Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark tours, in chronological order. Includes support tours, does not include special shows, 'one-off' gigs or festival appearances.
The OMD Wiki is indebted and very grateful to omd-live.com for much of the information concerning live dates.
See also Tours category page.
| Year | Tour | Regions covered | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Touring Principle | UK | supporting Gary Numan |
| 1980 | OMITD tour | UK | |
| Organisation tour | UK, Europe and extra France mini-tour | ||
| 1981 | 1981 NA tour | US & Canada | Sept./Oct. 81, to promote O.M.D. album |
| Architecture & Morality tour | UK, Eire | ||
| 1982 | Architecture & Morality tour (Europe) | Europe | |
| Architecture & Morality tour (NA) | USA, Canada | ||
| 1983 | Dazzle Ships tour | ||
| Showcase tour | UK | short tour to promote new songs | |
| 1984 | Junk Culture tour | UK, Europe, USA/Canada, Australia, Japan, | May - October |
| 1985 | Crush tour | UK/Europe, US | |
| Power Station support tour | US | from 19 July - 28 August | |
| Crush tour | US | from 02 September; Germany cancelled, UK re-scheduled | |
| The Thompson Twins support | US/CAN | from 02 November | |
| 1986 | until 21 January | ||
| Crush tour | UK | re-scheduled from 1985; until 25 February | |
| The Pacific Age tour | UK, US/CAN, NZ/AUS | from 21 November | |
| 1987 | AUS, Japan | Canada dates cancelled | |
| 1988 | Depeche Mode support tour | US/CAN | final date Rosebowl, Pasadena 18 June |
| 1991 | Sugar Tax tour | UK, Europe, CAN/US, Eire | 05 October - one night in Mexico; IK second leg from 15 October |
| 1993 | Rock Over Germany (1993) festivals | UK, Europe, SA | Starts with single date in Liverpool, then EUR then back to UK. New Years Eve in South Africa. |
| 1994 | SA | 5 dates | |
| 2006 | Night of the Proms | Germany only | 18 dates |
| 2007 | Architecture & Morality & More tour | UK, BE, DE | 'Classic' line-up reformed; until 27 May |
| The Best of OMD tour | Europe, UK | plus various summer festival appearances | |
| 2008 | 30th Anniversary tour | UK | from 30 September |
| 2009 | Simple Minds support tour (2009) | Europe, UK | |
| 2010 | History of Modern tour | UK, Europe | from 29 October |
| 2011 | CAN/US, Europe | History of Modern tour (NA Pt.1) from 05 March
Europe includes some summer festivals; History of Modern tour (NA Pt.2) from 16 September | |
| 2012 | Various | Singapore, Philippines & South Africa | |
| Various outdoor festivals | Belgium, UK | ||
| 2013 | English Electric tour | US & Canada, UK, Europe, return to US | Malcolm Holmes' final gigs with the group. |
| 2014 | Museum of Liverpool | Liverpool, UK | 3-piece performing mostly Dazzle Ships tracks |
| 2015 | Various | ||
| 2016 | 'Architecture and Morality' and 'Dazzle Ships' live | UK, Germany, Sweden | |
| 'Last Summer on Earth' | US | Support to Barenaked Ladies, with Howard Jones | |
| various | Belgium, Portugal, UK | ||
| 2017 | Various festivals | UK, Europe, US | |
| Punishment of Luxury tours | UK, Europe,US | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Various festivals | UK, Europe | ||
| A-ha 2018 Electric Summer | UK | Support tour | |
| with Liverpool Philharmonic | Liverpool, UK | 06/07 October 2018 | |
| 2019 | Various / PoL | US & South America | |
| The B-52's 40th Anniversary | US | Support tour | |
| Souvenir tour | Europe, UK | ||
| 2020 | Europe | the band were able to finish the tour in Paris, just before the COVID-19 outbreak | |
| 2021 | You Me & OMD | UK | One-off on-line concert in aid of tour crew workers |
| Architecture & More Tour | UK | Architecture & Morality 40th anniversary (Nov. - Dec.) | |
| 2022 | Souvenir (North America) | US/Canada | April - May 2022 |
| 2024 | Bauhaus Staircase tour | Europe/UK/South Africa /NA |