The official FRIARS Aylesbury compendium
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Maxwell Hall, Civic Centre, Market
Square, Aylesbury
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Saturday November 1st 1980
see also Saturday October 6th 1979
Andy McCluskey Paul Humphreys Martin
Cooper Malcolm Holmes
Fatal Charm
As below
Andy McCluskey, writing about this gig on the official OMD forum told the Friars Aylesbury website in 2008:
"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."
As below
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."
As below - click to enlarge
Up until 1988 this line up 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 good)
Sights and sounds - OMD - Messages (1980)
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