ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (OMD) ~ Le Grand Rex. Paris.

 

Support Act : ---

  ~ CRUSH TOUR 1986 ~

 

(OMD headlining promotional tour of fifth studio album Crush (1985. Re-scheduled from 1985; until  25 February. The group toured as a six-piece with the addition of the Weir Brothers on brass. )

 

 

Crush is the sixth studio album by English ( from the Wirral, Merseyside) ectronic  synth pop new wave band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on June 17, 1985. Producer Stephen Hague. OMD intended to use a painting by American artist Edward Hopper for the sleeve art. After learning of the enormous fees required to reproduce Hopper's work, the group instead hired artist Paul Slater to imitate Hopper's style (in conjunction with XL Design). Slater based his artwork on Hopper's Early Sunday Morning (1930).

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (OMD) (Band)

 

Andy McCluskey — vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar (1978–1996; 2006–present)
Paul Humphreys — keyboards, vocals (1978–1989; 2006–present)
Malcolm Holmes — drums, percussion (1980–1989; 2006–2015)
Martin Cooper — keyboards — keyboards, saxophone (1980–1989; 2006–present)
Graham Weir — guitar, brass, keyboards (1984–1989)
Neil Weir — brass, keyboards, bass (1984–1989)

The Setlist
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (OMD)
 

Crush (Crush - 1985)
The Native Daughters of the Golden West (Crush - 1985)
Messages (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - 1980)
Tesla Girls (Junk Culture - 1984)
Secret (Crush - 1985)
Julia's Song (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - 1980)
Motion and Heart (Organisation - 1980)
White Trash (Junk Culture - 1984)
Talking Loud and Clear (Junk Culture - 1984)
Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) (Architecture & Morality - 1981)
La Femme Accident (Crush - 1985)
Souvenir (Architecture & Morality - 1981)
So in Love (Crush - 1985)
Telegraph (Dazzle Ships - 1983)
Locomotion (Junk Culture - 1984)
Enola Gay (Organisation - 1980)

Encore 1

Women III (Crush - 1985)
Electricity (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - 1980)

Encore 2

She's Leaving (Architecture & Morality - 1981)
The Romance of the Telescope (Dazzle Ships - 1983)

(This performance was broadcast simultaneously around cinemas in France.) 

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Time Set: 1h40