40th ANNIVERSARY UK & EUROPE TOUR ANNOUNCED

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UK & Europe 40th Anniversary Tour
11 Mar 2019
We are delighted to announce the UK & European legs of the “Souvenir – OMD 40 Years” Tour. We will be celebrating our 40th Anniversary by playing all of our hits and more, including some rarely played early material. VIP Packages/Upgrades will be on sale at 9am on Tuesday 12th March from here. Tickets will be on sale at 9am on Thursday 14th March from here. VIP Packages include access to soundcheck in the afternoon, the very best seats in the house (or priority entry at standing venues), a year’s membership of the OMD Access All Areas app (further details to be announced soon), a signed setlist, an exclusive T shirt, a souvenir ticket and a VIP laminate pass. New for this year, a very limited number of exclusive backstage tours are also available at each venue. For the UK and Ireland, VIP Packages include a ticket for the evening show and are priced at £100/£200 and will be available from here. For shows in the rest of Europe, the VIP Upgrade does not include the evening ticket (but still guarantees early entry to the evening show when a ticket to the evening show is purchased). The VIP Upgrade Read More
Live with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
12 Dec 2018
Our shows with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in October 2018 were recorded and are now available as a live album. The various products are available now alongside a range of merchandise from the shows. 2CD Limited Edition Triple Clear Vinyl A money-saving bundle of the 2CD and 3LP formats is also available.
First Four Albums – Vinyl Reissues
2 Nov 2018
Our first four albums (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation, Architecture & Morality, Dazzle Ships) are reissued today via Universal Music Catalogue. This is the first time that these records have been reissued on vinyl since the 1980’s. The records have been specially remastered at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, and they come housed in their original iconic die cut sleeves designed by the legendary Peter Saville. Order here.
Pretending To See The Future – 40th Anniversary Book
14 Jun 2018
We are pleased to announce the publication of the book Pretending To See The Future, in celebration of the band’s 40th anniversary. Told in the first person, Pretending To See The Future is an oral history of OMD, mixing hundreds of fan anecdotes with memories from the band, their collaborators, other musicians and celebrity admirers garnered from 40 years of recording and performing. The book contains commentary from OMD founders Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, plus band members Martin Cooper, Malcolm Holmes and Stuart Kershaw, and is packed full of memorabilia and hundreds of photos. With many images in full colour and previously unseen pictures from the band’s own archive, this is the OMD story as it’s never been told before. The book is now available to pre-order from PledgeMusic. All early pre-orders from Pledge will also receive an exclusive flexi-disc featuring a very rare and previously unheard demo of Messages from the summer of 1978 before Andy and Paul actually formed Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Recorded in the garage studio of school friend Paul Collister who would become OMD’s manager, and featuring the electronic drums built by Paul Humphreys. This is sound of two eighteen year old kids Read More
40th Anniversary Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Shows
19 Feb 2018
We are thrilled to announce the first of our 40th Anniversary celebrations! We will be returning to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic this year for a pair of concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on 6th & 7th October. These dates coincide with the anniversary of our first gig which took place at Eric’s in Liverpool in October 1978. The concerts will see Andy McCluskey & Paul Humphreys accompanied by the orchestra performing some of OMD’s large scale ambient tracks such as “Stanlow”, “Sealand” and “Ghost Star”. Also featuring in the performance will be material from the recent album “The Punishment of Luxury”, rare B-sides and songs that have never been played live before, as well as some of the classic hit singles. There will also be a performance of a new instrumental piece entitled “And Then She Saw The Minotaur” from an as-yet unreleased film soundtrack. Tickets will be on sale from 10am on Thursday 22nd February from here. Alternatively they will be available from 9:30am on the booking like 0151 709 3789. VIP packages including the best seats in the house will also be available at this time.