Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) has debuted the music video for new single ‘Anthropocene’.
Taken from their recently released album ‘Bauhaus Staircase’, the futuristic animated video was created by Cine1080 Studio. You can watch it at the top of this article.
A term for the current era in Earth’s evolution, when mankind is directly affecting it, ‘Anthropocene’ is the spiritual heir of Dazzle Ships’ mordant electro bangers. It’s a six-minute masterclass in tension as a voiceover starkly intones how mankind is “crushing all diversity” of other species.
Following the release of ‘Bauhaus Staircase’, OMD will appear on ‘BBC’s Later… with Jools Holland’, which will be broadcast in November.
Across February & March 2024, the band will play 22 dates across the UK & Ireland (tickets here), including their biggest ever London headline show at London’s O2 Arena on March 24th, 2024 – with support coming from the legendary Howard Jones (London only) & Walt Disco (all other dates).
The band will also perform a handful of UK in-store performances and signings between 29th October – 2nd November in Kingston, Brighton, Liverpool & Leeds.
The UK in-store dates are:
October
Fri 27th London, The Social (Show)
Sun 29th Kingston, Banquet Records @ Pryzm (Show)
Mon 30th Brighton, Resident Records (Signing)
November
Wed 1st Liverpool, Phase One Records @ Camp & Furnace (Show)
Thurs 2nd Leeds, Crash Records (Signing)
The dates for the headline tour are:
February 2024
Tue 27th Belfast, Ulster Hall
Wed 28th Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre SOLD OUT
March
Fri 1st Manchester, O2 Apollo SOLD OUT
Sat 2nd Manchester, O2 Apollo
Sun 3rd Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
Tue 5th Leeds, First Direct Arena
Wed 6th Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Fri 8th Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall SOLD OUT
Sat 9th Newcastle, O2 City Hall SOLD OUT
Sun 10th Sheffield, City Hall SOLD OUT
Tue 12th Leicester, De Montfort Hall
Wed 13th Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall SOLD OUT
Fri 15th Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Sat 16th Swansea, Arena
Sun 17th Southend-On-Sea, Cliffs Pavillion
Tue 19th Bristol, Beacon
Wed 20th Oxford, New Theatre
Fri 22nd Portsmouth, Guildhall
Sat 23rd Ipswich, Regent Theatre SOLD OUT
Sun 24th London, The O2*
Tue 26th Brighton, Dome
Wed 27th Eastbourne, Winter Gardens
