Handwritten gig list 1979 – 1983
I saw O.M.D. at The Top Rank Suite in Reading on 5th November 1980 when I was 14. There were a few Top Ranks across in England, with one also in Cardiff. The Reading one was demolished in 2015.
I went to see O.M.D. on a date, with my first boyfriend Tom, who luckily had just passed his driving test!
I had the 7″ of ‘Enola Gay’ which I loved, but that’s all I had heard by them. (Me and my friends used to dance to it in my bedroom, doing that kicky legs classic ’80s dancing thing.)
O.M.D. played ‘Electricity’ in their set and then again as their encore – I hadn’t heard the song before and was thrilled by it. It was a very exciting night, my sixth gig!
This was their set list, which I found through Google:
Stanlow
Pretending to See the Future
Almost
Messages
Annex
Mystereality
Julia’s Song
Motion & Heart
The More I See You
Promise
Statues
The Misunderstanding
Dancing
Red Frame White Light
Electricity
Bunker Soldiers
Enola Gay
This advert is from a few days earlier on the tour.
Fatal Charm supported.
Indie Through The Looking Glass 