[Music] OMD - Brighton Dome

[Uncle Spielberg]

Anyone going tonight ?

Should be a belter especially after their best new album for about 35 years

They are brilliant live

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

No, but I saw them last time at the Centre, they put on a good show. TBH the clincher for me was one of my favourite bands from the 80s, Scritti Pollitti as supporting, sadly I was a touch disappointed due to sound quality, set list and lack of enthusiasm from the crowd. I’ve seen them a number of times and normally they’re excellent.

[Apologies, I’ve gone right off topic]

 

[Badger]

I saw OMD in Toronto a couple of years ago. A really enjoyable evening, they put on a great show and the crowd really went for it because it was a lot of people's first concert post COVID lockdowns.

I didn't realise they were coming back here in October. I missed the initial sale and it looks like tickets are way more than what I'm prepared to spend. ALthough that seems to be the story with all bands these days.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Friend saw them at the O2 (2 nights back?) said was a great show. Howard Jones support. You cannot beat Souvenir, all time classic tune.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

No, but I saw them last time at the Centre, they put on a good show. TBH the clincher for me was one of my favourite bands from the 80s, Scritti Pollitti as supporting, sadly I was a touch disappointed due to sound quality, set list and lack of enthusiasm from the crowd. I’ve seen them a number of times and normally they’re excellent.

[Apologies, I’ve gone right off topic]

Scritti Politti.

Did you see them at the Top Rank, supporting, er, The Clash I think it was. Would have been late 79. Epic!

 

[Flounce]

Not a big fan as such but I loved Enola Gay and Joan of Arc

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Scritti Politti.

Did you see them at the Top Rank, supporting, er, The Clash I think it was. Would have been late 79. Epic!

No although I was a fan from the very early days.
Until they had a little bit of chart success I think the people in my class had just made up a band name to try and be cool!

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Great live.
Disappointed not to be going tonight - enjoy

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Scritti Politti.

Did you see them at the Top Rank, supporting, er, The Clash I think it was. Would have been late 79. Epic!

Did they get bottled off stage like Clash support bands frequently did?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Not a big fan as such but I loved Enola Gay and Joan of Arc

Ladies' man, eh?

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

First song of theirs I heard.

 

[GJN1]

Anyone going tonight ?

Should be a belter especially after their best new album for about 35 years

They are brilliant live

First band I ever saw live back in 1984.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Did they get bottled off stage like Clash support bands normally did?

Not at all. Which makes me wonder if it really was The Clash.

I can't find aything online, and there seems to be no record of Scrits playing the Top Rank. But they did. And I saw them. And it was 1979/80 when I lived in Brighton for 9 months after finishing uni. And I remember it as the Clash gig. Pete Townshend did the encore with the Clash. I saw it.

Weird.

 

[Eeyore]

I know they played the Brighton Centre (or The Dome) in late 1981. Great band.

 

[tedebear]

I had Forever Live and Die on repeat in the late 80's..The dome is a much better venue for them, would be interested to know if they open with Enola Gay or close with it?? Decisions decisions...

 

[BN9 BHA]

I saw them at The Dome in the early 80s.

I liked them because of this.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Radio 1 had a weekly 'new releases' programme. Tony Blackburn was a regular guest. I recall him dismissing a couple of tracks as being shite because there were no instruments and it wasn't music.

Enola Gay
Down in the Park.

They f***ing soppy old twat.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Almost and Julia's Song off of that first album still wonderful music.
Still got the receipt for that album, bought when I heard Electricity and headed straight to Virgin up Queen's Road.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Almost, apparently, was an influence to get Vince Clarke into this genre.
A truly magnificent song.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I know they played the Brighton Centre (or The Dome) in late 1981. Great band.

The Dome