More updates on the Unofficial OMD Covers Website: The website now features both a guestbook and a poll. The first poll asks which is your favourite cover featured on the site? The site also has a new song with Invisible College's version of Almost. Vist http://listen.to/omd.covers/ to check it out.

Jim Shilts writes with details of more additions to the Unofficial OMD Covers Website: Roger Erickson has done remixes of Dollar Girl and Shame while Britestar have covered Joan Of Arc which Jim describes as "a very cool version". Britestar are also working on a version of The Black Sea.

Check them out via this link: http://listen.to/omd.covers/

Pat Fetty writes with an update on his World Of OMD website. Pat has uploaded pics and video taken from the Motion And Heart event on to his site. To view the pics the direct URL is www.omdweb.com/motion/motion.html

Pat also still has some of the Motion And Heart T-Shirts for sale. These are good quality shirts which are screened on both sides and are a great 'souvenir' of last weekend's fan gathering ;-) Pat also adds that he's reduced the price of the shirts down to $15 (from $20)

Atomic Kitten's Whole Again gets covered by a new musical outfit called The Sick Anchors which features members of Mogwai and Arab Strap. The self-titled EP is released on April 22nd and more details are available via the Official Mogwai website at www.mogwai.co.uk and also www.lostdogrecordings.com.

Meanwhile, the Unofficial OMD Covers website gets updated with two versions of Messages by Britestar.

The Motion And Heart event that took place last weekend was a great success (the OMD Rave Hour was particularly well received!) and many fans expressed their enjoyment of the event at the end of the evening.

Congratulations to Neil Taylor for staging the fan gathering (on the same weekend as his wedding!) and it was good to see people such as Pat Fetty from Pat's World Of OMD make the trip from the US to attend. It was also good to see some of the OMD Forum regulars attending as well as some OMD fan gathering veterans such as Colin and Sue Masters, Anthony and Liz Eaton, Barry Page and of course Stewart Craner who spun the decks for the OMD disco.

Photographs from the event should be appearing on various websites this week including Neil Taylor's Motion And Heart website.

The event was of course also used as the launch party for Messages - The OMD Magazine and the response to the magazine was very favourable. Attendees signing up on the weekend also received special edition Messages introduction packs which featured an additional signed photo of Andy McCluskey and a Limited Edition Messages sticker.

Details for ordering Messages subscriptions will be posted on the OMD Website shortly.

Dave Richards writes with an update on the Messages tribute album which has been put in the running for Best Compilation of 2001 for the American Synthpop Awards which are at www.synthcon.com. Dave adds "It would-be really cool if people went and voted for the set, if they liked!".

Meanwhile, Jim Shilts writes with an update on the Unofficial OMD Covers website with two new additions by two brand new contributors:

A cover version of Electricity by Richard Poulter (who performed The Romance Of The Telescope at the Motion & Heart event) and his band The Centroid. There's also a remix of 2nd Thought by Mike Pitt.

Visit http://listen.to/omd.covers/ to hear the songs. Jim also adds that more is on the way, including new remixes by Roger Erickson.

Atomic Kitten postponed a show at London's Drury Lane venue (where OMD filmed their classic 1981 live video) last Sunday due to excessive demand for tickets. The show has now been switched to the larger Hammersmith Apollo for Sunday 7th April.