Paul Humphreys (
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) is 59.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - 40th Anniversary Synth-pop icons,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, return to Liverpool Philharmonic Hall to bring you two nights of sensational music with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Level 42 and
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark headline DFDS music mini cruises from North Shields to Amsterdam.
IT'S nearly 40 years since a bunch of lads on the Wirral formed a band called
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, inspired by electrogods Kraftwerk.
MUSIC
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark The synth-pop pioneers return with their 13th studio album, The Punishment of Luxury, in which you'll recognise the wistful nostalgia and idealised romance of their previous work.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark had a hit in 1980 with Red Frame White Light, which told of a phone box they used to organise their early gigs.
The post-punk boom of the late 1970s resulted in another raft of outfits, many of whom - Wirral's
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Liverpool's China Crisis and Dalek I Love You - relied on electronics rather than guitars.
In the first episode, the late Larry Hagman, better known as JR Ewing from Dallas, remembers the moment JR was shot in the show, and when The Human League and
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark hit the music charts.
Nobody expected too much from the band (apparently nobody calls them
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark any more) when they reformed in 2006 to tour their Architecture & Morality album - from the outside it looked like a legitimate but strictly limited decision to cash in on their classic synth-pop back-catalogue.
Local band
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark will perform their greatest hits.
A blast from the past as
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, founded in the late 1970s by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, return with a new album.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, great name, great band in the early 1980s, but could they still cut it nearly 30 years after their first single?