Venue: Marks Park Sports Fiel ds
Address: Orange Road\, Emmarentia\, Johannesburg
Lineup: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) wi th eVOID\, Ard Matthews\, 4AM\, Just Mia.
General Admission Phase One: R695 ex R3 5 Fee
General Admission Phase Two: R795 ex R35 Fee< /strong>
VIP Admission: R1195 ex R35 Fee
VIP Admission includes:
General Standing Ticket
Shaded\, furnished and fenced VIP tent access
Own VIP Bar
Exclusive accreditatio n
After the recent announcement of their forthcoming new studio album\, synth pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (O MD) reveal details of their return to the stage\, with the band t aking to the globe next year with South Africa tour dates in toe.
Across February & March 2024\, OMD will play 22 dates across the UK & Ireland\, including their biggest ever London headline show at London ’s O2 Arena on March 24th\, 2024 on 100% Records. For April next year\, the band confirms South Africa tour dates for Cape Town and Joburg as part of the ‘Greatest Hits Tour’.
OMD frontman Andy McCluskey says of the South African leg of the tour: “ It’s been far too long since we played live in South Africa!\, so we are really excited to be coming to do concerts in April 2024!”
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The new album sees the band’s most explicitly political record and the crowning achievement of their desire to be both Stockhausen and A bba - born from the impetus to kickstart new explorations during lockdown. A broad\, electronic\, sonic masterpiece that lyrically tackles the topic s of the future\, it was predominantly written\, recorded\, and mixed by b oth McCluskey & Paul Humphreys (who has recently become a second-time fath er).
Tickets for the general public will be on sale begin ning Wednesday\, October 25 at 10 am local time. For additional informatio n on OMD’s SA tour dates\, please visit https://breakoutevents.co.za/ .
OMD have sold an astonishing 25 million singles and 15 million albums\, which has established them as electronic synthesiser pion eers and one of Britain’s best-loved pop groups. Their 13 albums include reissued ‘Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’ (1980)\, ‘Organisation ’ (1980)\, ‘Architecture & Morality’ (1981) and ‘Dazzle Ships’ ( 1983).
By rights\, OMD should be in semi-retirement\, per forming classics like Enola Gay and Maid Of Orleans on the nostalgia festi val circuit like so many peers. Instead\, they’ve created a landmark alb um worthy of their finest work. If real life meant OMD were happy to get h elp\, ‘Bauhaus Staircase’ remains unmistakably the work of a duo who a re still perfectly in sync 45 years after their first gig at legendary Liv erpool club Eric’s.