On the final night of their Los Angeles appearance at the Hollywood Bowl in September, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy introduced a tune that the band was playing live for the first time. “It’s kind of ...

Martyn Ware, left, and Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17, performing in 2022 - Lorne Thomson/Redferns In late 1983, Tina Turner took to a Newcastle stage in her leonine pomp, singing her new single. This ...

Heaven 17 was created in 1980 in Sheffield, England by singer Glenn Gregory and former keyboardists for The Human League, Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. Taking their band name from the 1962 ...

Martyn Ware, co-founder of the English synth-pop band Heaven 17, revealed that his band turned down an offer from Rockstar Games to include their song Temptation in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 ...

The ’80s new wave synth band heads to The Birchmere It was back in 1980 when Human League bandmates Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh joined up with vocalist Glenn Gregory to form Heaven 17, an English ...

Earlier this week, Heaven 17 member Martyn Ware was watching the royal ceremonies in the U.K., when he spotted a protest sign that read “We Don’t Need a Monarchy.” As the writer of an ’80s hit called ...

Heaven 17 are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1980. The band were a trio for most of their career, composed of former Human League members Martyn Ware (keyboards, drum machine, vocals ...