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Below is a summary of some of the stats from more than 40 years of OMD concerts.
​Use the 'Search' function above for more information about some of the facts included here.


Last updated 13th March 2025

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Performances by Era

​1978-79
early 1980
1980-81
1981-82
1983
late 1983-84
1985-86
1986-87
1988
1991
1993-94
1996
2006-07
2008-09
2010-12
2013
2014-16
2017-18
2019-20
2021
2022-23
​2024-25
​

Total

​49
44
78
86
51
90
129
60
31
63
45
0
59
48
100
44
82
107
82
25
​66
​82
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Performances by Country

​UK
USA
Germany
Canada
​Belgium
France
Australia
Holland
Spain
Republic of Ireland
Poland
South Africa
Sweden
Denmark
Japan
Mexico
Switzerland
New Zealand
Portugal
Norway
Austria
​Greece
Italy
Luxembourg
Chile
China
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Estonia
Hong Kong
Isle of Man
Lithuania
Monaco
Peru
Philippines
Singapore
​

​Total

​467
394
171
56
54
52
42
41
29
15
14
11
10
7
7
7
7
​6
5
​4
​3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
​


Performances by City (top 5)

UK cities

London
Liverpool
Manchester
Birmingham
Glasgow

​
Total

​61
48
30
21
​19

​
European cities

Hamburg
Munich
Berlin
Paris
Brussels

​
Total

22
17
17
17
​16

​
USA cities

New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
​Chicago

​
Total

25
23
14
14
13

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Performances by Venue (top 10)

Venue

London Hammersmith Apollo
Manchester Apollo
Liverpool Empire
Sheffield City Hall
​Bristol Beacon
Antwerp Sportpaleis
Ipswich Regent
​Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
​Liverpool Eric's Club
​Birmingham Odeon

​
Total

24
​17
​16
​14
​12
​12
​12
​12
​10
​9

​
Notes

venue known as Hammersmith Odeon and then Hammersmith Apollo
​



venue known as Bristol Colston Hall
Part of the Night of the Proms shows
venue known as Ipswich Gaumont and then Ipswich Regent
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​

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Performances by band line up

​Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes, Martin Cooper.

Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper, Stuart Kershaw.
Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes, Martin Cooper, Graham Weir, Neil Weir.
Andy McCluskey & Paul Humphreys.
Andy McCluskey, Phil Coxon, Nigel Ipinson, Abe Juckes.
Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Dave Hughes, Malcolm Holmes.
Andy McCluskey, Phil Coxon, Nigel Ipinson, Stuart Kershaw.
Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper.
Andy McCluskey, Martin Cooper, Stuart Kershaw.
​



​Performances by band member

​Andy McCluskey
Paul Humphreys
Martin Cooper
Malcolm Holmes
Stuart Kershaw
Graham Weir
Neil Weir
Nigel Ipinson
Phil Coxon
Abe Juckes
Dave Hughes
​

Total

​​400
385

304
171
63
46
45
6
1



​Total


1423
1312
1096
750
431
304
304
108
108
63
46

​

% of all shows

​28.1%
27.1%
21.4%
12.0%
4.4%
3.2%
3.2%
0.4%
0.1%



​% of all shows


100.0%
92.2%
77.0%
52.7%
30.3%
21.4%
21.4%
7.6%
7.6%
4.4%
3.2%​

​​


Performances by date

OMD have performed on 359 different calendar days. The only dates not yet played are:

13th January
1st April
18th July
17th October
23rd December
24th December
25th December



​Performances by Month

​January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
​

​Total

​64
93
123
90
131
130
107
107
102
122
225
129



Performances by Day

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
unknown
​

Total

​159
185
178
173
240
280
200
​8

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Performances by song

135 different songs have been performed 24,149 times

The 100th track played was 'Electricity' at the Blackpool Empress Ballroom on 25th May 1979.
The 250th track played was 'Waiting for the Man' at London Hammersmith Odeon on 27th September 1979.
The 500th track played was 'Bunker Soldiers' at Plymouth Castaways on 25th February 1980.
The 1,000th track played was 'Motion & Heart' at Philadelphia Hot Club on 31st May 1980.
The 5,000th track played was 'Georgia' at Nice Theatre de Verdure on 20th May 1983.
The 10,000th track played was 'Enola Gay' at Kowloon Academic Community Hall on 12th January 1987.
The 15,000th track played was 'Statues' at Schwerin Freilichtbuehne on 6th September 2011.
The 20,000th track ​played was 'Tesla Girls' at Cincinnati Bogart's on 4th September 2019.


29 is the most songs performed at a single show - Hamburg Mehr Theater on 13th May 2016 and Frankfurt Alte Oper on 15th May 2016.

'Of All the Things We've Made' holds the record for the longest gap between being released (15th January 1982) and being performed (9th May 2016), a total of 12,533 days.

'Heaven Is' holds the record for the longest gap between being performed (5th September 1983) and being released (14th June 1993), a total of 3,570 days.

'Red Frame White Light' holds the record for the longest gap between performances, having been played on 10th September 1983 and then not again until 23rd October 2019, a total of 13,192 days.
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​

​Top 10 songs played

​Enola Gay
Electricity
Messages
Maid of Orleans
Locomotion
Souvenir
Tesla Girls
Joan of Arc
So In Love
Julia's Song

​
​


​Total

​1308
1300
1213
1155
999
955
899
812
768
655

​
​

​Top 10 songs least played

​​Introducing Radios
La Mitrailleuse
Robot Man
The Best Years Of Our Lives
Watch Us Fall
Across the Universe (The Beatles)
The New Dark Age
The View From Here
The Daughter of the Minotaur
The Messerschmitt Twins
​​
performed at least once
​


​Total

​​1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3

​
​


Performances by album tracks - please visit Songs played live for the latest performance figures by song

​​Release

OMITD
OMITD b-sides & extra tracks
 
Organisation
Organisation b-sides & extra tracks
 
Architecture & Morality
Architecture & Morality b-sides & extra tracks
 
Dazzle Ships
Dazzle Ships b-sides & extra tracks
 
Junk Culture
Junk Culture b-sides & extra tracks
 
Crush
Crush b-sides & extra tracks
 
The Pacific Age
The Pacific Age b-sides & extra tracks
 
The Best of OMD
The Best of OMD b-sides & extra tracks
 
Sugar Tax
Sugar Tax b-sides & extra tracks
 
Liberator
Liberator b-sides & extra tracks
 
Universal
Universal b-sides & extra tracks
 
History of Modern
History of Modern b-sides & extra tracks
 
English Electric
English Electric b-sides & extra tracks
 
Dazzle Ships at the Museum of Liverpoool
 
The Punishment of Luxury
The Punishment of Luxury b-sides & extra tracks
 
Souvenir (Box set)

Bauhaus Staircase
Bauhaus Staircase b-sides & extra tracks
 
Unreleased
 
TOTAL - ALL SONGS
TOTAL - ALBUM ONLY



​​Tracks

​​10
3
 
9
5
 
9
2
 
12
3
 
10
6
 
10
4
 
10
1
 
2
2
 
12
5
 
12
4
 
12
2
 
13
6
 
12
5
 
1
 
12
3
 
1
 
12
3

​9
 
223
160
​

​Live

​​10
2
 
8
3
 
9
0
 
12
1
 
10
1
 
7
0
 
8
0
 
2
0
 
9
1
 
8
0
 
1
1
 
6
1
 
8
0
 
0
 
8
0
 
1
 
8
1

​9
 
135
115



%

​​100.0%
66.7%
 
88.9%
60.0%
 
100.0%
0.0%
 
100.0%
33.3%
 
100.0%
16.7%
 
70.0%
0.0%
 
80.0%
0.0%
 
100.0%
0.0%
 
75.0%
20.0%
 
66.7%
0.0%
 
8.3%
50.0%
 
46.2%
16.7%
 
66.7%
0.0%
 
0.0%
 
66.7%
0.0%
 
100.0%
 
66.7%
33.3%

​100.0%
 
60.5%
71.9%




Since reforming in 2007

695 performances (including future planned shows) in 38 different countries

124 shows as a 2-piece band
3 shows as a 3-piece band
568 shows as a 4-piece band

695 shows for Andy McCluskey
694 shows for Paul Humphreys
571 shows for Martin Cooper
386 shows for Stuart Kershaw
183 shows for Malcolm Holmes

​
88 different tracks from each of the 14 studio albums:

7 from 'OMITD'
3 from 'Organisation' plus 2 b-sides / extra tracks
9 from 'Architecture & Morality'
12 from 'Dazzle Ships' plus 1 b-side / extra track
3 from 'Junk Culture' plus 1 b-side / extra track
4 from 'Crush'
1 from 'The Pacific Age'
3 from 'Sugar Tax'
1 from 'Liberator'
1 from 'Universal' plus 1 b-side / extra track
6 from 'History of Modern' plus 1 b-side / extra track
8 from 'English Electric'
8 from 'The Punishment of Luxury'
8 from 'Bauhaus Staircase' plus 1 b-side / extra track


as well as

2 from 'The Best of OMD' compilation
1 from 'Souvenir' singles compilation
8 unreleased songs including tracks from Beatles Day (1), Night of the Proms (4), a brand new track (1) and tour intro mixes (2)


8 of these 83 tracks were released prior to 2007 and had never been performed live before.
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