Tour Stop #8 – The Loft, Atlanta 14th March 2011 I just realised mid last night that I didn’t have a “highlight of the night” for Chicago’s gig… sorry (Chalk it up to me being thrilled to be home amongst … Read More

Tour Stop #7 -Chicago Park West, Chicago 12th March 2011 Sweet home Chicago!!! That’s what it was for me last night (ok, I live in a far NW suburb but to me this was home advantage night!) Nicky and I … Read More

Tour Stop #6 – Crofoot Ballroom, Michigan 11th March 2011 Well my flight from DC came in on time thank goodness and before long Nicky and I were on the road again. We headed to Pontiac and actually had quite … Read More

Tour Stop #5 – 9:30 Club, Washington 10th March 2011 So here I am in DC, the city that has by far the coolest subways… I feel like I’m in Gotham City! Unfortunately the subway, along with the airport, were … Read More

Tour Stop #4 – Terminal 5 NYC 8th March 2011 As if to make sure everyone knew they were in a special city, the sun was shining for the first time since I left for this tour, which was a … Read More

Tour stop #3 – Paradise Rock Club, Boston 7th March 2011 Well I was a bit worried about getting to this show due to the snowstorm that had hit Montreal. The changed flight that I mentioned in the past blog … Read More

Tour Stop #2 – Montreal Le National 6th March 2011 Well, I’m still in Canada and freezing my tush off thanks in part to the sudden drop in temperature. The predicted rain of Saturday had surprisingly turned to snow that … Read More

Tour Stop #1 – Toronto’s Phoenix Club 5th March 2011 Hi all, as many of you may know, I’m doing the entire OMD tour… an adventure of a lifetime to say the least and I get to write about it! … Read More

Stepping through the door into the world of OMD… and never looking back! When I was asked to write a piece about how I got turned onto OMD as a young American, I thought “that’ll be easy!” But now as … Read More

The secret is to fantasize… The saga of Dazzle Ships is only too well known to OMD fans. Here was a band that was proud of the success of Architecture & Morality, yet felt under pressure to repeat themselves with … Read More