Heaven 17 heading to Birmingham on UK tour (aff)
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80s synth-pop favourites will be performing hits such as Temptation and Let Me Go with a live orchestra
Eighties synth-pop pioneers Heaven 17 are embarking on a UK tour with a full live orchestra.
The band, which was formed in Sheffield in 1980, is playing six dates next year including a show at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on November 8.
The tour is called The Greatest Hits Live With Orchestra and will feature well-known hits such as Temptation, Come Live With Me and Let Me Go.
They will be supported by another popular ‘80s band, China Crisis, known for singles such as Wishful Thinking, Black Man Ray and King in a Catholic Style.
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The show will be performed by Heaven 17's co-founders Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory.
Orchestral arrangement has long been part of the band's story.
Their records have regularly pushed electronics and strings together and Martyn's other work as a producer with British Electric Foundation has often leaned on the same sense of scale and drama.
Among its portfolio of work is Tina Turner's 1983 version of Let's Stay Together.
He said: "As a producer with BEF and Heaven 17, we've always loved orchestral textures and drama as demonstrated on many of our albums.
"This concert series is an exciting opportunity to explore the power and beauty of a live orchestra in synergy with electronics and Heaven 17's signature vocal arrangements."
Heaven 17 emerged from Sheffield's electronic scene in 1980, formed by Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh after their departure from The Human League, with Glenn Gregory joining as vocalist.
The name came from a fictional band in Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange.
The Greatest Hits with Live Orchestra Tour 2027 - full list of dates and venues
- Usher Hall, Edinburgh - November 4
- Bridgewater Hall, Manchester - November 5
- City Hall, Sheffield - November 6
- Symphony Hall, Birmingham - November 8
- The Forum, Bath - November 9
- Royal Festival Hall, London - November 11
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