To understand what a joyful revelation OMD was Friday night at the Music Box in Hollywood — the English synth-pop outfit’s first full-blown L.A. performance in nearly 23 years, since opening for ...

Following a buzzed-about appearance at South By Southwest, the seminal 80s synth pop group delights an adoring Hollywood crowd. By Shirley Halperin There are two kinds of so-called “eighties” artists: ...

OMD is best-known for the ‘80s alternative and college radio hits “Electricity” and “Enola Gay,” as well as the top 10 pop ...

Having recently completed a European tour together, DiS got OMD and Mirrors to sit down and have a chat bout how electronic music has changed over the last thirty years, filesharing, and the doubters.

Back in October of 1978, Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys planned to play a one-night gig at a small Liverpool club called Eric’s, so the duo came up with a band name, an unusual one, on a whim the ...

To understand what a joyful revelation OMD was Friday night at the Music Box in Hollywood — the English synth-pop outfit’s first full-blown L.A. performance in nearly 23 years, since opening for ...

Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys formed Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1978. Within a couple of years, the duo had grown into a quartet and released “Messages,” the first of several hit singles ...

The British synthpop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — OMD, for short — has been conducting up-close examinations of the future for four decades, using synthesizers, high art, and dry wit to ...

Tom Grennan, Billy Ocean, DJ Pete Tong and David Gray will also perform within the medieval walls of Lincoln Castle next year. British pop and ska band Madness will also return next year after their ...

On Tuesday, British synth-pop legends Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are releasing English Electric, their 12th studio album. “It’s not bad going for a band that was only going to do one gig,” ...

Had Andy McClusky and Paul Humphreys formed Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark today, their chances of success might be slim, something they freely admit. “Never, ever would we get a record contract ...