The Human League Live at the Dome is a DVD

DVD

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 by veteran British Synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 group The Human League

The Human League

The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...

, containing a recording of a complete concert. It was commissioned by the band themselves due to the success of the Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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 commissioned The Very Best of the Human League (DVD)

The Very Best of the Human League (DVD)

The Very Best of the Human League is a DVD by veteran British Synthpop group The Human League, containing most of the band’s music videos recorded up to that point, digitally re-mastered...

 the previous year; and the high uptake for their live concerts.

The DVD records the entire concert played at the Brighton Dome on 19 December 2003, which was the closing night of the band's Very Best of Tour 2003.

Also included is an interview of band principals Philip Oakey

Philip Oakey

Philip Oakey is an English composer, singer, songwriter and producer.He is best known as the lead singer, frontman and co-founder of the famous English synthpop band The Human League. He has also had an extensive solo music career and collaborated with numerous other artists and producers...

, Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall

Joanne Catherall

Joanne Catherall is an English singer; best known as one of the two female vocalists of the veteran English synthpop band The Human League.Born and raised in Sheffield, England...

 filmed at HL Studios, Sheffield conducted by 'Jet' Martin Celmins; and an 'Access All Areas' featurette which mainly presents some of the highlights of the groups successful USA(four weeks)/Australia(two weeks) tour during 2003 filmed in a 'fly on the wall' style.

A companion two disc CD album was released in 2005 by Snapper Music

Snapper Music

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 called The Human League Live at the Dome

The Human League Live at the Dome

"The Human League Live at the Dome" is a compilation album by British Synthpop band The Human League recorded during a live concert at the Brighton Dome, UK on December 19, 2003...

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The Cover artworks for both the album and DVD was by Stig Olsen

Concert set list

1. Intro
2. "Hard Times"
3. "Love Action (I Believe in Love)
   Love Action (I Believe in Love)
   "Love Action " is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League, released as a single in the UK in July 1981. It peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart, the band's first Top 10 success....
   
   "
4. "Mirror Man
   Mirror Man (song)
   "Mirror Man" is a Motown-inspired song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK on 27 November 1982 and peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart. It was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey with keyboard players Jo Callis and Ian Burden...
   
   "
5. "Louise
   Louise (song)
   "Louise" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK in October 1984 and peaked at number thirteen in the UK Singles Chart. It was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey with fellow band members Jo Callis and Philip Adrian Wright...
   
   "
6. "The Snake"
7. "Heart like a Wheel
   Heart Like a Wheel (song)
   "Heart Like a Wheel" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It is taken from the Romantic? album of 1990.-Background:"Heart Like a Wheel" was the first single to be taken from the Human League's Romantic? album of 1990...
   
   
8. "Darkness"
9. "All I Ever Wanted
   All I Ever Wanted (The Human League song)
   "All I Ever Wanted" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It is taken from the Secrets album of 2001 and was released as its first single. It is currently their most recent single released on a major label...
   
   "
10. "Open Your Heart
    Open Your Heart (Human League song)
    "Open Your Heart" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as a single in the UK in October 1981 and peaked at number six in the UK Singles Chart. It was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Jo Callis...
    
    "
11. "The Lebanon
    The Lebanon (song)
    "The Lebanon" is a song by the British Synthpop group The Human League. Written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Jo Callis, it was recorded at Air studios between 1983-1984. Originally an album track on Hysteria, it was released as a single in the UK and the U.S...
    
    "
12. "One Man in My Heart
    One Man in My Heart
    "One Man in My Heart" is a song recorded by British synthpop band The Human League. It was released as the second single from the band's album Octopus...
    
    "
13. "Human"
14. "Things That Dreams Are Made Of
    Things That Dreams Are Made Of
    "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" is a song by the English synthpop group The Human League. It was originally recorded for the Dare album of 1981. It was remixed, remastered and released as a dance EP single in 2008; partly to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Human League, 26th...
    
    "
15. "Love Me Madly?
    Love Me Madly?
    "Love Me Madly?" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It was released as the second single from their 2001 album Secrets.- Background :...
    
    "
16. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination
    (Keep Feeling) Fascination
    " Fascination" is a dance song performed by British synthpop group The Human League. It was composed by Jo Callis and Philip Oakey....
    
    "
17. "Tell Me When
    Tell Me When
    "Tell Me When" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. Written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and Paul C. Beckett, it was recorded at 'Human League Studios', Sheffield in 1994...
    
    "
18. "Don't You Want Me
    Don't You Want Me
    "Don't You Want Me" is a single by British synthpop group Human League, released from their album: Dare on 27 November 1981.It is the band's best known and most commercially successful recording to date, and was the Christmas number one in the UK, in 1981, where it sold over 1,400,000 copies,...
    
    "
19. "Empire State Human
    Empire State Human
    "Empire State Human" is a song by the British Synthesizer group The Human League. The song was written by Philip Oakey, Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh...
    
    "
20. "Together In Electric Dreams
    Together in Electric Dreams
    "Together in Electric Dreams" is a song by the British singer and composer Philip Oakey and producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the original soundtrack of the 1984 film Electric Dreams....
    
    "
21. "The Sound of the Crowd
    The Sound of the Crowd
    "The Sound Of The Crowd" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. It became the band's commercial breakthrough, reaching #12 on the UK singles chart in May 1981....
    
    "

Extras

• Interview by 'Jet' Martin Celmins (55:11)
• Access All Areas (19:23)
• Gallery (35 photos from 19 DEC 03 Brighton)
• Biography (5 pages written by 'Jet' Martin Celmins)
• Audio options (Option of selecting either 5.1 Surround or 2.0 Stereo)

External links

• http://www.league-online.com/domedvd.html
• http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/live_at_the_dome.htm