the group no longer ends its concerts with "Being Boiled", the first single in 1978. Instead, the relatively dispensable ...

Its follow-up, 1st Man in Space, featuring Phil Oakey of The Human League, also grazed the top 30. Barrett – aka DJ Parrott of Sweet Exorcist fame – admits to being “slightly bemused” when ...

Recruiting old school friend Philip Oakey, as much for his distinctive ... while John Lydon derided The Human League as “trendy hippies” to NME. Issued on Edinburgh’s Fast Product in June 1978, ‘Being ...

Formed in Sheffield in 1977, synth-pop band The Human League hit the big time ... with the only constant being lead singer and songwriter Phil Oakey. To date they have released nine studio albums ...

Instead we view the Human League’s real rebirth as being ... Once Phil and the girls had buggered off to do whatever they had to do, Jo and I went to town on it and made it far more commercial.” Upon ...

Philip Oakey of The Human League at Eventfinda Stadium on February 29, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Dave Simpson/WireImage) The Human League have announced a 2025 summer tour of ...

Led by Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley, The Human League are best known for their hit singles such as Don't You Want Me, Human and (Keep Feeling) Fascination. The band has been ...

The Human League's 'Don't You Want Me' from their 1981 album Dare ... seen from both PoVs of the rejector and rejected. The juxtaposition of Phil Oakey's deep, robotic baritone with Susan Ann Sulley's ...

At the time, Oakey considered The Human League a serious and innovative band, and removing the harsher synthesiser parts of the song made it sound too soft and commercial. However, despite it being ...

The Human League, made up of Phil Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley, looked worlds away from their younger selves as Phillip, 68, now rocks a shaved head. The group, who released ...

A 1983 piece he wrote for the Face magazine, about a rise in androgynous stars like Grace Jones, Annie Lennox and the Human League’s Phil Oakey, also reveals why pop got away with this. Gender play ...