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Our new album Bauhaus Staircase is out now.
We hope you enjoy it!
Listen/Buy:
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Passing through Cumbria, thought we’d pick a copy of the local paper up...
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A note regarding the Liverpool show a couple of weeks ago
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Tonight we are celebrating selling out The Greek Theatre in LA but it will be touched by a great sadness as all of us say farewell to Andy Fletcher from Depeche Mode. A beautiful person in an amazing band. We send alll our love to his family.
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We are absolutely devastated to learn that one of our heroes Florian Schneider has passed away.
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We are so saddened to hear of the death of the amazing Terry Hall.
A truly iconic and individual frontman with The Specials. Our love and thoughts are with Terry's family and friends.
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Happy birthday to our very own Andy McCluskey!
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Thank you to all who came to The Greek Theatre tonight. What a beautiful way to end out tour and celebrate music in remembrance of Fletch. We danced like it was The Rose Bowl in 1988!
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Happy birthday to our very own Andy McCluskey!
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45 years ago today we released our debut single Electricity on Factory Records, catalogue number FAC 6. Still to this day introduced as our oldest and our fastest song.
Thank you all for 45 years of love and support, we can’t wait to be back out on the road to see you soon!
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The very first Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark gig was 40 years ago today.
Thank you all for the last four decades. We shall be celebrating over the coming months!
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So very sad to hear of the the death of Janice Long. Amazing lady, great friend, music lover and champion. A pioneering female DJ who opened many doors for others. I will miss you so much Janice. All my love and sympathies to your family. Andy x
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We will be playing at the Greek Theatre tonight thinking of Fletch. We won’t be mourning his passing but celebrating his awesome music and life.
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New album news coming soon. Sign up to hear first at
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One day soon this will be the argument in a retirement home!
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Wishing a very happy 60th Birthday to Andy McCluskey!!
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Happy 64th Birthday to Andy McCluskey!!
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So great to see
@howardjones
again - he’s on stage right now bringing the house down at
@TheO2
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Happy 40th, Architecture & Morality!
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40 years ago today we released our debut single Electricity via Factory Records (catalogue number FAC 6). Later this year we will be celebrating our 40th anniversary with a variety of releases and concerts. More details of the releases will follow in the coming weeks and months.
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We are really excited to announce OMD: Live From Your Sofa!
This is an online gig featuring never before seen footage of the whole of last year's Hammersmith Apollo show.
The footage will premiere at 8pm (UK time) on YouTube on Sat 9th May. More info:
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Andy and Paul have been locked in here finishing the new album. 6 mixes finished, 6 to go!
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We are absolutely bowled over by the response to last night's OMD: Live From Your Sofa event. We're so pleased that we were able to bring some positivity and a sense of community to people at this time. Thank you all for joining in.
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Andy, Phil Oakey and Paul at Let’s Rock Norwich. First time Phil and Andy have ever met!! 😄
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Never wear your own band on your face. It’s not a good look! 😂
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Bauhaus Staircase has charted at
#2
on the Official UK Album Chart
This makes it the highest charting studio album of our career!
Thank you all so much for supporting us.
We can’t wait to play some of it for you on the Bauhaus Staircase Tour next year!
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Happy birthday to our very own Paul Humphreys!
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Andy celebrated Christmas by falling on the stairs. Such an old man thing to do! 😱🤦🏻♂️ Fractured rib! Lots of painkillers and possibly a little less windmilling at Butlins. Hoping that all had a safer Christmas than Andy!
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Andy has a new knee. 👍 Let the physio begin! 🤪😂
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Finally! Electricity makes an impact on the
@officialcharts
40 years after its release!
A huge result for
@OfficialOMD
! Electricity has outsold the rest of the Top 20 combined to debut at Number 1 on the Official Vinyl Singles Chart
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Lazarus is up and out in the real world. But has anyone got any extra morphine and codeine to spare? 🤪🤯 Damn physio hurts!!😫
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Andy has tested positive for Covid-19.
Fortunately, his symptoms have been mild and he is feeling much better already. The good news is that he stops isolating on Oct 16 two days before rehearsals for You, Me & OMD. The show goes on!!
Tickets and merch:
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Andy meets Enola Gay for the third time!
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We are so very sad to hear of the passing of Steve Harley His music was determinedly and insistently unconventional. Deeply characterful lyrics and vocal inflections. 5 years ago Steve graciously signed Andy’s Harley scrapbook he had retained since his teens.
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Our new studio album Bauhaus Staircase will be released on 27th October. Limited and signed formats are now available for pre-order at
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We would like to wish everyone a wonderful New Year.
We will soon be announcing a tour, we hope to see as many of you as we can in 2019.
Also we have crossed our fingers for the most painless resolution to Brexit for all concerned!
Happy new year!
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Our old studio is being revamped as a hotel. You can actually sleep in the room where we wrote, demoed, and recorded our first four albums. And the ground floor is a bar called Manoeuvres . Opening on April 7th
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Happy 40th birthday to our debut album - released on this day in 1980!
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One of our favourite gigs ever
Electricity, the debut single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, was released 45 years ago today on Factory Records.
Here's the band performing the song at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1981.
Just look at that crowd!
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Here we go again. Back at the gym to get fit for The Royal Albert Hall! 🤪
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Wow! What a night at the O2 Arena in London with our fabulous friend Howard Jones! Thank you all for making it such a wonderful experience. The entire evening was just amazing. 😄👏👏
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Happy birthday to our very own Paul Humphreys!
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The gang’s all here!
Production rehearsals tonight, looking forward to first gig of the US tour tomorrow, see you there!
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Many congratulations to Paul on his wonderful marriage to Rüta last Saturday, from all of the OMD family. Especially Andy, Martin, Stuart and our Manager Mirelle.
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Got the clippers out at midnight after a few gin & tonics!
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"Almost half a century in, OMD still have the OMG factor, and are as creative, intelligent and daring as ever they were"
Review of last night's show at
@TheO2
by
@Telegraph
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Thanks everyone for waiting 20 months for this gig! Hope you enjoyed a more varied set than usual with 7 songs from our debut album. See you again tomorrow,
@RoyalAlbertHall
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Our 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.
YouTube Premiere:
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Happy Birthday to our very own Andy McCluskey!
📸 - from Saturday’s YOU ME & OMD event (after Maid of Orleans, of course!)
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The things I do to get to a gig. I’m sitting in the luggage rack of the very overcrowded. 16.02 Transpennine Express from York to Newcastle! Andy
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Happy New Year to all. Andy is healing and although there may not be much windmilling in Bognor on Saturday the gig will be going ahead.
We are really excited that 2023 will see the release of a new OMD studio album!
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Ahh what a lovely evening at Audley End. 10,000 people singing, dancing and smiling. Thank you all for the love and joy! 😘
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Tonight - Andy will be taking part in
@Tim_Burgess
's
#timstwitterlisteningparty
at 9pm UK time.
Press play on Architecture & Morality at that time and Andy will be tweeting along talking about the tracks (and taking questions) as the album plays.
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Happy New Year to all. We thought we would share this impressive cover version with you!
See you in 2020 for more concerts and a few surprises!
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We are so saddened to hear about the passing of Mark Hollis, lead singer and creative genius from the band Talk Talk. Our thoughts are with his family and friends
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This is our Mothership for the next five weeks. She needs a name. Any suggestions? We think the colour is Caribbean Blue. See you tonight at Orlando Plaza Live x
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OK! OK! OK!!!! Now that was a gig.!We knew that we were going to have a great one when the crowd started singing along with the synth melody in Messages. Audiences make the concert. St Anne’s Park rocked. Thank you all. 😀
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Soundcheck in Glasgow went well this afternoon. We’re really looking forward to the gig tonight!
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On Saturday, OMD: Live From Your Sofa is at 8pm, UK time
The show will be broadcast from a single camera angle to give you the feeling of actually being at the gig and having the best seat in the house. The view from the mixing desk is what our crew see.
📸: Luke Dyson/4WALL
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Thanks so much to
@Tim_Burgess
for hosting. We'd love to do another! For now I'll keep answering questions for a bit! Andy
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The full 4-piece band will be appearing on Later with Jools Holland tonight, playing Bauhaus Staircase and Don’t Go
It’s on BBC Two and the BBC iPlayer this evening at 10.25pm
@BBCLater
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Happy Birthday to our very own Paul Humphreys!
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Tonight!
10pm -
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
Andy will be tweeting along to Dazzle Ships. Press play on the album at exactly 10pm and join us!
@Tim_Burgess
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Kraftwerk came to our sound check! And can you spot Andy in the audience too? 😂
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Congratulations to Paul and Ruta on the arrival of baby Lily!
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Happy birthday to us - the first Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark gig was 45 years ago today!
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We’ve just met the incredible Violet who made this - we absolutely love it!
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OLD
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If there was one festival that we didn’t expect rain in it was this one. BUT!!! Torrential downpour. Stage soaked! Equipment destroyed! Stopped in So in Love! We tried. Sorry. This is the dressing room mirror! 😱
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What a fabulous crowd at Darker Waves. Thank you all. Only 40 minutes today! See you for a ‘real’ gig tomorrow in Anaheim or next year
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We can't believe that it is already a week since the European and UK tour finished.
What an incredible journey. Many thanks to all who joined us.
Can't wait to play in South Africa later this month. And watch out for some more concert announcements soon!
📸: Rosie Sco
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Thank you for all for listening. It's been great to be reminded of the whole album from start to finish. Once again many many thanks to
@Tim_Burgess
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
Still here to talk for a while if you want!
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Thanks to everyone for their amazing support through another difficult year for us all. It was lovely to get to play a UK tour again and we are looking forward to playing the
@RoyalAlbertHall
and touring North America in the first half of 2022.
📸
@InnesMarlow
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French School Trip photo! 😂 4 Madness, 4 Undertones, 2 Simple Minds, and Andy.
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We are delighted to announce the UK & European legs of the Souvenir - 40th Anniversary Greatest Hits Tour!
VIP Packages on sale 12th March 9am GMT
Tickets on sale 14th March 9am GMT
For more information including a complete set of dates please visit
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Last rehearsal is done and the first truck has arrived to haul everything to Glasgow. UK tour here we come!!!!
Final tickets:
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It’s always a good day when you meet the wonderful Herr Bartos. We will see you all in the Stadtpark tonight!
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Now that
@Twitter
has doubled the character limit we can finally have our full name as our username!
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Delighted to have won Group Of The Year and Live Act Of The Year in the
@ClassicPopMag
reader awards. Thanks to all who voted!
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Guess where Andy was today. Just one of the million people who visit Stonehenge every year!
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It’s always been the Odeon to us!
Thank you London!!
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Well well, that was fun. I made way more mistakes than last night but just didn’t care. 😂. Such a great vibe in the Royal Albert Hall!
Thank you to everyone who attended over both nights for making these concerts so memorable
Andy x
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A Christmas message from Andy McCluskey
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We would like to wish everyone all the best for the festive season.
We're looking forward to being back out on the road in 2020! All currently announced shows are on the OMD website. More announcements will follow:
📸:
@InnesMarlow
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Back in 1975, Andy sat in this seat, Q36 at the Liverpool Empire to watch Kraftwerk. That was the gig which changed everything for him.
Tonight, OMD perform here for the 15th time. Big Liverpool gig - let’s have some fun!
7pm - doors open
7:45 -
@stealingsheep
8:45 - OMD
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Last of our 40 gigs in the iconic Eastbourne Winter Gardens. Beautiful party night to end on. Lots of banter, laughs and so much joy! Thanks to everyone tonight and throughout the tour for the truly emotional connections along with the fun. We will be back xx
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I am ready to start touring again! 😂
Andy
Tour tickets:
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Thank you, thank you!!! To everyone who stayed right to the end dancing, clapping, and singing in the rain at the Amphi-festival tonight. What a great crowd! 😄😄
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Merry Christmas from OMD: Paul, Martin, Stuart and.... Secret Santa???
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Happy birthday to Martin Cooper! Thanks to Martin for coming in to rehearse on his birthday!
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