OMD – New York 2011
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
OMD – Boston 2011
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
OMD – Montreal 2011
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
OMD – Toronto 2011
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
Across Every Ocean
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
Club 66: The Avenue
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
Andy McCluskey writes for The Athens Voice
“I believe we’re in a post-modern era of music” It wasn’t an easy task but at the end, I’m very happy to steal this moment while on tour to write for you! So congratulations for ten years of The Athens … Read More
Club 66: Almost
A Red Car And A Green Car… It must have been a strange time to be unfolding into a world of music during the 1970’s when your influences were not being dictated by the guitar bands of the late 60s … Read More
OMD at Bletchley Park Mansion
“Everything You Say, Everything You Do…” The ballroom at Bletchley Park is a very intimate and opulent room, with its gilded ceiling and linen fold wood panelling. The grandest of the rooms there, so a fitting venue for such a … Read More
AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL HUMPHREYS 2005
In 2005 plans were already underway to remaster and reissue OMD’s 1983 album Dazzle Ships. Meanwhile, Paul Humphreys was in the process of writing material for the then-forthcoming OneTwo album Instead. This interview captured Paul’s thoughts on the reissue of … Read More