Some OMD fans are organising a gathering scheduled to take place 15th May 2010 in Birmingham here in the UK.

The plan is for an in-house gathering at the Encore Birmingham hotel or possibly a visit to a local nightclub.

If anyone is interested in attending they can contact Stephanie or Neal (aka OMDinHOLLAND) via the OMD Forum.

A recording of Kraftwerk classic Neon Lights taken at the Glasgow SECC concert is now available courtesy of http://concert-online.com/ (who recorded the Simple Minds segment of the recent tour for issue on USB sticks directly after each concert). Access it on the OMD Music page.

The Electricity: OMD with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra DVD is featured in a press association article flagging up the release.

OMD fans are encouraged to purchase the DVD from chart return retailers such as HMV and Play to ensure that the DVD maintains a high chart position.

The Liverpool Daily Post covers the launch of the Electricity: OMD with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra DVD.

The DVD was released on Monday with a special screening at FACT and the attendence of Andy McCluskey and Hambi Haralambous.

The DVD is the second highest entry in the midweek Music DVD chart at no 23.

Simple Minds and OMD performing Neon Lights at the Wembley concert on Monday.

Photo: © Andy Sturmey

The Simple Minds/OMD tour continues with Glasgow SECC tonight. Tickets: www.secctickets.com. More details on tour dates on the Events page.

If you missed the opportunity previously, we can now offer the OMD/RLPO T-Shirts that were originally made for the concert in June.

The shirts feature a graphic that depicts the RLPO's arrangement of Electricity and come via Bob McCluskey (of www.retroreds.co.uk.

You can order the shirts from the OMD Merchandise section.

The Simple Minds/OMD tour continues with Dublin tonight. Ticket details: www.ticketmaster.ie/.

Sister Marie Says is featured in a recent podcast by Robo Cast. You can listen to the podcast directly here: ROBO CAST 39 - "A Winter's Tail".

We've a new exclusive OMD Competition in which you can win tickets to attend the screening of the Electricity: OMD with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra DVD at FACT in Liverpool next week.

Please visit the page here for details: OMD Competition page.

Electricity: OMD with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is due for release on December 14th.

The Simple Minds/OMD tour continues with Wembley tonight. Ticket Hotline: 0844 888 9991, www.ticketline.co.uk.

There have been some issues with making the RLPO DVD available for sale during the tour. Apparently these issues have been dealt with and the DVD will be available for sale at London onwards.

Andrew Eaton offers up a fairly critical overview of the recent OMD revival in this article for The Scotsman. A brief press feature on The Energy Suite DVD release: www.thevisitor.co.uk. A preview of the DVD is here: Electricity: OMD with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The Simple Minds/OMD tour continues with Cardiff tonight. Ticket Hotline: 0844 888 9991, www.ticketline.co.uk. More details on tour dates on the Events page.

The Times posts a review of the recent Birmingham concert: timesonline.co.uk.

The tour continues with Sheffield Arena tonight. Ticket Hotline: 0844 888 9991, www.ticketline.co.uk. More details on tour dates on the Events page.

"By the time they leave the stage to warm applause you remember that Souvenir was a gorgeous pop song that would have been a hit in any era and that Enola Gay is both barmy and endearing, much like OMD themselves."

A review of the recent Simple Minds/OMD show in Birmingham: www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk.

The tour continues with Sheffield Arena tomorrow night. Ticket Hotline: 0844 888 9991, www.ticketline.co.uk. More details on tour dates on the Events page.

"We're in Newcastle, it's bloody freezing, we're in a barn, there's ice on the floor and we don't care," announces OMD's Andy McCluskey.

A review of the recent Simple Minds/OMD show at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle is now up on the Guardian website: www.guardian.co.uk.

The tour continues with Birmingham NEC tonight. Ticket Hotline: 0844 888 9991, www.ticketline.co.uk. More details on forthcoming concerts on our Events page.