Current Erasure release

Current Erasure release

Latest Erasure release

Erasure tour 2005

Album "Nightbird"
out now!

Single "Breathe"
out now!

DVD "The Tank, The Swan And The Balloon Live!"
out 22 November 2004

"The Erasure Show"
tour 2005

¨ Mark Moore Remixed "Don't Say You Love Me"

News from Mark Moore website:

"I've also been working with Eon on a remix of the next Erasure single "Don't Say You Love Me" coming out on Mute Records. We've done two mixes - a vocal and a dubbed up instrumental called "The Berlin Wall Mix"."

Mark Moore also made a remix of "Chains Of Love" back in 1988 ("Truly In Love With The Marks Bros. Mix").

¨ Interview With Vince Clarke

New interview with Vince Clarke have been published in russian newspaper "Gazeta". You can read it here (in Russian).

¨ "Nightbird" / "Breathe" UK Chart Positions

"Nightbird" entered the Official UK Album Chart at # 27. "Breathe" spent its 4th week in UK Top 40, this week at # 37.

¨ "The Erasure Show" - Copenhagen Sold Out!

Tickets for extra Copenhagen date are sold out!

¨ "The Erasure Show" - New Date

New date for "The Erasure Show" has been added for the 18th May at "The Grove Of Anaheim", Anaheim, CA, USA. Tickets will go on sale very soon.

Added details of: "Oh L'Amour" 2003 uk "radio" promo cd, "Singles Box Set 4" european edition, "Heavenly Action" uk vinyl (thanks to Patrick Aldag), "Pop! - The First 20 Hits" japanese promo cd, "You Surround Me" uk vinyl (thanks to Patrick Aldag).

¨ Added New Photos

All "Nightbird" promotion photos (made by Dirk Lindner) were added to "Photos" section.

¨ Second Single Release Date

The second single from "Nightbird" which will be "Don't Say You Love Me" is rumored to be released on 14th March.

¨ "Breathe" Chart Positions

Current "Breathe" chart positions are:

Denmark: # 5
UK: # 25
Israel: # 27
Sweden: # 33
Ireland: # 36
Germany: # 42

¨ Erasure Party In New York

There's going to be a special Erasure night at the nightclub "Heaven" in New York on 5th February. Free giveaways of the night:

 - 2 free tix to the Erasure concert at Irving Plaza for April, 15th
 - "Nightbird" cds
 - Special limited edition Erasure poster

Plus - 9:30pm - 10:30pm all Erasure Power Hour of music.

If you're interested in coming for this Erasure night, you can also put yourself on the club's guestlist by sending them an email.

More details can be found here (thanks to carriemai for the info).

Greg EIS:

Hi!

¨ Erasure Show: Chicago Theatre - 2nd Date & Pre-Sale

A second Erasure show at the Chicago Theatre has been confirmed for the 30th April 2005.

The Chicago Theatre are offering an exclusive internet ticket pre-sale for Erasure fans to enable them to purchase tickets before the general public.

The pre-sale begins at 10.00am Friday 28th Jan 05 and will end at 10.00pm on Monday 31st Jan 05.

The password that you will need is: loveisreal

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/...

¨ Erasure Show: Washington, DC 9:30 Club - Pre-Sale

The 9:30 Club (Washington, DC) is offering an Internet pre-sale for Erasure fans wishing to purchase tickets for the 2nd May performance.

The pre-sale is scheduled to run from 10.00am Wed 2nd Feb until - 10.00am Thurs 3rd Feb.

The password that you will need is: loveboat

http://protected.tickets.com/buy/...

(please ensure the above web address is on one line when copying into your web browser - or follow the link from the tour page)

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/tour

¨ Tour Programme Guide Submissions

Thank you to everyone that submitted personal stories for the forthcoming tour programme guide.

The closing date has now passed and entries are no longer being accepted. Those entries that have already been received have been passed onto the publishers.

¨ Nightbird E-Card

Nightbird e-card now available!

http://www.erasureinfo.com/ecard/index_nightbird.html

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ "Nightbird" E-Card

Here is a link to watch a "Nightbird" e-card:

http://www.erasureinfo.com/ecard/index_nightbird.html

Greg EIS:

Hi!

¨ Nightbird Released This Week

Yes the wait is finally over - Nightbird is released today (or tomorrow for those in North America). I hope you agree that it's been worth the wait!

The EIS Forum is running a poll to see what your favourite song from the album is - so vote now!

EIS Forum: http://www.erasureinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4954

¨ The Erasure Show - Miami Mansion Pre Sale

There is another internet pre-sale for tickets, this time for the Miami Mansion performance.

The pre-sale will take place between 5pm Wed 26th Jan to 5pm Fri 28th Jan, via the following link:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/...

(please copy the complete web link into your browser if your email software has split it over two lines - or follow the link from the EIS Tour page)

The password you will need is: breathe

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/tour

¨ The Erasure Show - Further New York Dates

Five more New York shows (at the Irving Plaza) have been added to the tour. The additional dates are:

21st April, 22nd April, 24th April, 25th April and the 26th April.

Tickets will be on sale from the 27th Jan.

Please see the Tour page for *all* tour date details:

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/tour

¨ Photos From The G-A-Y DJ Night

It was a fun night - and there weren't too many silent gaps between the different tracks being played ;)

The combination of flash photography and dry ice meant that it was very difficult to take any decent photos, but I've put a few up in the gallery.

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/gallery/fanphotos.html

¨ EIS Updates

After this week, these EIS Update emails will be sent less frequently. This is the 10th email update this month which is slightly excessive!

Obviously any breaking news (i.e. additional tour dates etc) will be announced via email - but general web updates will be announced only within the EIS news section.

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ "The Erasure Show" - New Dates!

Due to phenomenal demand, Erasure have announced that they will perform five extra dates in Irving Plaza, New York in April 2005. This is in addition to the five original dates that are now sold out. For more info click the banner above. Tickets will go on sale on 27th January.

¨ "The Erasure Show" - Chicago And San Francisco Sold Out!

Tickets for Chicago and all San Francisco dates are sold out! Two of the three nights in Los Angeles are also sold out!

¨ "Nightbird" Is Album Of The Week

"Nightbird" is album of the week on one of the most popular radiostations in Northern Germany "NDR 2". See here for more details (thanks to Bad Connection for the info).

¨ "Nightbird" Future Chart Position

This week (as well as the last week) "Nightbird" is at # 10 in UK Future Chart.

The brand new Erasure album "Nightbird" released today in UK and all across Europe. It features 11 brand new tracks including the first single "Breathe"
(UK Top 5 hit). It is available on CD from all good records shops.

The tracklist:

1. No Doubt
2. Here I Go Impossible Again
3. Let's Take One More Rocket To The Moon
4. Breathe
5. I'll Be There
6. Because Our Love Is Real
7. Don't Say You Love Me
8. All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love
9. I Broke It All In Two
10. Sweet Surrender
11. I Bet You're Mad At Me

¨ Erasure In UK Charts

This week "Breathe" UK Chart position is # 25.

¨ "Nightbird" Is Album Of The Week

"Nightbird" is the album of the week on UK BBC Radio 2. Further details can be found here.

¨ New York Post Interview / Tour News

The brand new interview with Erasure has been published in "New York Post". Here is the quote from the article regarding forthcoming tour:

"They've already sold out five nights at the tiny rock shrine, but Bell and partner Vince Clarke revealed to The Post they're about to double the stint to 10 shows, setting a club record."

Read this interview here.

¨ "InDublin" Interview

Irish magazine "InDublin" have published a 2 page interview with Erasure in its latest issue.

On Sunday, 23rd January, on the day before the world release radio "Europa Plus Ukraine" exclusively presents new Erasure album - "Nightbird". Be the first to hear all the tracks from the new record and get a copy of official cd from Comp Music / EMI and Europa Plus. Don't miss it! See here for more details.

¨ Erasure On The Cover

Erasure are on the cover of this month edition of french gay magazine "Tribu Move". See below:

Another two interviews with Andy and Vince have been published online:

 - With Andy Bell
 - With Vince Clarke

¨ "Nightbird" Poster

Below is the picture of North American "Nightbird" poster.

Greg EIS:

Hello!

¨ 'The Erasure Show' - New Copenhagen Date

An additional Copenhagen date has been added to 'The Erasure Show' tour:

23/03/2005 - Denmark, Copenhagen Vega

Ticket are on sale from Monday Jan 24th at 10 AM via:

web: http://www.billetlugen.dk

See the tour page for full details:

eis: http://www.erasureinfo.com/tour

¨ Andy & Vince At G-A-Y

Erasure are guest DJs at G-A-Y this Saturday 22nd at the Astoria.

They will be DJing from 12.30 am - 2.30 am.

A band called 'Stonebridge' will be performing two songs that evening as well.

web: http://www.g-a-y.co.uk/eventdetail.asp?ID=387

¨ Japanese Nightbird / Erasure Night

An "Erasure Night" will be held on 19th Feb in Japan. For full details see the following link:

web: http://www.project-elektra.com/the_club.html

¨ Competition

RememberTheEighties.com is running an Erasure competition online for the next two weeks - prizes are signed copies of 'Nightbird' and tickets for the London gig.

web: http://www.remembertheeighties.com

¨ More Reviews / Interviews

Billboard in the US are labelling 'Breathe' as this week's most essential buy, and feature a positive review:

web: http://www.billboard.com/bb/reviews/...

Erasure were guests at the German Radio station JUMP for an interview. Some great pictures are online on their website:

http://www.jumpradio.de/build_index.html?/musik/...

A German language interview with the band is also online at Electrified:

http://www.electrified.info

(Thanks to Richard, Drew, Mike and Bjorn for the above links.)

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

"Breathe" spent its second week at # 1 in Denmark! Other current "Breathe" chart positions are:

Denmark: # 1
UK: # 14
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (USA): # 37 (Hot shot debut)
Ireland: # 41
Germany: # 47

¨ "Don't Say You Love Me" Single Details

Here are some exclusive details about second single from "Nightbird" - "Don't Say You Love Me". The single will be released in USA on CD. The catalogue number is 9285-2 / 7245-969285-2 3.

¨ "Nightbird" Release Party In Atlanta

On Monday, January 24th there will be a "Nightbird" release party at "Mary's" in Atlanta, GA at 8 pm (1287 Glenwood Avenue Atlanta, GА 30316).

There will be lots of giveaways:
 - Several copies of the Album "Nightbird"
 - Even more copies of the US CD Single "Breathe"
 - Buttons
 - Promo Posters

The plan is also to arrange to have a local record store sell the new album at midnight! (thanks to Todd Baxter Fuller for the info).

¨ New Interviews

Two more interviews have been published online. The first one is on Top Of The Pops website and can be found here. Andy and Vince discussing current UK chart situation, re-releases of Elvis singles and also promising to re-release their first (and only!) hit number one 18 times!

The second interview is also published in new issue of UK gay magazine "Boyz" (issue 702, 22nd January 2005). The band is also on the cover. The scandalous interview where Andy talks about sex, drugs, gay life and renting the boys have been published online. Read it here.

¨ Client To Support Erasure In Europe

Client will support Erasure on the forthcoming "The Erasure Show" tour at the following European shows:

24th March - Copenhagen
26th March - Berlin
28th March - Cologne
29th March - Offenbach
31st March - Munich

Client's website:
http://www.client-online.net

¨ "The Erasure Show" - New York Sold Out!

Tickets for all 5 nights of "The Erasure Show" in New Work 14th - 19th April 2005 are sold out! Two of the five nights in San Francisco are also sold out!

Greg EIS:

Hello!

¨ 'The Erasure Show' Chicago Theatre - Pre Sale

The Chicago Theatre are offering an exclusive internet ticket pre-sale for Erasure fans for the forthcoming Erasure show that is to be held on Friday 29th April.

This pre-sale will enable fans to purchase tickets a day before the general public.

The time of the presale is:

- Friday 21st Jan, 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM Central Standard Time

The internet link to purchase the tickets is:

web: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/07003A33F0BF9144

The password that you will need is: nightbird

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Added details of: "Breathe" uk "radio" promo cd, "Who Needs Love Like That" 1985 australian vinyl, "Red Hot + Blue" us vinyl, "Victim Of Love" uk vinyl (thanks to Patrick Aldag), "Crackers International" us promo cassette (thanks to Tom Blazev).

¨ Added New Review

Added review of "Breathe" single from "NME" magazine. You can find it in the "Media" section.

¨ Erasure German Promotion Tour

Last week Erasure did a lot of promotion in Germany. They were interviewed by several radiostations, played several acoustic gigs and made some photos. Here are the brief news of what and where they did:

- NDR 2

Erasure did an interview which can be found here (in German) or here (in English, thanks to soulfatigue for the translation). Some interesting snippets from it are below:

Question: In contrast to the Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode your success has dwindled somewhat in the recent years. Can you say why that is?

Andy: That’s because we are simply better. We tried different things and some of them didn’t work as well as did others. We are more original and that’s why it was harder for people to follow us.

Question: What exactly did you try?

Andy: We released the album "Erasure" that reminded one of Pink Floyd and was rather experimental. Then we did "Cowboy" which again was very commercial, then there was "Loveboat" that had lots of indie-guitars. I can’t say why these albums flopped, all I know is that they didn’t get airplay. It just wasn’t our time.

Question: You are embarking on a tour. What can your audience expect?

Andy: It will be a fantastic mixture of songs. [Andy mentions the first songs of the setlist.]

Vince: Don’t give away all the tracks!!!

Andy: No no, I won’t. All I want to say is that it doesn’t feel like a combination of singles but like the set-up of a band that has been around for years. And I believe – sometimes I’m just so arrogant – U2 would be proud if that was their concert. If those were their songs they’d be full of pride!

Vince: [points to the "Nightbird" cover]: That’s what the stage will look like, like a little forest.

- Jump Radio

Erasure did an interview which can be listened via stream format here (thanks to Jens Pielawa for the info). Also several photos of the band were made in the studio. See below:

Erasure on "Jump Radio" (Germany) 18.01.05		Erasure on "Jump Radio" (Germany) 18.01.05
Erasure on "Jump Radio" (Germany) 18.01.05		Erasure on "Jump Radio" (Germany) 18.01.05
Erasure on "Jump Radio" (Germany) 18.01.05		Erasure on "Jump Radio" (Germany) 18.01.05
Erasure on "Jump Radio" (Germany) 18.01.05		Erasure on "Jump Radio" (Germany) 18.01.05

- R.SH

Erasure did an interview and an acoustic set that will be aired on Sunday, January 30th, between 9:00 and 12:30 am in a program called "VIP". You can listen this radio online by clicking this link (thanks to Jens Hoehner for the info).

- Bremen Vier

Erasure did an interview.

¨ Client To Support Erasure

Client will support Erasure on the forthcoming "The Erasure Show" tour at the following UK shows:

28th February - Edinburgh
1st March - Glasgow
3rd March - Newcastle
5th March - London
7th March - Nottingham
9th March - Manchester
14th March - Bristol
16th March - Wolverhampton
18th March - Norwich
20th March - Cardiff

Client's website: http://www.client-online.net

One of Client members already supported Erasure back in 1997 being part of the band Dubstar.

¨ Erasure On German Radio

Erasure did an interview at german radiostation "R.SH" yesterday. They also did live acoustic performances of "Oh L'Amour", "Sometimes" and "Breathe". Vince was joined on guitar by Nic Johnston. The complete Erasure special will be aired later on this or next Sunday. Also there will be some photos on their website (thanks to Jens Hoehner for the info).

¨ "Nightbird" Future Chart Position

This week "Nightbird" is at # 10 in UK Future Chart (down from # 9).

Greg EIS:

¨ Breathe Maxi-Single Released Tuesday

The North American release of Erasure's brand new single 'Breathe' is out tomorrow (18th January 2005). It features an exclusive Pete Heller mix that is not being released anywhere else.

1. Breathe - Radio Version
2. Breathe - Album Version
3. Gone Crazy
4. Mr. Gribber And His Amazing Cat
5. Breathe - Acoustic Version
6. Breathe - Pete Heller's Phela Mix
7. Breathe - LMC Extended Club Mix
8. Breathe - When Andy Bell Met Manhattan Clique Extended Remix
9. Breathe - video (Enhanced CD Rom)

As well as being available from major record stores, it is available for purchase online from retailers such as Amazon.com.

¨ Contribute To The New 'Erasure Show' Tour Programme

A list of some of the songs that are to be performed on the forthcoming 'Erasure Show' tour is now listed on the EIS site - the rest are to remain a surprise!

The reason why these are being revealed now is that the authors of the tour programme / guide book would like EIS members to write in with some comments of their favourite songs from the list.

The plan is to publish a selection of the comments in the tour programme. For example one could write about the first time you heard a particular song, what it means to you, if it helped you through a difficult time - that sort of thing.

If you wish to write something, please do so via the 'Contact' section of the website. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 26th January 2005 12:00pm (GMT).

Please do not publish the setlist on other websites / mailing lists / forums, but feel free to link to the page. Many fans do not wish to be informed of a tour setlist before seeing a performance.

Tour List & Full Details:
EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/tour_partial_list.html

¨ North American Tour Date Changes

There have been a number of changes to the North American tour dates / venues, these are summarised below:

Removed > 3rd May - Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Added > 9th May - New Orleans Twiropa
Removed > 11th May - Dallas Nokia Theatre
Added > 20th May - San Francisco The Independent
Added > 25th May - San Francisco The Independent

For further details, see the tour page:

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/tour

I'm afraid I don't know the reasons for the changes, however feel free to voice any opinons on these changes here:

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

Avalon (Hollywood, CA) tickets are on sale: Sat, 01/22/05 10:00 AM

¨ EIS Site Updates

- Nightbird Press Pictures

The full set of Nightbird promotional photos are now online.

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/gallery

- Steve Walsh Interview

Late last year, Steve kindly agreed to be interviewed by the EIS to discuss his involvement on the Nightbird and Breathe projects, plus the yet to be released acoustic album. This interview has now been published online.

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/interviews.html

- Video Captures

A selection of stills taken from the recent appearances by Erasure on 'Today With Des & Mel' and 'Top Of The Pops' have been added to the gallery.

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/gallery/videocaptures.html

- TOTP - Behind The Scenes Photo

A picture featuring Andy and Vince taken in the 'Top Of The Pops' dressing room is also online.

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/gallery/fanphotos.html

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ Interview With Vince Clarke

New interview with Vince Clarke have been published in russian magazine "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" (# 1 january 2005). The full transcript of it will be availabe soon in the "Media" section (thanks to Eu-Jinn for the info).

¨ Chicago "Nightbird" Release Party

On Thursday, January 20th there will be a release party for Erasure's new album "Nightbird" at NEO's "Planet Earth" in Chicago. Mute records is sending them a bunch of stuff to give away, so make sure you are there early so you can get some of the goodies! More info can be found here (thanks to Tim in Chicago for the info).

¨ Erasure Performance On Top Of The Pops

Last friday Erasure performed live on UK show "Top Of The Pops". You can now download an mpg file of this performance. Big thanks to John Moss who made it available. Click here to download. Note - the link is temporarily down but will be working again soon.

Erasure performing on Top Of The Pops		Erasure performing on Top Of The Pops
Erasure performing on Top Of The Pops		Erasure performing on Top Of The Pops

¨ Erasure In UK Charts

"Breathe" spent its second week in UK Top 20, this time is at # 14.

¨ "Nightbird" Sticker

Here is a picture of "Nightbird" promo sticker:

¨ Erasure Is No. 1 In Denmark!

Erasure topped official Denmark chart with "Breathe" this week. Again our congratulations to Vince and Andy!

Other current "Breathe" chart positions are:

Denmark: # 1
UK: # 4
Ireland: # 30
Germany: # 35

¨ Exclusive Erasure Track On New CD Compilation

An exclusive version of "Oh L'Amour" was recently released on CD compilation "This Is Alice Music 8". It is a a live acoustic version of the song Erasure recorded at Radio Alice studio. Here is the full tracklist of this cd:

01. Duran Duran - Girls On Film (Now & Zen Fest)
02. Maroon 5 - This Love (Now & Zen Fest)
03. Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want To Be (Alice Lounge)
04. Los Lonely Boys - Heaven (Acoustic)
05. Dido - White Flag (Alice Lounge)
06. Five For Fighting - 100 Years (Alice Lounge)
07. Jewel - Intuition (Alice Lounge)
08. Seal - Waiting For You (Now & Zen Fest)
09. Melissa Etheridge - Breathe (Alice Lounge)
10. Blue October - Calling You (Alice Lounge)
11. Sarah McLachlan - Fallen (Alice Lounge)
12. Gary Jules - Mad World (Alice Lounge)
13. Train - Calling All Angels (Alice Lounge)
14. Erasure - Oh L'Amour (Alice Lounge)
15. Alanis Morissette - Everything (Alice Lounge)
16. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer (Now & Zen Fest)

More details can be found here (thanks to Heiko 2 for the info).

¨ Another Press Photo

Another brand new Erasure press photo has been sent out in Mute newsletter:

¨ New Andy Bell Interview

New interview with Andy Bell can be listened here. Click "Interview with Erasure's Andy Bell" option (thanks to Mr_Hat for the info).

¨ Great "Nightbird" Review

Great positive review of "Nightbird" have been published in UK newspaper "The Mirror". It can be found online here (thanks to 88state for the info).

¨ Erasure Interview On Monday

Vince and Andy will do an interview at Northern Germany's radio station "R.SH" on Monday, January 17th. It will be broadcast from 12 and 13.30 pm (German time). You can also listen this radio online by clicking this link (thanks to Jens Hoehner for the info).

¨ German "Nightbird" Release Parties

The following "Nightbird" release parties have been confirmed in Germany:

15.01.05 - Kiel, Traumfabrik
21.01.05 - Siegen, Meyer
21.01.05 - Munich, Scala
21.01.05 - Hamburg, Cult
29.01.05 - Dresden, Strasse E
11.02.05 - Cologne, Alter Wartesaal

Greg EIS:

Well hello!

¨ TOUR NEWS: Irving Plaza (NYC) Tickets

The tickets for the five Irving Plaza (NYC) gigs will go on sale this Friday, 14th Jan at noon.

Prices are $40 (US Dollars) in advance, $50 on day of show.

Tickets are available from the Irving Plaza box office, Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone 212-307-7171.

¨ TOUR NEWS: The Independent (San Francisco) Tickets + Extra Dates

The tickets for the five shows at 'The Independent' (yes - two more dates have been added!) go on sale this Friday, 16th Jan at 10am (PST) and are $35 (US Dollars).

See Ticketweb.com website for further details.

The EIS tour page has been updated with the additional dates, and details of all the currently confirmed ticket vendors.

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/tour

¨ EVENT: Borders Listening Lounge Event

Borders in North America are offering special giveaways and collectibles from the band and an opportunity to register for a chance to win an autographed Erasure item when you pick up your copy of 'Nightbird' at Borders (specially priced at $11.99).

The following stores are taking part in this promotion:

7pm Tues (25 Jan) - Borders 2817 North Clark Street, Chicago
7pm Tues (25 Jan) - Borders 50 S. Main Street #78, Salt Lake City
7pm Tues (25 Jan) - Borders 2110 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach
7pm Weds (26 Jan) - Borders 2240 E Sunrise Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale
7pm Tues (1 Feb) - Borders 10 Columbus Circle, New York
7pm Fri (4 Feb) - Borders 400 Post Street, San Francisco

Further details are on the Borders website (click on the 'Events' option).

Borders: http://www.bordersstores.com

¨ Additional US 'Nightbird' Release Parties

Some additional US 'Nightbird' release parties have been confirmed:

Thurs, 20 Jan - Chicago - Club Neo
Fri, 21 Jan - Washington, DC - Saccharine
Fri, 21 Jan - Ybor City / Tampa - The Castle
Tues, 25 Jan - Washington, DC - Cobalt
Thurs, 27 Jan - Tempe / Scottsdale, AZ - Panic! at Anderson's

¨ US Billboard Club Play Chart

'Breathe' is the #1 Breakout on the US Billboard Club Play Chart for the week of January 22nd

¨ Top Of The Pops - Viewing Outside The UK

A reminder that Erasure will be performing 'Breathe' live on 'Top Of The Pops' this Friday (the show is broadcast live and is not pre-recorded).

BBC1 : 7.30pm Friday 14th Jan
BBC1 : 1.15am Sunday 16th Jan

The UK edition of 'Top Of The Pops' is also shown on the Canadian channel 'BBC Kids', and usually on 'BBC Prime' which is available in Africa, America, Asia and Europe. The schedules for 'BBC Prime' vary in each territory, so please check out the BBC website for schedule information.

I believe that the 'BBC America' channel has ceased showing Top Of The Pops.

BBC Prime : http://www.bbcprime.com
BBC Kids : http://www.bbckids.ca

¨ Digimpro Software - Mac Version

The Digimpro software on CD2 of 'Breathe' (the one with the pink cover) is only compatible with Windows based PC's.

However Rupert from Digimpro has posted on the EIS Forum the following statement:

"We are working our little socks off to have a Mac version, which in due course will be available as a free download (so hold on to your Breathe CD2!). "

Which is great news I'm sure you would agree!

Digimpro : http://www.digimpro.com

Oh, and that reminds me - thank you to all those that have sent in MP3's of 'Breathe' remixes - they should be online by the end of the week.

¨ A Favour Please...

At the moment I'm being inundated with emails that generally ask the same questions, and I have 900+ unanswered emails in my inbox.

So to aid efficiency and to reduce this backlog I'm going to answer the most common queries here:

Q1) When are 'Erasure' next performing in *insert place name here*.

All confirmed tour dates are listed on the website, if additional dates are added, the tour page will be updated and an EIS Update Email sent.

Q2) Can you send me a backstage pass?

No, it is not something that the EIS can or will ever arrange.

Q3) Can you send me an autograph picture of Andy / Vince?

Autographed items are only available as competition prizes I'm afraid.

Q4) Can the band dedicate a song / mention me / say 'Happy Birthday' for me when they're on stage?

No.

Q5) Mute should use my fan remix of 'Breathe' on a future single.

I have passed this idea onto Mute (with relation to the Digimpro MP3's sent into the EIS) although that in no way means it will happen.

Q6) When is 'Boxset 5/6', 'The Acoustic Album', next concert DVD being released?

No idea.

¨ "Erasure: A Problem Of Image"

EIS Forum member "greyeyegoddess" found a very interesting Erasure article / interview on the Belfast Telegraph website, titled "Erasure: A problem of image".

Space (and copyright issues) prevent it from being reproduced in this EIS EMail Update, however the full article (by Chris Mugan - 12 Jan 2005) can be found here:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/music/story.jsp?story=600044

¨ Arjan Writes - "Andy Bell To Duet With Jake Shears On Solo Album"

An article where Andy discusses his forthcoming solo album is online:

"I just got off the phone with Andy Bell from synth pop duo Erasure who gave me the full scoop on his upcoming solo album. The singer is currently putting the final touches on the record, which should drop late 2005 or early 2006. Working title for the CD is "Manhattan Clique" and Andy revealed the disc will most likely feature a duet with Scissor Sister Jake Shears."

The full article can be found here:

http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2005/01/andy_bell_to_co.html

¨ Correction

Yes I meant 'Scissor Sisters' and not 'Sister Sisters' when I was discussing the chart position of 'Breathe' in the last EIS Email Update :)

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ Andy Bell To Duet With Jake Shears

This exclusive news came from Arjanwrites.com. Here is the quote:

"I just got off the phone with Andy Bell from synth pop duo Erasure who gave me the full scoop on his upcoming solo album. The singer is currently putting the final touches on the record, which should drop late 2005 or early 2006. Working title for the CD is "Manhattan Clique" and Andy revealed the disc will most likely feature a duet with Scissor Sister Jake Shears. After Jake has worked with Kylie Minogue and Elton John, this is another match made in gay heaven.

"I am good friends with DJ Sammy who is the boyfriend of Kiki of drag act Kiki & Herb," Andy told me. "Sammy was on tour with Scissor Sisters and he invited us to come watch a show. [Scissor Sisters] dedicated one song that night to Erasure, which I thought was really sweet. Jake introduced the song by saying that he saw us live when he was 12 years old. I emailed him later to see if he would be into [a duet] and he loved the idea."

¨ "Nightbird" Future Chart Position

This week "Nightbird" is at # 9 in UK Future Chart (down from # 8).

¨ Erasure Performance On "Des & Mel" Show

You can now download an mpg file of Erasure performing "Breathe" on UK chat show "Des & Mel" on 10th January. Big thanks to John Moss who made it available. Click here to download.

Greg EIS:

Hello!

¨ 'Breathe' Chart Success!

As you guys are no doubt aware, 'Breathe' stormed the charts and became a new entry at number 4!

This was a higher than the new entries from the Scissor Sisters, Dana Rayne and Kasabian!

Suffice to say this is a great achievement, and it's their highest chart position since 1994!

It also means that...

¨ Top Of The Pops

..Erasure will be performing 'Breathe' live on Top Of The Pops this week!

Friday 14th January, 7.30pm - BBC1
Sunday 16th January, 1.15am - BBC1 (repeat)

BBC1 can be received in Europe via those that have dishes pointed at the Astra (28.2' East) satellite.

Top Of The Pops:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp

Astra:
http://www.ses-astra.com/tv-radio/guide/lineup/markets/UK_digitalfree.htm

¨ A Message From Andy & Vince

"thank you to all our loyal fans......it means such a lot!!! hope you can see us on friday! xxxx " Andy

"Is it out yet? [laughs] Thank you!" Vince

¨ Des And Mel Pictures

A number of pictures taken at the Des & Mel (of the band rehearsing) are now available within the gallery:

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/gallery/fanphotos.html

¨ Erasure On iTunes

A number of Erasure albums are now available on iTunes:

- Chorus (UK / Europe)
- The Circus (UK / Europe)
- Erasure (UK / Europe)
- I Say I Say I Say (US, Canada)
- The Innocents (US, Canada)
- Other Peoples Songs (UK / Europe)
- POP! The First 20 Hits (UK / Europe, US, Canada)
- Wild! (UK / Europe)
- Wonderland (UK / Europe)

'Breathe' (Radio Version) is also available on the UK / European iTunes stores.

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ An Open Letter From Erasure.Ru

"For the attention of Chief Editor of the "Kinopark" magazine, Ms.Larissa Vinnik.

An open letter from the team of Erasure.ru and the Russian Erasure fanclub

Dear Larissa,

A review for the new Erasure DVD "The Tank, The Swan And The Balloon Live!" was printed in the latest issue of the "Kinopark" magazine (#1 dated January 2005). In pursuit of "colorful" methaphors the author of the review, Yelena Yamchuk, took the liberty of making statements that we consider to be untolerable, incorrect and simply offensive towards Andy Bell, the musician who is well known and respected throughout the world, having referred to him as "a sweaty fag". It is a real shame that being the Chief Editor, you allow such phrases to appear on the pages on the "Kinopark" magazine. Andy Bell who will celebrate 20 years of his successful career as a part of Erasure in 2005, is rightfully considered to be one of the brightest representatives of the modern pop music, and the duo whose second member is Andy's colleague Vince Clarke is one of the most successful British duos of all times.

The review for the DVD "The Tank, The Swan And The Balloon Live" written by Yelena Yamchuk contains a lot of inaccuracies, which testifies about the lack of professionalism and incompetence of Yelena, who did not care even to write the DVD title without mistakes. Instead of that Yelena plays with methaphors offending Andy Bell and forgetting about professional and general human etiquette. Of course, when someone is not skilled enough, writing a good review (whether positive or negative) is a difficult task, and one has to invent phrases like "sweaty fag" and "cockroach eyes".

Besides, the cover placed in the magazine together with the review has absolutely nothing in common with the real cover of the DVD, it's a cover for the VHS tape of the same title released more than 10 years ago. However, we put the blame for that on the editor.

We have to say that the general impression from this review leaves much to be desired. We hope that as a Chief Editor of the magazine you will assume necessary measures, and there will be no such "opuses" from your authors in the future.

Sincerely yours,

The team of Erasure.ru and the Russian Erasure fanclub"

You can also send your comments to "Kinopark" magazine. Here is their email: kinopark@tv-park.ru

¨ New Single Remixers