Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, 1980

Their last gig at Eric’s

Later they became OMD for short, but back in the Eric’s days we called them Orchestral Manoeuvres (for short).

Officially the band were still known as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and they were among the three “most likely to” of the Eric’s bands, along with Teardrop Explodes and the Bunnymen.

I’d been watching them since they first started, when th…