Heaven 17 waren eine der wichtigsten und erfolgreichsten Bands der 80er. Mit Titeln wie “Temptation”, “Let Me Go”, “Come Live With Me” und “This Is Mine” waren sie europaweit überaus erfolgreich. Mit dem Erstling “Penthouse & Pavement” haben Heaven 17, die aus der ebenso bekannten Elektroband The Human League hervorgegangen sind, Musikgeschichte geschrieben. Live wurde dieses Album nie aufgeführt. Zum 30-jährigen Bandjubiläum soll sich das ändern. Heaven 17 spielen “P&P” auf ihrer Jubiläumstour, nachdem sie Ende 2009 bereits bei der renommierten “Nokia Night Of The Proms” dabei sind. Am 31.03.10 treten Heaven 17 im Gloria auf.

Penthouse & Pavement war das Debüt Album von HEAVEN 17, fast 30 Jahre ist das schon her. Es gilt dennoch nach wie vor als eines der einflussreichsten Pop Alben überhaupt. Bei Erscheinen war es seiner Zeit weit voraus, musikalisch sowie in Sachen Klangqualität. Damals gab es allerdings noch nicht die technischen Möglichkeiten, es auch adäquat live aufzuführen. Das ist heute zum Glück anders! Im März 2010 werden HEAVEN 17 endlich dieses bahnbrechende Werk in seiner Gesamtheit live aufführen. Die Gruppe um die Originalmitglieder und Masterminds Martyn Ware und Glenn Gregory wird mit einer audio-visuellen Konzeptshow Hits wie „Temptation“ und „Let me go“ erstmals live auf die Bühne bringen. Ein musikalisches wie visuelles Erlebnis, das keiner der alten und neuen Fans verpassen sollte.  THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE CONCERTS Penthouse & Pavement – the debut album by the group Heaven 17, is considered one of the most influential pop albums ever. At the time of its release in 1980, due to the limits of technology, it was impossible to perform live. Until now… In Spring 2010 Heaven 17 are set to perform Penthouse & Pavement live in concert, in its entirety, for the very first time. Heaven 17’s 2010 concerts promise to be a fans delight. An introduction of obscure and instrumental BEF (British Electric Foundation) material will bleed into a complete unabridged performance of the entire Penthouse & Pavement album. An encore of hits, such as Temptation and Let Me Go, will be the thrilling climax. As fitting for such a pioneering piece of music the show will be an innovative and exciting blend of the audio and the visual. A specially commissioned visual backdrop will accompany the live performance. Conceptually, the visuals will draw upon the radical and art house themes and sensibilities of the music to provide a unique concert experience; part pop concert, part art installation. A whole celebration of this seminal piece of pop music history. The entire concert will be shot multi-camera HD (High Definition) exclusively for a Live DVD and mastered in full 5.1 stereo. Heaven 17 were formed in Sheffield in the early 1980s. The trio comprises Martyn Ware (keyboards), Ian Craig Marsh (keyboards) (both previously with The Human League) and Glenn Gregory (vocals). The album Penthouse & Pavement was released in September 1980 to huge critical acclaim. It was a revolution not only with its pioneering sound and musicality but also because of its acerbic anti-establishment sentiments. The first single, (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang, best demonstrates the left-wing outlook of the lyrics, criticising Britain at the beginning of the 1980s under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the rise of the Yuppie. Other themes explored include nuclear war, religious extremism and American influence in the world. For Heaven 17 the political agenda of Penthouse & Pavement this marked the album and the band out from other more manufactured pop acts of the era. They were proudly anti-establishment and yet due to their stylish attitude and a decent sense of humour they never allowed the message to become the music, which allowed them to remain popular and mainstream. Taking the punk ethos and adding electronic glamour enabled them to symbolise a movement, which was progressive and socially relevant, yet stylish and avant garde too. Their subversive attacks on Thatcherism and racism came to typify their music and attitude and marked them out as cool, edgy and essential.