Below is a summary of some of the stats from more than 40 years of OMD concerts.
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Last updated 29th November 2023
Use the 'Search' function above for more information about some of the facts included here.
Last updated 29th November 2023
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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 |
Total 49 41 74 85 51 90 129 60 31 63 45 0 59 48 100 44 82 106 82 25 66 42 |
Performances by Country UK USA Germany Belgium Canada France Australia Holland Spain Republic of Ireland Poland South Africa Sweden Denmark Japan Mexico Switzerland Portugal Norway Austria Greece Italy New Zealand Luxembourg Chile China Czech Republic Dominican Republic Estonia Hong Kong Isle of Man Lithuania Monaco Peru Philippines Singapore |
Total 467 368 170 54 53 50 35 35 29 15 13 11 10 7 7 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
Performances by City (top 5)
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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 Philadelphia |
Total
24 21 14 13 12 |
Performances by Venue (top 10)
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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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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, Phil Coxon, Nigel Ipinson, Stuart Kershaw. Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Dave Hughes, Malcolm Holmes. 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 395 345 304 171 63 45 43 6 1 Total 1375 1264 1051 742 391 304 304 108 108 63 43 |
% of all shows 28.7% 25.1% 22.1% 12.4% 4.6% 3.3% 3.1% 0.4% 0.1% % of all shows 100.0% 91.9% 76.4% 54.0% 28.4% 22.1% 22.1% 7.9% 7.9% 4.6% 3.1% |
Performances by date
OMD have performed on 357 different calendar days. The only dates not yet played are:
13th January
18th February
1st April
6th June
18th July
17th October
23rd December
24th December
25th December
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Performances by Month January February March April May June July August September October November December |
Total 63 85 121 87 125 112 101 107 102 123 224 125 |
Performances by Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday unknown |
Total 156 178 173 165 235 272 189 7 |
Performances by song
131 different songs have been performed 22,794 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 'I Betray My Friends' at Plymouth Castaways on 25th February 1980.
The 1,000th track played was 'Red Frame White Light' at Baltimore University on 2nd June 1980.
The 5,000th track played was 'Stanlow' at Dusseldorf Philipshalle on 25th May 1983.
The 10,000th track played was 'Julia's Song' at Tokyo Sun Plaza on 21st January 1987.
The 15,000th track played was 'Electricity' at New York Irving Plaza on 21st September 2011.
The 20,000th track played was 'History of Modern part I' at Lisbon Aula Magna on 15th October 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 1245 1238 1153 1101 947 901 850 758 715 643 |
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
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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 5 0 9 131 112 |
% 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% 41.7% 0.0% 100.0% 58.7% 70.0% |
Since reforming in 2007
655 performances (including future planned shows) in 31 different countries
124 shows as a 2-piece band
3 shows as a 3-piece band
528 shows as a 4-piece band
655 shows for Andy McCluskey
654 shows for Paul Humphreys
532 shows for Martin Cooper
347 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'
5 from 'Bauhaus Staircase'
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.