Simple Minds + OMD: covering Kraftwerk's "Neon Lights"

The Simple Minds and OMD will pay trinbute to pioneering synth band Kraftwerk with a joined performance of Neon Lights on the forthcoming UK tour. Both bands were heavily influenced by the German band. OMD was recently featured in BBC 4 television documentary Synth Britannia that chronicled the rise of electronic and industrial pop music in the mid 70s and early 80s. The Simple Minds early albums Empires and Dance and especially Reel To Reel Cacophony took the industrial electronic Krautrock ...

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10:03 on October 21 2009

Simple Minds & OMD To Cover Kraftwerk

The Quietus — Bands will join forces for 'Neon Lights' more info

11:16 on October 21 2009

Simple Minds and OMD vs Kraftwerk

The Music Fix — News: Simple Minds and OMD will appear on stage together for the very first time when they perform Kraftwerk's "Neon Lights" on their forthcoming UK tour which kicks off ... more info

Simple Minds Kraftwerk Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

08:03 on October 22 2009

Simple Minds + OMD: covering Kraftwerk's "Neon Lights"

Here Comes The Flood — The Simple Minds and OMD will pay trinbute to pioneering synth band Kraftwerk with a joined performance of Neon Lights on the forthcoming UK tour. Both bands were heav... more info

Simple Minds Kraftwerk Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark