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Blancmange
Blancmange are an English synth-pop duo formed in 1979 in Harrow, north-west London, by vocalist Neil Arthur and keyboardist Stephen Luscombe, who met at Harrow School of Art. The pair took their name from the pale, wobbly dessert.
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- Aug 30ExeterVivary ParkPerformers: Howard Jones, Heaven 17, Mesh, Electric SummerView details
- Sep 8BirminghamTown Hall BirminghamPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 11BathBath ForumPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 12BournemouthBournemouth PavilionPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 13ManchesterBridgewater HallPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 15Newcastle Upon TynePlayhouse, Whitley BayPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 16GlasgowPavilion Theatre GlasgowPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 18BirminghamTown Hall BirminghamPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 19Londonindigo at The O2Performers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 20BrightonChalk, BrightonPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 21GuildfordG Live GuildfordPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 23CambridgeCambridge JunctionPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 24ManchesterOpera House BuxtonPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
- Sep 25NottinghamRock CityPerformers: Thompson Twins' Tom BaileyView details
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About Blancmange
Drawing on the sounds of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Yazoo, Simple Minds and Talking Heads, Blancmange reached the UK top twenty four times in the early 1980s with the singles "Living on the Ceiling", "Blind Vision", "Don't Tell Me" and "Waves". Their debut album Happy Families (1982) made the UK top thirty, and the synth-heavy follow-up Mange Tout (1984) reached number eight, boosted by a cover of ABBA's "The Day Before You Came".
Commercial momentum faded after the 1985 album Believe You Me, and Arthur and Luscombe amicably disbanded in June 1986. The duo reunited in the late 2000s and released a fourth studio album, Blanc Burn, in 2011, after which Luscombe withdrew from performing following an abdominal aortic aneurysm. He died in September 2025 at the age of 70.
Neil Arthur has continued recording and touring as Blancmange with rotating session musicians, releasing a steady run of albums since the 2011 reunion alongside other collaborative projects.