Happy Birthday To Vince!

Erasure.ru wishes Happy Birthday to Vince, who is turning 48 today!

New Video From Vince

Vince put the new short video up to his Youtube page. The video, which is the short animation, is called "Smoking Robot":

Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1NFWCAigE

Yazoo - Plymouth Show Has Been Cancelled

As you probably know, Yazoo cancelled their gig in Plymouth, 16th June. Here is the official statement:

"Unfortunately due to personal reasons, Yazoo have had to cancel their Plymouth Pavilions performance scheduled for Monday 16th June. Both Alison and Vince extend their deepest apologies to all fans who had purchased tickets. A full refund will be given."

Yazoo Prints For Sale

Joe Lyons, Yazoo's photographer on the "Upstairs At Eric's", "Don't Go" covers and the recent reunion releases have posted the following message at Alison Moyet forum:

"I have read on here and on other forums how people have loved the Yazoo sleeves and that they are iconic images for so many. I have been asked a number of times if I would consider making them available for purchase and after discussion with Mute I am proud to say that two sets of prints are now available for purchase.

The first set is the original artwork for Upstairs at Erics and the Don't Go front and back cover. The second set is the recent release images from Nobody's Diary, In Your Room box and the Reconnected EP.

All the images will be printed on A1 size heavy weight, museum cotton rag paper and more importantly dispatched flat in a box. These will be a limited worldwide release of 200 and each set will be hand numbered and signed by myself. I hope for those that are able to purchase them they will make a grand statement in your home and hope that you enjoy them.

You can purchase them through my website http://www.joe-lyons.co.uk"

Note, that each image is now available separately for £80 + £5 P&P.

Article / Interview With Yazoo And Another Review

Click here to read an article / interview with Yazoo for "Metro" newspaper.

Review of the Manchester show from "The Guardian" can be read here.

Yazoo Stage Screens

Those of you who attended on Yazoo shows know that they have two large screens on stage, one each behind Vince and Alison. According to them, the visuals for this screens has been produced by Mark Video.

Yazoo Tour Book

Here is a link to Flickr, if you you click it you'll be able so see the scans of the Yazoo "Reconnected" tourbook.

Support Act For Yazoo In Costa Mesca

The legendary new wave english band The Psychedelic Furs will support Yazoo in Costa Mesca, USA, 24th July.

Yaz - "In Your Room" Box Set US Press Sheet

Here is the press sheet for Yazoo's "In Your Room" box set release in USA (click on image to enlarge):

Reviews Of Yazoo Gigs

Click here to read the review of Yazoo gig in Dublin.

The one about Glasgow gig:

"Performing on a minimalist stage of high-tech steel and neon, the 46-year-old Moyet slipped easily into turbo-throated blues-diva mode, while the 47-year-old Clarke remained comically motionless and poker-faced behind his computer screen."

Click here for the Newcastle review and here for another one from Glasgow.

Nottingham review: www.thisisnottingham.co.uk...
Brighton review: www.shorehamherald.co.uk...
Wolverhampton review: www.stourbridgenews.co.uk...

And finally - here is the review of the London gig.

Hercules And Love Affair Interview

This year's pop sensation Hercules And Love Affair again mentioned Alison Moyet and Yazoo in their interview:

"Antony and I had always talked about how much we loved Yazoo and Alison Moyet, but we didn't think about it when we recorded Blind. We just did it in a couple of hours, and we were shocked when the vocal turned out so much like Moyet."

Click here to read the interview in full.

Interviews With Vince Clarke

Twenty five years after splitting up, Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke have reunited as Yazoo for a two-month tour of Europe and the USA. Speaking to EG's Mike Atkinson from his home in Portland, Maine, Vince Clarke looks back on Yazoo's brief but remarkable career.

Click here to read the interview.

Vince has also recently gave an interview to Advocate.com, which they entitled "The Godfather of Electro-pop" - you may read it here.

And this is another Vince interview, this time for Erasure.de.

The National Aids Trust Celebration

The National Aids Trust has recently celebrated their 21st anniversary at Home House, the private members club in London. NAT is a leading independent policy and campaigning voice on HIV and AIDS.

The anniversary celebrations saw high profile guests, which included Erasure's Andy Bell, one of the first pop stars to come out as gay. Bell also become one of the first pop stars to come out as being HIV.

Interviews With Alison Moyet

Click here to read Alison Moyet interview for Billboard and here to read her interview for Western Morning News.

Another one interview with Alison: www.expressandstar.com...

Interview With Andy Bell

Here are some interesting quotes from the recent interview with Andy Bell:

"I had regrets about doing the ABBA thing," says Bell, the duo's vocalist. "I was very obsessive about them. I love their songs, and since then, there seems to be a resurgence in the whole ABBA thing. But we drowned in it quite a bit. It was hard to re-establish ourselves or make people realize we were songwriters in our own right."

"He [Vince] is a great adviser. He's great at getting tour funds together and things like that. When it comes to promotion, his sense of humor is amazing. It's a bit lonely being on your own, because I have to do all these things on my own."

Click here to read the interview in full.

Interview With Yazoo

Click here to read another article / interview with Yazoo.