The Human League head back to Wolverhampton Civic Hall

Eighties favourites The Human League are making a return to Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

The trio - Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley, will play WOlverhampton Civic on Sunday, December 2, 2012.

Tickets priced £27.50 plus booking fees will be available from 9am on Friday, February 3, at Midland Box Office on 0870 320 7000 or at www.wolvescivic.co.uk

The Human League are used to everyone from Madonna to Moby, Pet Shop Boys to Robbie Williams, citing them as an influence.

Now the dubstep generation – notably, the acclaimed Darkstar, who cover the League's 1982 B-side You Remind Me Of Gold on their current album, North – have begun to pay homage to the original sound of Sheffield.

But they're about more than esoteric infiltration – there has been mainstream penetration, too, commensurate with a band who gave us one of the greatest ever Christmas Number 1 single with 1981's Don't You Want Me, who have had four top 10 albums and eight top 10 singles in the UK as well as two US No. 1 singles and sold 20 million records worldwide.

Time-travel saga Ashes To Ashes based one of its main characters on Joanne Catherall, while the mighty Philip Oakey appeared in a recent episode of Top Gear at the personal behest of Jeremy Clarkson who regularly name-checks the League in his newspaper column.

Then there are the 'L' girls, the new generation of synth-driven female pop artists, who have got in on the League-adoring act: La Roux is a known admirer of the electro pioneers, while Little Boots is such a fan she requested Philip Oakey's input on her debut album. Even Lady Gaga professed to be a devotee when she met them recently; they had adjacent dressing rooms at the V Festival.