Festival, Shrewsbury, UK (*first full capacity gig in almost 18 months*)
10 April

**10 April**

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* **2005**: EVENT - OMD Fan Gathering at The Motor Museum. This was the first time Andy and Paul had been seen and interviewed together for many years, and many say it was the start of the reformation of OMD.[2]
* **2013**: LIVE - English Electric tour: Salt Lake City The Deport, UT, USA
* **2013**: RADIO - BBC R2 Ken Bruce / Claudia Winklemann. Tracks Of My Years: Andy McCluskey (3/5)
* **2018**: RADIO *Blood On The Tracks* [3] "Some of the artists featured include Donna Summer, the Undertones, Marvin Gaye, Wilson Phillips, the Carpenters and OMD".

## Related

* **1981**: Liz McClarnon (Atomic Kitten) born
25 April

**25 April**

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* **1981**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* Competition to win signed Organisation albums and special OMD sweatshirts.(also mentioned on cover)
* **1983**: LIVE - Dazzle Ships tour: Birmingham Odeon, UK (1/2)
* **1984**: CHARTS - UK Top 40, Locomotion up to no.10 (fifth Top 10 single)
03 March

**03 March**

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* **1982**: LIVE - A&M (NA) tour, Glen Cove Northstage Theater, NY, USA (bootleg *- erroneously marked as 1983;* liveandloud.com)
* **1983**: TV - Genetic Engineering on *Top of the Pops*
* **1983**: PRESS - *Dazzle Ships* reviewed in *Smash Hits* (8/10 - Johnny Black)
* **2008**: RELEASE - *Dazzle Ships* deluxe edition
* **2022**: EVENT - British Library, *Classic Album Sundays present Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark*
* **2023**: TV - TOTP: 03 March 1983 repeated on BBC Four.[1]
09 November

**09 November**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - Organisation tour, Wolverhampton Civic Hall, UK
* **1981**: LIVE - A&M tour, Manchester Apollo, UK
* **1985**: LIVE - The Thompson Twins support tour, Oakland Coliseum, CA, USA
* **1986**: LIVE - TPA tour Civic Center, Ottawa ON, Canada
* **1991**: LIVE - Sugar Tax tour Frankfurt Kongresshalle, Germany
* **1993**: LIVE - Liberator tour: Il Transbordeur, Lyon, France
* **2017**: LIVE - EE tour Reading Hexagon, UK
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour New Theatre, Oxford, UK
* **2021**: LIVE - Architecture & More Tour, De Montfort Hall Leicester , UK

## Related

* **1979**: The Human League begin their all-electronic *Reproduction* tour
* **1984**: FGTH release The Power of Love single
Almost

**Almost** (Humphreys/McCluskey) is the title of an OMD song first released as a B-side to the group's debut single Electricity and later included on their debut album.

The song remains a favourite of both fans and group and has been performed many times live over the years.

## History

Almost is one of Humphreys & McCluskey's first compositions and together with Electricity was recorded for the debut single release on Factory FAC 6. The version included on the original single was produced by Martin Hannett (as Martin Zero) at Cargo Studios, Manchester.

Second versions were subsequently recorded by the band themselves at Henry's Studio, Liverpool, although the Hannett version of Almost was chosen for FAC 6, whereas the Cargo Studios version was used for Electricity. The second issue of the single in 1979 also used the Hannett version of Almost although another new version, mixed for the debut album, with production credits to Chester Valentino, was used for the 1980 single re-release.

A special new remix by Vince Clarke was issued in 2019 on a 40th anniversary 7" single release of Electricity. Clarke had cited the song as being an inspiration for him to start playing and writing songs on a synthesiser. A re-recording of McCluskey's vocals is also evident on this remix.

## Live performances

Almost had first been performed at early OMD gigs and continued to be performed up to and including the Dazzle Ships tour (1983). It was also played for one night on the Junk Culture tour the following year to mark the sixth anniversary of the group's first live gig.

The song was also included in the middle section of the Dazzle Ships/Architecture & Morality full album performances at the Royal Albert Hall, and subsequent European dates, in May 2016.

As a 'classic' it was revived for inclusion on the Souvenir tour in 2019/2020 with the four piece band lining up front of stage to perform the track.

## Versions and availability

* Electricity (7" DIN2, 1979)
* *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark* (2003 re-release)
 Henry's Studios version
 Album version
 Vince Clarke remix | * Electricity (7" 40th anniv. re-issue, 2019)

 * *Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool. 04.11.19*
 * *Architecture & Morality / Dazzle Ships – Live at the Royal Albert Hall*
 * *Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London 10.05.1983*
 * *Live at Eventim Hammersmith Apollo 20.11.19* (audio)
* *Live From Your Sofa* (video)
* DVD

### Notes

1. ↑ Album notes state B-side to Factory single - *unconfirmed*.
2. ↑ Opening track on release, although was effectively the sixth track on the set-list (see omd-live.com)
28 September

**28 September**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1978**: LIVE - First live performance of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Eric's Club, Liverpool.
* **1979**: RELEASE - First re-issue of Electricity/Almost on DINDISC.
* **1979**: LIVE - The Touring Principle Hammersmith Odeon (2/2)
* **1981**: LIVE - 1981 North American tour Hollywood Roxy, Los Angeles CA, USA
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour Ipswich Gaumont. (OMITD's 6th birthday, Almost played as encore - see Christmas 1984 newsletter)
* **1998**: RELEASE *The OMD Singles* compilation album.
* **2010**: LIVE - London Supperclub, UK. Support to The Buggles for one-off charity gig.
* **2019**: RADIO - BBC Radio Oxford *Kat's Kick Up the 80s*. Kat plays the biggest 80s hits and OMD's Andy McCluskey tells the story of Enola Gay.[1]
* **2020**: LIVE - "Atmospheric & Greatest Hits", Royal Albert Hall - CANCELLED

## Related

* **1981**: The Human League release Open Your Heart
* **1987**: Depeche Mode release *Music for the Masses*
* **1998**: Depeche Mode release *The Singles 86>98*
26 September

**26 September**

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* **1981**: LIVE - The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, LA, USA (1/2) - *first night of NA tour*
* '*1981**: PRESS -*** **Record Mirror *news,*** *OMD LP next month*' p.2
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour, Sheffield City Hall.
* **2015**: RADIO - BBC Radio Devon. Richard Green. OMD's Andy McCluskey brings us up to date on plans for the next new album and more ! *(tracks played: So In Love, Telegraph, Tesla Girls* [1]
22 October

**22 October**

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* **2021**: CHARTS - *Architecture & Morality The Singles* enters UK albums chart at no.45 [2], vinyl chart at no.9
* **2022**: RADIO - Radio 2 In Concert. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark performing at Birmingham's NEC Arena in 1993. [3][4]
* **2023**: RADIO - Virgin Radio UK *Graham Norton Radio Show*, interview with AM (link)

## Related

* **1990**: Pet Shop Boys release *Behaviour* album
Making Music

**Making Music** was the title of a free, ad-supported music magazine, focusing on musicians and instruments,distributed mostly through independent music shops. It was a large, A3 newspaper format rather than the more usual glossy A4 magazine, and had a fun, irreverent style with lots of humour. It ran for around 200 issues until 2002.

## OMD connections

* **November 1986**: "*Pacific Specifics*", by Tony Bacon. Cover title "Playing for The Pacific Age". "*Two of the group write, the rest play, and they end up with "The Pacific Age" LP."* Focus on each band member (all six of them) and a chosen instrument. Also more details on the recording and production of *The Pacific Age*. Online here.
09 October

**09 October**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: TV - *Top of the Pops*, debut performance of Enola Gay, no.35 in the charts.
* **1981**: RELEASE - single Joan of Arc b/w The Romance of the Telescope (Unfinished)
* **1981**: LIVE - The Ritz, NY, USA. (1/2)
* **1984**: LIVE - JC tour Frankfurt Alte Oper, Germany.
* **1984**: CHARTS - Tesla Girls down to no.36.
* **1985**: PRESS- full page ad for La femme accident in Smash Hits.
* **1991**: LIVE - ST tour, Anaheim Celebrity Theatre, CA, USA.(final night)
* **2019**: RADIO - BBC Radio 2 Sounds of the 80s Mastermix [1]
* **2023**: PRESS - The New Cue #325, OMD's Andy McCluskey (on-line article

### Related

* **1969**: David Bowie makes debut appearance on Top of the Pops with Space Oddity.
* **1980**: John Lennon's 40th birthday
* **1981**: The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes and Laurie Anderson - O Superman singles released.
* **1995**: The Human League release a remix single of their 1981 hit Don't You Want Me.
18 February

**18 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1982**: TV - Brief clip of Maid of Orleans video on *Top of the Pops* during Top 10 video countdown. The single is at no.4 peak.
* 1984: PRESS - Record Mirror 'OMD junk-et' - announcement of live dates and new album called 'Junk Culture' to be released on 30 April (no news of a single)[1]
* **2020**: PRESS - "*Obstinate Medical Diagnosis: Out From The Void With OMD*" by Kristen Gallerneaux in thequietus.com

## Related

* **1980**: Gary Numan's The Touring Principle World Tour opens in North America at the Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Canada.[2]
* **1982**: *Smash Hits* Heaven 17 cover and feature
24 January

**24 January**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **2018**: RADIO - BBC R4 *Soul Music*: Kraftwerk - Computer World "*Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark recalls the Kraftwerk concert that inspired his musical career*." [1]
* **2019**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour (USA) House of Blues, Las Vegas NV, USA
	+ effectively a 'one-off' gig with PoL setlist although the previous US date had been for the MOCA exhibition, and the next was an 80s weekend 'hits' setlist in Los Angeles.
* **2023**: SOCIAL - new "DS40" OMD logo/profile pic published on social media.[2]
* **2024**: LIVE - Bauhaus Staircase tour **Muenchen Brewery, Stockholm, Sweden**

### Related

* **2014**: Julia Kneale publishes her book *Moods, Memories and other Manoeuvres.*[3]
* **2018**: Mark E. Smith of The Fall dies.
19 February

**19 February**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - OMITD tour: Huddersfield Polytechnic, UK
* **1986**: LIVE - Crush UK tour: Bristol Colston Hall, UK
* **1994**: TV - RSH-Gold (awards), German TV Stand Above Me

## Related

* **1982**: Gary Numan releases single Music For Chameleons
* **1985**: *EastEnders* first episode (BBC1)
11 August

**11 August**

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* **2017**: RADIO/LIVE - BBC R2, *Chris Evans Breakfast Show*. Locomotion, "Heroes" [1]
* **2017**: RADIO - BBC Radio London Robert Elms Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark chat about their new album[2] (clip)
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Ironstone Amphitheatre, Murphys CA, USA
* **2023**: LIVE - Saffron Walden Audley End House, UK (with Heaven 17 & Soft Cell)
02 June

**02 June**

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* **1984**: PRESS - Record Mirror - cover: "Mersey Mayhem with Echo, OMD, Frankie", feature on the Liverpool music scene; News section gives details of Talking Loud and Clear release and tour starting in September.
* **1991**: CHARTS - Sailing on the Seven Seas down to no.19
12 August

**12 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1982**: PRESS - BRAVO magazine, Germany, centrespread (Maid of Orleans no.5 in charts)
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour. Newcastle Workers Club, Australia.
* **1985**: LIVE - The Power Station support tour Charlevoix Castle Farms Music Theatre, MI, USA
* **2017**: RADIO - BBC Radio 4, *Loose Ends* Nikki Bedi is joined by actor Rupert Everett, OMD's Andy McCluskey and broadcaster Bidisha for conversation and comedy. [1][2] (songs performed The Punishment of Luxury, Enola Gay)
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour The Mountain Winery, Saratoga CA, USA

## Related

* **1978**: *Sounds* feature on The Human League
05 July

**05 July**

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	+ Phil Oakey of The Human League was present at this gig and watched with Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus (Houghton, 2018, p.69)
* **1980**: PRESS - Record Mirror - The Natural Blonde column reports AM went to record some sounds at an oil refinery "last week".
* **1981**: TV - *Hit Parade* (Italian TV) - Enola Gay [2]
* **1984**: TV - TOTP. Talking Loud and Clear (11)
* **1984**: PRESS - Smash Hits colour centrespread (also mentioned on cover and Contents page) [3]
* **1993**: RELEASE - Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme) released.

## Related

* **2000**: Atomic Kitten release I Want Your Love single (co-written AM, SK)
17 July

**17 July**

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* **1982**: PRESS *Record Mirror* "Second Manoeuvre" - news iten stating that OMD will be releasing a brand new single shortly, and that their fourth LP will be released in October. Neither of these things happened, although "their own label" Telegraph Records had already been established.
* **1984**: TV - Musik Laden, DE - Talking Loud & Clear
03 July

**03 July**

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* **2009**: RADIO - BBC R4 *Front Row*. Mark Lawson reports from Manchester at the opening of the city's International Festival. (AM reviews the Kraftwerk concert that opened the show - listen online, from 16:35)
* **2020**: LIVE - 80s Lockdownfestival 2 (live stream) (Sailing on the Seven Seas, Enola Gay)
14 August

**14 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: RADIO - John Peel plays Julia's Song by The Id on R1 show, taken from *Street To Street* compilation.
* **1985**: LIVE - The Power Station support tour, Pine Knob Theatre, Clarkston MI, USA
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Phoenix Comerica Theatre, AZ, USA
* **2021**: LIVE - Let's Rock Southampton, Southampton, UK (*originally set for 04 July 2020 and 10 July 2021*). (soundcheck video)
* **2023**: NEWS - New album 'teaser' image (plain grey background) and **new logo** posted on social media.
07 September

**07 September**

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* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour. Firato, Amsterdam NL ("..*hi-fi display in a big exhibition complex*.")
* **1986:** INTERVIEW with AM & PH by Mike Humphreys, see *Newsletter* October 1986 [1]
* **2020**: RELEASE - *Pretty in Pink* Blu-ray, HMV exclusive [2]
* **2023**: NEWS - Bauhaus Staircase single - physical release announcement, formats, track-listings, order on-line

### Related

* **1981**: Depeche Mode release Just Can't Get Enough
* **2011**: Cl audia Brücken releases *Combined* retrospective album
27 September

**27 September**

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* **1980**: PRESS - Record Mirror live review OMITD/Sector 27, Portsmouth Guildhall (19 Sept.)
* **1981**: LIVE - The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, LA, USA (2/2)
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour, Birmingham Odeon
* **1986**: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die enters US Hot 100 (87)
* **2019**: RELEASE - Electricity / Almost (Vince Clarke remix) 7" / digital
11 April

**11 April**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: LIVE - Electric Ballroom, Camden, London (one-off gig) - (reviewed in *Record Mirror* 19 April)
* **1983**: LIVE - Casino de Paris, Paris FR
* **2013**: RADIO - BBC R2 Ken Bruce / Claudia Winklemann. Tracks Of My Years: Andy McCluskey (4/5)
* **2017**: RADIO - BBC R2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark play live in the studio. - Enola Gay, The Punishment of Luxury, Locomotion, "Heroes". [1]
09 June

**09 June**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1979**: RADIO - First known play of Electricity by John Peel (BFBS Show). He also plays ACR FAC 5.
* **1983**: TV - Musik Laden, DE. Telegraph
* **1988**: LIVE - Depeche Mode support: Toronto CNE Grandstand, Canada
* **1991**: CHARTS - Sailing on the Seven Seas down to no.29 (final Top 40 placing).
* **2018**: LIVE - A-ha 2018 Electric Summer, Hush Park, Yeovil.
Professor Gondo

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**Professor Gondo** (権藤博士, *Gondō Hakase*?): A disgraced biologist who proposed a crazed theory of using biotechnology to alter human beings. In need of funding, Gondo trained a condor named Hayate to attack his former assistants and extort money from them. The Winspector team traced Hayate to Gondo and arrested him. Attack! The Giant Bird
15 January

**15 January**

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* **1983**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, "Dazzling Manoeuvres", news of new single, album and tour.
* **1986**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Phoenix Coliseum, AZ, USA
* **1994**: LIVE - Liberator tour: Saambou Arena, Pretoria South Africa (*final night of tour, final live performance of the 1990s*)
* **2021**: PRESS - *Popular Culture Is Eating Its History and OMD Are Not Complaining*, Shand M. on popmatters.com,
19 January

**19 January**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1982**: CHARTS - Maid of Orleans is the highest new entry on the UK Top 40 at no.31
* **1982**: LIVE - A&M tour: Lille Palais Saint-Sauveur, France
* **1986**: LIVE - Thompson Twins support: Selland Arena, Fresno CA, USA
* **1987**: LIVE - The Pacific Age tour: Koseinenkin Kaikan Theatre, Tokyo Japan
* **2019**: EVENT - DAZZLED: OMD, MEMPHIS DESIGN, AND BEYOND opens at MOCA, Tucson USA