Es gibt also kein Orchester wie ursprünglich geplant. Auch gut. Und das Ganze als "Jubiläumstour" aufzuziehen hat auf alle Fälle seinen Reiz und läßt natürlich viel Raum für Phatastererien was die Setlist betrifft.
Das es keine reine "Dazzle Ships"-Tour werden wird wie letztes Jahr mit "A & M" erleichtert mich ein bisschen. DS ist nicht A & M und ich wage zu bezweifeln, ob das die Masse der Konzertbesucher, wie sie letztes Jahr bei den Konzerten war, genauso angesprochen hätte. "Radio Prague", "Dazzle Ships", "Time Zones", "This Is Helena" und auch "ABC" sind nicht unbedingt jedermanns Geschmack.
Hier nochmal (wie bereits an anderer Stelle schonmal erwähnt), ein paar Kommentare von Andy zur Tour:
Über die Tour allgemein:
Hopefully we will have German dates for October on sale soon. The gigs are just the four of us. They are not Dazzle Ships based but we will play a few tracks from the LP
Über die relative Kürze der Tour:
"The reason that tour is short is because we failed to get festivals this year due to the shortsighted promoters looking at the extra dates that were put in last year (which didn't sell out because they were too greedy in putting too many shows on) and decided that there was not enough interest in OMD.. Ridiculous!
This tour needs to read.. SOLD OUT.. then we can move on. So tell all your mates who missed us last year that they have no excuse!
So sorry that we are not going all over the country this year. Hopefully this October tour will build confidence and we can expand again."
Tourpläne für Amerika sind aufgrund des schlechten Wechselkurses offensichtlich komplett gestrichen worden:
"We have been offered several possibilities but nothing that was worth doing. Really sorry. However, we are in discussion already about a summer outdoor amphitheatre tour with the right combination of bands for next year. We need to get to the States but the exchange rate is very difficult at the moment. We are trying our best."