Good news: OMD's classic 1981 album Architecture & Morality is to be remastered and reissued later this year.

Designed to coincide with the 21st Anniversary of the release of the album, Virgin will be remastering Architecture & Morality from the original tapes for this reissue. Plans for the release also include sleeve notes, rare photos and restored artwork.

Pat Fetty has added a new batch of press cuttings to his World Of OMD website. Pat has scanned dozens of new articles, reviews and pictures collected over the last 6 months. Pat adds: "Some of these I am sure have never been seen, so I'm sure it will be enjoyable to all fans!". Click here for a direct link to the cuttings: www.omdweb.com/clippings.htm

Pat also has some more updates in the pipeline including new clips of Paul Humphreys at the Synthstock 2000 event plus other video clips and press cuttings.

Mal Holmes keeps us up to date with one of the recent projects he's been involved with: A recording session for a new Bill And Ben single. The BBC are predicting big things for the relaunched cult children's TV stars with the single already pre-selling 40,000 copies. Mal and a friend helped out and provided the facilities for an emergency recording session when the BBC wanted John Thompson (Fast Show, Cold Feet and now the voice of Bill And Ben) to re-record parts of the song.

Jim Shiltz writes with details of an addition to the Unofficial OMD Covers website: The new track is a cover version of Sealand performed by The Centroid.

The OMD Merchandise section is now open for selling selected items from the OMD back catalogue. At the moment, you can buy copies of the following albums:

• Navigation - The OMD B-Sides
• Peel Sessions
• The OMD Singles
• The Best Of OMD

A new OMD Survey is also up : What's your favourite version of Electricity?

Neil Taylor has now re-opened the Forum on the Motion And Heart website due to popular demand!

The Unofficial OMD Covers website wants YOU. Or at least wants your contributions to the new Music in the Style of OMD section. If you've written music with a distinct OMD style then why not get it featured on the site. Click here to visit the site: http://listen.to/omd.covers/.

Meanwhile, the OMD Forum gets upgraded with a better Messenger service. Also on the Forum: Is there a previously unheard of OMD rarity out there?

Adrian Bradshaw writes with details of redesign work on the Unofficial OMD Covers website. The layout and style of the website has been updated and the Music in the Style of OMD section has been added. Adrian comments:

"This is an chance for all our contributors to show us what they do when they are not recording OMD songs. To get the ball rolling, Jim and I have contributed tracks, and we have a superb track from Invisible College. Watch out for more original music very soon."

The site has also added their longest remix yet with a marathon 6 minute 24 second remix of Julia's Song. This new remix is from new contributor Koen (Koenrad Antonius Kroeze). To visit the website, click this link: http://listen.to/omd.covers/.

Neil Taylor has closed the Forum on the Motion And Heart website. Although Neil hasn't ruled out opening it again in the future, he says he's too busy with other projects at the moment to look after the forum. The Motion And Heart website remains open as ever and you can access the site here: www.motionandheart.co.uk.

An OMD track from the BBC sessions archives will be featured on the radio programme Dream Ticket hosted by Janice Long. The 2 hour show is broadcast tonight at 10pm on BBC Radio Six Music. More info is available at www.bbc.co.uk/6music/bbcsessions/dream_ticket.shtml. Thanks to David Haddock for pointing this out.

The OMD Promo Gallery of the OMD Website features promotional adverts and posters for record releases across OMD's long career. The Promo Gallery has now been updated with three new entries for Tesla Girls, Sugar Tax and Everyday.

The OMD Forum now features a section dedicated to discussing the forthcoming Id EP.

Jim Shiltz writes with news of additions to the Unofficial OMD Covers website: There's a new poll up for Favourite Fan Remix at http://vote.sparklit.com/web_poll.spark/639114. Also, the winners of the Favourite Fan Cover poll were Britestar who received the most votes for a single track Joan Of Arc and Invisible College who received the most votes overall

Roger Erickson is back with Walk Tall and his remix of Invisible College's cover of Almost are both available for download from the site.

Adrian Bradshaw is putting the final touches on a new section entitled Music in the Style of OMD. This will feature music by fan musicians that have obviously been influenced by OMD. They have a few tracks ready for the launch, but are also asking others to contact them if they'd like to be featured. Email either Jim Shiltz or Adrian Bradshaw directly.

Subscriptions to the new OMD magazine Messages are still available. Messages is a new venture from the Official OMD Website providing OMD news and features in a glossy print magazine. The debut issue of Messages includes an exclusive interview with Andy McCluskey, a review of Paul Humphreys' US Tour, an Electricity discography as well as news, features, trivia and a competition to win a rare 12" Telegraph.

A subscription to Messages costs from just £10. If you would like to subscribe to Messages or would just like more details, then click here: Messages Promo Pages.