Happy Birthday to Paul Humphreys for today. His birthday follows on from the release of OneTwo debut album Instead yesterday (see earlier news item).

You can also catch OneTwo performing at the Sister Ray record shop in Soho, London (34-35 Berwick Street, London W1 8RP - www.sisterray.co.uk) this Thursday 1st March at 6pm.

More on OneTwo via www.theremusic.com

We've also got a new Poll here on the news page where you can vote on your thoughts on OneTwo's debut album.

An update on OMD's concert schedule: Firstly, due to the Cologne gig selling out at the E-Werk venue, the concert is being relocated to the much larger Palladium next door. All tickets for the E-Werk gig are valid.

OMD will be performing at a series of festivals this summer which includes the following dates:

Apologies for the delay in putting this information up. With festival concerts the promoters usually do not want details to be made available prior to them finalising the bill.

OneTwo's new single Cloud Nine is available digitally from the usual online outlets. This includes an SITD remix of Kein Anschluss and Manhattan Clique's interpretation of Home (Tonight).

Anyone who is keen to see OneTwo in action might like to know that the duo will be performing at the Sister Ray record shop in Soho, London (34-35 Berwick Street, London W1 8RP - www.sisterray.co.uk) on Thursday 1st March at 6pm.

They will be performing for around 25 minutes and will then be available to sign records and chat after. An exclusive 12" vinyl release called OneTwo, remixed will also be available.

Cloud Nine is available via these outlets:

• iTunes
• Virgin
• Napster
• hmvdigital.co.uk
• HMV.com
• Woolworths
• 7 Digital
• Audio Jelly

More info via www.theremusic.com

An update on the forthcoming OneTwo album release: Instead will be a 13 track CD and will be coming out on 26th February. A digital release with 2 extra track will also be available.

A remix of Cloud 9 is also due out on February 19th. A limited edition 12" vinyl release will also be available with mixes by Blank & Jones and The Manhattan Clique.

You can pre-order the album and single directly from theremusic.com. The releases will also be available from Amazon and via the iTunes store.

You can get a preview of some of the tracks via OneTwo's MySpace page here: www.myspace.com/weareonetwo.