Martyn Ware: Last News

Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory has opened up about one of the most tear jerking performances of his career, as well as creating the music for hit series including Vigil and working with Martyn Ware.Together with Martyn and Ian Craig Marsh, they produced hits including Temptation and Come live with me and this month, Glenn and Martyn are back out on the road to celebrate four decades of the iconic band.Along with performing in front of 300,000 people at Pride in London and in cities such as Liverpool and Glasgow, which Glenn says were some of the highlights of his career, Glenn recalled one of his most emotional moments onstage.The moment he recalls was when Heaven 17 were asked to play at a memorial concert for The Associates singer Billy

Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware has claimed that he turned down $7,500 (£5,700) for the band’s song ‘Temptation’ to be included in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI.The singer and keyboardist, who founded the synthpop band in 1980, having previously been a founding member of The Human League, made it clear on X on Saturday (September 7) that he considered the offer to be anything but tempting.“I was recently contacted by my publishers on behalf of Rockstar Games re the possibility of using Temptation on the new Grand Theft Auto 6,” Ware wrote.“Naturally excited about the immense wealth that was about to head my way, I scrolled to the bottom of the email re the offer…”I was recently contacted by my publishers on behalf of Rockstar Games re the possibility of using Temptation on the new Grand Theft Auto 6Naturally excited about the immense wealth that was about to head my way, I scrolled to the bottom of the email re the offer…— Martyn Ware