possible setlist:
I
Betray My Friends/Stanlow, Pretending To See The Fture, Almost,
Messages, Annex, Mystereality, Julia's Song, Motion And Heart, The
More I See You, Promise, Statues, The Misunderstanding, Dancing, Red
Frame White Light, Electricity, Bunker Soldiers, Enola Gay, Waiting
For The Man
band line up
OMD
Andy McCluskey
(bass/vocs) Paul Humphreys (keys/vocs) Martin
Cooper (keys) Malcolm Holmes (drums)
Fatal Charm
Sarah Simmonds Paul Arnall Kev Davies Dave Barker
Kev Gallagher
gig poster and flyer (click to
enlarge flyer)
ticket
memories
The webmaster, north Bucks:
One of my all time favourite gigs. I had really taken to OMD after the Numan gig in 1979 (and
the John Peel sessions) and started to buy all their stuff. I remember a
defining moment in my life was seeing, unexpectedly, OMD doing Messages on
TOTP and knowing this band were going to make it. This gig sold out
(surprising many people) and whilst I cannot recall Fatal Charm (possibly
a girl singer?), I do remember the awesome OMD set based round the
Organisation album. I still remember the genuine bonhomie between Andy and
Paul during the gig. Yes, this was a good one. As Andy says, it was
a real shame that this remained their only headlining appearance
Andy McCluskey, OMD:
OK, how's this for an
anecdote.
When OMD were at the after premiere party in LA
for the movie Pretty in Pink, I met George Michael who told me that he and
Andrew Ridgely saw us at the Friars in 1980 and it was the best gig they
had ever been to!!!
The Friars was a lovely intimate venue and I wish
that we had played there more often
press cuttings
what happened next
Up until 1988 this line up of OMD kept on producing
the hit singles and albums before splitting. Andy McCluskey revived the
name in 1991 and continued to have success for another five years. With
the end of OMD, McCluskey turned his hand to writing for others, notably
scoring huge hits for Atomic Kitten. Humphreys teamed up with Propaganda's
Claudia Brucken and still performs as One-Two. However, this classic line
up reformed in 2007 to play Architecture and Morality and a lot more and
very successfully. This line up also toured the UK in 2008 (we saw both
2007/2008 gigs and they're still very very VERY good)
and released a brand new albums in 2011 and 2013
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