The Radio Waves 03 event has been cancelled. Organiser Pat Fetty has issued a statement as follows:

"It is my unfortunate duty to inform you that Radio Waves 03 has been officially cancelled.

Those of you who have purchased tickets via PayPal will have your funds refunded back to you (minus the 1 quid shipping charge) via PayPal in the next couple of days.

Many of you may ask why we have decided to cancel the event. Truth be told, ticket sales were not what as good as we had hoped, and we didn't see things taking a major upside to make the event profitable and beneficial to Marie Curie.

There has been a lot of time and effort put into this event by many people, including the bands that were scheduled to perform. I'd like to thank them, and everyone else who has assisted for their help."

Although the event has been cancelled, Jim Shiltz of the Unofficial OMD Covers website, who is currently in the process of producing the We Love You tribute CD, has suggested a Radio Waves CD. This would showcase 3-5 tracks from the bands that were scheduled to appear at the event.

As regular visitors will be aware, Virgin France released a special doublepack of The OMD Singles featuring a series of remixes that were recorded at the time. A 12" release titled Enola Gay Dancefloor Killa Mix featuring the Enola Gay mixes by David Guetta & Joachim Garraud has now also been released.

The 12" features 3 tracks: Dancefloor Killa Mix, Dub Remix and Radio Edit and is available from www.juno.co.uk. There's also an MP3 sample to listen to at the site. Thanks to Rob Rumbell for the link.

Mally has been keeping himself busy lately and you can read about this in our Mal Holmes interview (originally previewed on the Messages website) in which Mal discusses his current projects and plans for the future.

Meanwhile, the online content of the Messages Website has now been updated. Included in the new features are interviews with Martin Cooper, Mal Holmes, Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey in which they discuss the classic OMD album Architecture & Morality.

There are also online versions of the following features from Messages Issue 2:

• Saville Exhibition - Read about Peter Saville's design exhibition currently running in London, complete with photos taken from the show.
• Clarks TV Ad Q & A - An insight into how Electricity turned up on a TV ad for shoes here in the UK!
• Motion & Heart - Photos from last years Messages launch party
• Atomic Kitten - The final part of our article on the girls

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Each issue of Messages provides exclusive features, articles and interviews as well as news, competitions, photos, and trivia. Subscribers also get OMD Merchandise Discounts and access to the Messages Website. Subscriptions to Messages cost just £10 for 3 issues.

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Andy McCluskey will today be receiving an award from Sir Paul McCartney at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. Andy is being made a Companion of the Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts, where he gave a master class last year. LIPA is dedicated to teaching and encouraging people who want to pursue a career in the performing arts.

The planned Radio Waves event which was originally scheduled for August has had to be postponed. The organisers are now looking at scheduling the event for early next year and we will post up more details as we get them. Meanwhile, you can get up-to-date info via the Radio Waves website at www.radiowaves03.com.

The Motion & Heart website gets an update with a new OMD Picture Post section. This interactive addition allows users to post up A range of photos and images including OMD Fan Gatherings, OMD Band Members, items from their OMD collection as well as non-OMD photos. You can access the Picture Post section directly via this link: Motion & Heart Picture Post.

The latest online edition of Japanese design site Shift includes an illustrated feature on the Peter Saville Show currently running at the Design Museum in London. http://www.shift.jp.org/080/

UK television viewers in the Granada region can catch a programme on Eric's Club next week. In The Club is a series of shows concentrating on the club scene of the North West. Other shows feature the likes of The Cavern and Cream.

Eric's Club was, of course, the Liverpool club where the likes of The Teardrop Explodes, Echo and the Bunnymen and OMD made their debut live appearances.

In The Club will be broadcast on Tuesday 8th July at 10:30pm. More info via www.granadatv.co.uk and itv.com

A new OMD fansite is up at www.OMDark.tk. The site is by Angel Manuel Rodríguez Ybáñez (OMDark on the OMD Forum) and features a Discography and Tour Guide.

The Messages Preview section has been updated to reflect the imminent release of Messages 2. If you would like to subscribe to the OMD Magazine then pop along to the Messages Preview pages for details.

Meanwhile, the Messages Website itself is undergoing some changes with a brand new splash page, a graphics change on the Updates page and a preview of a Mal Holmes interview which will be posted up here on the OMD Website in due course.

If you're already a Messages subscriber and wish to get access the Messages Website then email the OMD Website along with details of your subscriber number (which will be on the card you received with issue 1).