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Phil Oakey of Human League photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

The Human League Play Their First Complete Australia Show For Adelaide

by Paul Cashmere

The Human League have kicked off their headline tour of Australia in Adelaide after a warm-up opening for Culture Club last weekend. One song that is sure to get a run wasn’t originally a Human League song at all but has become one of their greatest hits live.

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Phil Oakey of Human League photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

The Human League’s Philip Oakey Wonders If ‘The Lebanon Was A Mistake

by Paul Cashmere

Philip Oakey of The Human League now wonders if getting political in song with his song ‘The Lebanon’ was a mistake for his band.

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Phil Oakey of Human League photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

The Human League Cancel Festival Show Moments Before Starting Because of Member’s Illness

by Paul Cashmere

The Human League were a no-show at the Lytham Green festival in the UK on Friday after an unnamed member, believed to be Phil Oakey, took “seriously ill”.

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Phil Oakey of Human League photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

The Human League Hits From High To Low

by Paul Cashmere

The Human League will tour Australia in December for the first time since 2009. It will be the band’s fourth Australian tour after first touring in 1982 and then for Here & Now in 2003 (with Kim Wilde, Paul Young, Belinda Carlisle, Go West, Mondo Rock and 1927).

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Culture Club Encore Tour at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Sunday 11 December 2016. Culture Club headlined the show after support bands Wa Wa Nee, Pseudo Echo, Eurogliders and Real Life performed their sets. Photo Ros O'Gorman

Culture Club To Tour With A Thompson Twin In November and December

by Paul Cashmere

Culture Club will perform live again in Australia at the end of the year and bring along Tom Bailey of The Thompson Twins and Eurogliders to all shows as well as The Human League in Perth.

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Phil Oakey of Human League photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

The Human League Massive Anthology To Be Released

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Human League will release a 3 disc anthology of their 40 years of recordings.

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Phil Oakey of Human League photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

The Human League Withdraw From US Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The 2013 Regeneration Tour, billed as “North America’s premier 80’s tour”,  just got a bit smaller. The Human League has dropped off the tour.

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Kim Wilde

Rewind 80s Downsized And Moved

by Paul Cashmere

The Rewind 80s festival has been downsized and moved to Sydney.

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