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British music stars often struggle when it comes to getting American audiences to embrace their songs. It often takes some compromise, which can cause a lot of stress on an act used to doing something ...

Suppose you were to ask Andrew McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark the inspiration behind 2023’s “Bauhaus Staircase,” OMD’s most recent and likely final studio album. In that case, it’s ...

The new wave classic became the band’s highest-charting U.S. single, despite never topping the charts.

Hit singles can come from anywhere. They occasionally emerge as the product of careful planning over a long stretch of time. More often than not, bouts of sudden inspiration bring them to life. In one ...

OMD’s set-up initially looks Kraftwerk-ian, with two synths at the stage-back, right and left, manned by Paul Humphreys and Martin Cooper, all four members sternly dressed in matching black. But this ...

“WE were never meant to be a band that had hits,” muses Andy McCluskey. “When Tony Wilson told us: ‘You’re the future of pop’, we said ‘Pardon?’ Nobody was more surprised than us when we were on Top ...

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) will bring their Summer of Hits Tour to Bradford Live on Wednesday 8 July 2026. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), the synth-pop duo from Wirral, England, ...