British synth-pop legends OMD – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – have been bleep-blooping and melting hearts since 1978. The Mancunian group was part of a wave of young art students and musicians – ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. 'Tears Run Rings' is a reimagining of Marc Almond's (Soft Cell) 1988 hit.

We need to be upfront with you. The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't continue. So we need you to chip in, even if it’s just a few bucks. The average donation is ...

There are so many times where OMD could’ve just put it on cruise control and coasted into the golden sunset of history with their laurels. First, their spots in the pantheons of electronic and ...

“CINDERELLA GIRL” embodies that mood of nocturnal tension when reflection takes place and everything just feels a little bit ...

Solo albums are normally pretty personal affairs for musicians. That may be an understatement for Laura Fisher’s recent EP releases, the dark, ethereal synth-pop record “Rose-Coloured Dream,” and “In ...

Dave Ball, one half of the pioneering 1980s synth-pop band Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. Alongside singer Marc Almond ...

The journey of Shannon Curtis’ music career has been a winding road with many stops along the way to her current destination of synth-pop and the Chameleon on Friday. Curtis, whether with a band or ...

Bristol Sounds has revealed two of the headline acts playing its 2026 edition next summer. Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark ...

Back in October of 1978, Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys planned to play a one-night gig at a small Liverpool club called Eric’s, so the duo came up with a band name, an unusual one, on a whim the ...

If someone asks about your favorite band from Minsk, Belarus, you may say Molchat Doma. The band, whose name translates to “Houses Are Silent, consists of singer Egor Shkutko, ...