Reunited synthpop favorites Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have yet to announce a release date for their upcoming 12th album English Electric, but the group has gone ahead and unveiled a 13-date U.K. tour in support of the album that’s slated to run from late April into mid-May — with European dates expected to be announced shortly.
The tour opens April 28 in Margate and runs through May 14 in Liverpool (see full dates below). According to OMD, tickets go on sale beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, with a number of high-end VIP ticket packages available for fans willing to pony up a bit more.
No details have yet been announced regarding English Electric, the first album from OMD since 2010’s History of Modern, which itself was OMD’s first new album since 1996’s Universal and its first with its classic lineup — original members Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes — since 1986’s The Pacific Age.
The group toured heavily in 2010 and 2011, including that lineup’s first U.S. concerts since opening for Depeche Mode’s breakthrough Music for the Masses shows.
OMD tour dates:
April 28: Winter Gardens, Margate, UK
April 29: Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK
May 1: Royal Centre, Nottingham, UK
May 2: Regent Theatre, Ipswich, UK
May 3: Roundhouse, London, UK
May 5: Colston Hall, Bristol, UK
May 6: New Theatre, Oxford, UK
May 8: City Hall, Sheffield, UK
May 9: Academy, Leeds, UK
May 10: Academy, Manchester, UK
May 12: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK
May 13: Sage, Gateshead, UK
May 14: Empire, Liverpool, UK
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- OMD to spend September, October finishing 2nd post-comeback album ‘English Electric’
- OMD set to begin work on next album ‘English Electric’ in early December
- OMD to bring ‘History of Modern’ back to North America this fall for 21-date tour
- Stream: OMD, ‘History of Modern (part I)’ — off forthcoming ‘Live in Berlin’ album
- Video: OMD plays ‘If You Leave’ in a bicycle shop at South By Southwest last month
- Video: Watch OMD’s 30-minute in-store concert at Amoeba Music in Hollywood
- OMD brings ‘History of Modern’ tour to North America, SXSW in March
come ON! open up for Depeche Mode in London!!!!!!!!!
These guys are still great live.. Seeing them in Orlando in ’11 was def one of my concert high points in life!