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“The synths only let you play one note at a time, which was great as we couldn’t play chords anyway”: How Depeche Mode launched their career with one of the most important synth-pop records ever released

One of the band's biggest tunes marked the end of their first chapter, but became a springboard that would propel both them and its writer to legendary status

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“It's been excruciating”: A musician recreates the Human League's Don't You Want Me using the original synths, and it's as much of a faff as you thought it would be

He nails it, but ultimately proves how cushy we've got it as music producers today

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“You’ve ruined the song!”: The bust-ups, bickering, tantrums and tech that made The Human League’s Don’t You Want Me an ’80s anthem

It’s one of the defining hits of that decade, but it didn’t come easy

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The Human League and Alison Moyet set for Kew The Music 2025

Kew The Music 2025's latest additions include The Human League and Alison Moyet.

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“We recorded that song in a toilet with quite a cheap microphone, a Shure SM58”: Phil Oakey lifts the lid on the birth of The Human League’s Don’t You Want Me

In 1981, the band were enjoying their first flush of commercial success

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Master 10 classic synth riffs in an instant

Want to be a keyboard wizard in record time? These 10 simple but seminal synth hooks are crazy easy to play. We show you how

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ABC’s Martin Fry on The Lexicon Of Love and the 40th anniversary live recording: “We’re in Tony Visconti’s studio, being produced by Trevor Horn. And David Bowie’s popped in to say hello”

Sheffield’s most stylish lead singer looks back on a career-defining record and how it came to be

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Siouxsie, Iggy Pop, Billy Idol top Cruel World 2023 lineup

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Goldenvoice’s Cruel World Festival will return to Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on May 20 and will feature performances by Siouxsie, Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, Love and Rockets, Adam Ant, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Human League and more.

The Orange County Register

Star-studded 80s ball raises £180k for children's charity

Go West, Paul Young, Tony Hadley and The Human League all performed at the event

Liverpool Echo

'Go to' Liverpool nightclub where clubbers 'danced the night away'

Ultravox, Duran Duran and The Human League all passed through its doors

Liverpool Echo

Former Liverpool nightclub loved by 80s stars was 'one of the coolest in town'

Ultravox, Duran Duran and The Human League all passed through its doors

Liverpool Echo

Get half price Let's Rock Liverpool 2022 tickets in last minute Wowcher deal

Let's Rock Liverpool will be taking place this Sunday

Liverpool Echo

Record crowds as Splendour returns and first act confirmed for 2023

""Every time you get up on that stage and you see thousands of people out there you always get a buzz"

Nottingham Post

ABC's Martin Fry, the love song rebel

The "Poison Arrow" and "Be Near Me" musician spoke to Salon for the 40th anniversary tour for "Lexicon of Love"

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The Sheffield council house that became a pioneer of rock recording

Studio Electrophonique, built by panel-beater Ken Patten, gave the world Pulp, ABC and the Human League

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