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On this day, 23 February 1986, electronic pop band Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark played Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on the band’s Crush tour.
formed in Wirral, Merseyside, in 1978. The group consists of co-founders Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), along with Martin Cooper (various instruments) and Stuart Kershaw (drums); McCluskey has been the only constant member.
Regarded as pioneers of electronic music, OMD combined an experimental, minimalist ethos with pop sensibilities, becoming central figures in the late-1970s/early-1980s emergence of synth-pop.
Crush is the sixth studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 17 June 1985 by Virgin Records. It is the first of two OMD albums to be produced by Stephen Hague.
Aimed primarily at the US market, Crush is notable for moving the group toward a more polished sound, although elements of earlier experimentation are present on the record.
Tour Setlist
Crush
The Native Daughters of the Golden West
Messages
Tesla Girls
Secret
Julia's Song
Motion and Heart
White Trash
Talking Loud and Clear
Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
La Femme Accident
Souvenir
So in Love
Telegraph
Locomotion
Enola Gay
Encore:
Women III
Electricity
Encore 2:
She's Leaving
The Romance of the Telescope
