An update on the release of the double CD/DVD issue of Architecture and Morality: The DVD will feature a longer version of the original Drury Lane Theatre concert with the inclusion of a previously unseen performance of Motion And Heart.

The DVD will also include the promotional videos for Souvenir and Maid Of Orleans as well as a Top Of The Pops performance of Joan Of Arc. The DVD will also be released in both PAL and NTSC versions. The double pack is due for release on 30th April.

Andy McCluskey is a guest on the Liverpool radio station Radio City tomorrow chatting with Esther McVeigh. The show will be on from 10pm to Midnight.

German fans take note: As previously reported, the broadcast of the German TY show Formel Eins takes place tonight. OMD recorded two songs for the show, Maid Of Orleans and Dreaming. The programme goes out on Kabel Eins at 8:15pm.

Meanwhile, a second German concert date has been added: OMD will now being a second gig in Hamburg on the 28th May at Grosse Freiheit

OMD fans travelling to the Liverpool gig on 16th May can also attend a fan gathering taking place on the same day. Organised by Neil Taylor, events include a performance by Canadian electropop outfit Invisible College and an OMD disco. More info here: www.omdevent.co.uk

Apologies to anyone who has tried to order tickets via the link we flagged up for the UK gigs. We have clearly been given inaccurate information.

You can order tickets by telephone 0870 400 0688 or by visiting this link: www.ticketmaster.co.uk

We now have the link for presales tickets for the following UK OMD concerts:

The direct link is: www.livenation.co.uk/omd . Please note the following important information:

• The link will not be live until 9:00am tomorrow morning.
• You will need to register on the Livenation website to qualify for presales, but you can do this immediately by following the links on the Livenation website.
• There is a limit on the number of tickets you can order which is 4 tickets per person.

Anyone interested in snapping up some items from the Motor Museum studio should pop over to eBay. The studio are having a spring clean and as a result some of the items might be of interest to OMD fans. Here's the direct link: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZblue_noise2QQhtZ-1. More stuff will be listed over the next few weeks.

The link for pre-ordering tickets for the UK concerts will be flagged up here on the OMD site on the evening of the 23rd January. The link itself will not be live until the morning of the 24th.

The band have completed a round of interviews for The Word magazine, the Scottish press and also some Liverpool press including the Wirral Globe, Wirral News and the Liverpool Echo.

OneTwo's debut album Instead is due out on 9th February. There are several online reviews available to read via here: http://alittlesign.blogspot.com/2006/12/onetwo-instead-reviews.html. A CD single of Cloud Nine will also be available.

An interview with Paul Humphreys is also available here: www.gothic-online.de (the interview is in German, but the original audio stream is also available).

Thanks to sendalittlesign for the updates. You can visit her blog here and also catch up on news and chat via this thread on the OMD Forum.

Alongside the OMD lives shows some plans for fan gatherings are in the pipeline. You can get more info on these ideas via the OMD Event Website.

A reunited OMD featuring Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Mal Holmes and Martin Cooper performed Enola Gay live for the French TV show Taratata yesterday. The band also did an interview and Andy was surprised that they received such a positive reaction from the TV audience.

Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys are doing a series of interviews next week for some Scottish Papers, Merseyside press and also Word magazine.

The forthcoming Hamburg concert has sold out and the promoter has suggested moving to a bigger venue, but the suggestion was for an outdoor venue and Andy feels this will affect the projections that form part of the show. Any local German fans are invited to suggest alternative larger venues!

The plans for OMD to do a series of small warm-up concerts is still on schedule. These would take place at the start of May and are planned to be invite-only with tickets made available via the OMD website. More news to follow.

There's been rumours of an OMD concert taking place in Amsterdam at the Paradiso venue at the end of the month. Just to keep OMD fans in the picture - there are no plans for OMD to play Amsterdam this month and that this listing is based on false information.

The band are preparing for rehearsals for the planned French TV show Taratata in Paris on 11th January. The band will be performing live although the performance will be recorded for future broadcast.

A planned promo photo shoot is also scheduled ahead of the forthcoming Architecture & Morality tour. The photo shoot will take place at Connah’s Quay power station - a location also used for the OMD/Peter Saville Energy Suite installation project.

The FAQ section jumps to version 3.0 while the OMD Website Splash Page has been updated to reflect the Architecture & Morality theme.

The Downloads page has been expanded (and has also received a slight graphic update as well). The updated section now features Music and Videos.

Happy New Year to all OMD fans! 2007 will see the long-awaited OMD reunion concerts as they perform their classic album Architecture & Morality in May.

OMD will also be recording a live appearance on the French TV show Taratata in Paris on 11th January performing Enola Gay and Souvenir. This will also feature all four members of the band performing.

On Monday 30th April 2007 Virgin/EMI will release a special deluxe double pack CD and DVD of a digitally re-mastered Architecture and Morality plus a live DVD of OMD performing at Drury Lane Theatre in 1981.

OMD are also collaborating with designer Peter Saville for an installation work entitled The Energy Suite. The work combines visuals from five power stations around the UK complete with brand new music from OMD. The work is scheduled to be premiered at FACT in Liverpool in March 2008 as part of the Capital of Culture celebrations.

OMD are also currently working with The London Philharmonic Orchestra for a unique tour in Autumn 2008. The series of concerts that will tour both Europe and the USA will see the LPO playing The Energy Suite from the OMD/Peter Savile Installation with giant screens carrying projections of the power station images as well as the band and Orchestra interpreting many of OMD's classic back catalogue songs.

Three festival dates for OMD for Summer 2007 are also confirmed - dates to be announced later this year.

Meanwhile, here on the OMD Website we have some updates and some new additions in the pipeline. Firstly, here on the news page we have a new poll asking for your opinions on the German Night Of The Proms shows last December.

Then we have a new OMD Survey asking which other OMD album you'd like to see receive the CD/DVD doublepack treatment.

The Promo Gallery section has been updated with two new items: The OMD Remixes and the Architecture And Morality 2007 poster.

For the future, we have significant updates for more of the regular OMD Website sections including the OMD Discography. More details to follow.