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

Two musicians - A Scholar (Steve Dawson) and A Physician (Oli Horton) are working with Piney Gir on a remix of Erasure's next single "Don't Say You Love Me". As expected, this remix is slightly different to usual remixes.

News from Piney Gir's website: "Piney has been remixing Erasure over her winter holidays. She really must thank the St. Helen's Girls Choir for all their hard work! and A Scholar and A Physician and A Technician too..." (thanks Sonny for the info)

¨ Supporting Act For "The Erasure Show"

This reports are also from A Scholar and A Physician webiste: "Erasure have also asked Piney Gir (with A Scholar and A Physician) to join them on their next tour. Unfortunately we are only going as far as Germany - so we won't get to come over and see our American friends." (thanks Sonny for the info)

You can now vote for "Breathe" as a best new chart entry in "Hit 40 UK" chart show here.

¨ Several Interesting Snippets

Below are several interesting snippets from the recent Billboard / Yahoo / Reuters publication about Erasure.

"Nightbird" comes on the heels of misguided studio albums "Loveboat" (released internationally in 2000) and "Cowboy" (1997) -- and last year's covers album, "Other People's Songs." According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Loveboat" and "Cowboy" have sold 5,000 and 160,000 units, respectively, in the United States, while "Other People's Songs" has sold 49,000 units."

"The new album is akin to hearing from a long-lost friend -- one who may have rested on his laurels at one time, but who is now out to prove something."

"Because Andy now lives in Spain and the U.K. and I now live here in the U.S., we don't see each other unless we're working," Clarke says. "When we do get together to work, it's really exciting. It's like we're starting all over again."

"We both come with lots of ideas and excitement," Clarke continues. "It's like being married for 20 years: You may not have sex as often as you used to, but when you do, you really go for it."

"That said, Clarke notes that his mother often tells him that Erasure songs all sound the same. "She says, 'Whenever I hear one of your songs on the radio, I always know it's you -- even if I don't know the song.'"

"Because Clarke knows every part of every Erasure song, he sees things differently. "I'll think, 'You hear that sound right there, well, I've never done that before.' So, for me, it's weird when people say our songs sound the same. Of course, Andy's voice remains Andy's voice."

"Bell's choirboy-like voice shines on "Nightbird." And so do the arrangements. Despite its flaws, Bell says the covers album "rejuvenated" the duo."

"When we looked at other people's writings, we came upon arrangements that perhaps weren't traditional Erasure arrangements," Clarke adds. "This profoundly affected us: It made us look at our own arrangements when it came time to write for this album."

¨ Andy's Interview In "Attitude"

Latest issue of UK gay magazine "Attitude" has a large new interview with Andy Bell.

"Breathe" debuted at # 4 in Official UK Singles Chart and become Erasure's 17th UK Top 10 hit! Our congratulations to Vince and Andy!

Added details of: "Nightbird" album, "Breathe" us promo vinyl, "Rock Me Gently" uk promo cassette, "Drama!" belgian limited cd (thanks to Patrick Aldag), "I Love Saturday" german vinyl (thanks to Patrick Aldag).

¨ Added New Link

Link to the polish Erasure label "Pomaton EMI" has been added to the "Links" section.

¨ "Breathe" Is # 4 In CD:UK Chart!

"Breathe" debuted at # 4 in UK chart show "CD:UK"! See here for more details.

¨ Top Of The Pops "Breathe" Review

UK show "Top Of The Pops" has review of "Breathe" on its website. It can be found here.

¨ "Breathe" - Fan Mixes

Several fan mixes of "Breathe" is now up on Erasure.tk website. You can download mp3 files from here.

Greg EIS:

Hello all!

Last update of the week!

¨ Final Midweek Chart Update...

Well what can I say? The latest midweek chart update has 'Breathe' remaining at number 4!

This is fantastic news - and if the support you guys are giving this release it maintained over the next two days (today and Saturday), then it looks like Andy and Vince will have a Top 5 single!

That would be an incredible result - and would be their highest charting single since 1994. Wouldn't that be a great start to Erasure's 20th Anniversary year?

¨ A Few Queries Answered

- All 3 formats of 'Breathe' (the 2 CDs and the DVD single) count towards the charts.

- Woolworths are only stocking one of the formats (CD 1 / the one with the red sleeve).

- The remix software (so you can mix your own version of 'Breathe' on a PC) is on the second CD (the one with the pink sleeve)

- HMV seems to be the cheapest place to buy 'Breathe'.

¨ Andy On 'The Arts Show'

Andy will be interviewed on 'The Arts Show' on Friday 7th Jan at 18.10 (GMT) on BBC Radio Scotland.

The interview will be broadcast on FM and online only (and can be listened to again for the next seven days online).

BBC Scotland:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/view/show.shtml?arts

¨ The Next Video Shoot / Single

The filming of the video for the next single (which is 'Don't Say You Love Me') is taking place next week.

¨ 'Nightbird' Press Photos Online

The EIS gallery section is now back to its former glory with the reinstatement of the press photo section. And what better way to celebrate its return than with the inclusion of the new 'Nightbird' press photos by Dirk Lindner?

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

(Please refresh the page / clear your browser cache)

¨ 'Nightbird' Clip Online

With the album due for release at the end of this month, isn't it about time previews of the album tracks were placed online! Couldn't agree more!

Therefore a short clip of "Let's Take One More Rocket To The Moon" is now online:

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/albums/nightbird.html

Until Monday!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ Webvideos Of Recent Erasure Appearances

Jens Pielawa has made some webvideos available, which he has recorded from german TV. You can find the RealVideos at his website at:

SAT.1 "Hitgiganten", 6th January 2005:
http://www.pielawa.de/download/era-giganten.rm (3,8 MB)

RTL "Anders Trend", 3rd January 2005:
http://www.pielawa.de/download/era-anders.rm (7,3 MB)

Camera video "Red Hot and Dance", Hamburg 4th Dezember 2004:
http://www.pielawa.de/download/era-rhad.rm (4,4 MB)

¨ Andy On BBC Radio Scotland

Andy will be interviewed the "Arts Show" this Friday 7th January at 18.10 (GMT).

The interview will be broadcast on FM and online only. After that it can be listened to again online via 'Listen Again' icon for 7 days only (thanks to Fudge for the info).

¨ "Breathe" / "Nightbird" Future Chart Positions

This week "Breathe" is # 1 in UK Future Chart (last week was # 1). "Nightbird" is # 8 (down from # 6).

Greg EIS:

Hello!

Apologies for the multiple email updates this week - but there's a lot of news!

¨ Thursday UK Midweek Chart Update

'Breathe' is holding onto the number 4 spot!!

¨ Andy Guest On BBC 6 Music

Andy will be a guest reviewer on BBC6 Music's music review show 'Roundtable' on Friday 7th Jan at 18:00 - 19:00 (GMT).

BBC 6 Music can be heard via these various methods:

BBCi Website : http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/index.shtml
Freeview : Channel 77
Sky Digital : Channel 870
Telewest Digital Cable : Channel 909
NTL Digital Cable : Channel 865

Roundtable : http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/roundtable/

¨ North American 'Nightbird' Parties

Starting from the 11th of January, quite a few 'Nightbird' parties are being organised to celebrate the forthcoming release of the new album:

11/Jan/05 - New York - Networks at XL
21/Jan/05 - Sacramento - Faces
22/Jan/05 - Minneapolis - Bolt
22/Jan/05 - San Diego - Bacchus House
26/Jan/05 - Las Vegas - Hamburger Mary's
26/Jan/05 - New York - The Monster
27/Jan/05 - Austin - Rain
27/Jan/05 - St. Louis - Amp
27/Jan/05 - Los Angeles - Smack
28/Jan/05 - Ft. Lauderdale - Georgie's Alibi
28/Jan/05 - Pittsburgh - The Eagle
28/Jan/05 - St. Petersburg - Celebrity
28/Jan/05 - Providence - Mirabar
28/Jan/05 - Houston - JR's
29/Jan/05 - Chicago - Edge
29/Jan/05 - Cleveland - Deco
29/Jan/05 - Washington, DC - Green Lantern
29/Jan/05 - Seattle - Neighbours
29/Jan/05 - Nashville - Tribe
29/Jan/05 - Denver - Dream
29/Jan/05 - San Antonio - Bonham Exchange
29/Jan/05 - San Francisco - Mezzanine
29/Jan/05 - Rehoboth, DE - Partners
02/Feb/05 - Cincinnati - Hamburger Mary's
04/Feb/05 - Los Angeles - Oasis
04/Feb/05 - Philadelphia - Key West
05/Feb/05 - Miami - Boulevard
05/Feb/05 - Los Angeles - Hamburger Mary's
10/Feb/05 - Dallas - Station 4

¨ Sweden 'Nightbird' Party

And here's another one!

There will be a celebration on 21st Jan in Gothenburg - Sweden, to celebrate the release of the new album.

The name of the club is 'Romo Night', there will be some giveaways, a quiz and some Erasure DJing by Johan Billing.

Romo Night : http://www.romonight.com
Johan Billing : http://www.diskodiktator.com

Thanks to Johan for the information!

¨ Amazon UK 'Breathe' Stock Issues

Thank you to all those that have emailed in the issues that Amazon seem to be having with the 'Breathe' single (they're quoting 2 weeks for delivery) - the issues have been forwarded to Vital who are sorting it out.

¨ Erasure Live! DVD - Not Being Released

Several websites (including Play.com & Amazon UK) are advertising a DVD from Revelation Films Ltd titled "Erasure Live", with a release date of the 21st February 2005.

Unfortunately the DVD is *not* going to be released.

That's all I know at this point - I don't even know what the content of the DVD was going to be! I'll try and find out more information for a future update.

¨ US Tour Ticket Sale Date

I don't have exact details yet - but the tickets for the North American dates won't be on sale *before* the 14th January.

Ticketmaster are advertising the New York venues on their website:

Ticketmaster : http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/735018/

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Hello!

Today's update deals almost exclusively with 'Breathe', but I make no apologies for that!

¨ Breathe UK Mid Week Chart Position...

The current (as of Tuesday) midweek chart position for 'Breathe' in the UK is..

(insert drum roll)

Number Four!

Woohoo!!

Remember if you haven't yet purchased Breathe, then make sure that you do so this week so that it counts for this Sundays chart.

Woohoo!! (sorry - couldn't help it...)

¨ Belfast 'Breathe' Stock Issues

EMI have been having stock problems in Belfast, which is why some people may have been unable to purchase 'Breathe'. Well the problem is currently being resolved and the Virgin store in Belfast received their stock today (Wednesday) and have put it out on the shelves.

If any other EIS members have encountered stock problems in their local stores then please let me know.

¨ 'Breathe' E-Card

I've received a few emails from EIS members enquiring if Erasure E-Cards could be created. E-Cards are micro sites / html emails that are sent to friends and colleagues to help promote a new release. So I thought that wasn't a bad idea!

So here's one for 'Breathe':

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/ecard

Simply fill in the details on the 'send to a friend' section - and an email will be forwarded to people directing them to the micro site to enable them to hear a clip of 'Breathe' and watch the video.

A US centric one (tailored for the maxi-single) will be online shortly. I'll also have to brush up on my Flash skills and do a funkier one for the next single ;)

¨ US 'Breathe' Clip

And talking of the North American maxi-single, a clip of the Peter Heller mix is now available online for your enjoyment!

EIS : http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/singles/breathe.html

¨ German 'Nightbird' Release Parties

There are two 'Nightbird' release parties coming up in Germany later this month, for further details check out the erasure.de website:

http://www.erasure.de/erasure/news/detail.php?nr=1608&kategorie=news

¨ Mute North American Website

The Mute North American Website has recently gone live:

http://www.mute.com

Click on the N. America icon at the top right corner.

¨ Further Online Reviews / Interviews

Billboard :
http://www.billboard.com/bb/feature/index.jsp

Same article published on Yahoo / Reuters:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050105/325/f9p07.html

Indie London:
http://www.indielondon.co.uk/music/mu_recommended_cd_singles.html

Planet Out:
http://www.planetout.com/content/gauge/...

¨ Digimpro Breathe Mixes

Many of you have been creating your own mixes of 'Breathe' by using the mixing software that is present on CD2 of the 'Breathe' single.

If you would like your creation to be made available online for others to hear via the EIS website then feel free to email your MP3's in!

Please include the name of your mix and to whom it should be credited to, or provie a link to a website where I can download it.

I'll come up with a prize for the best mix!

¨ Radio News

South West London's Radio Jackie (107.8FM) have added Breathe (The LMC Radio Edit) to their 'A' list this week.

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Hello, and welcome to the first EIS Update of 2005!

And what a year 2005 is going to be! With the forthcoming tour, new album and single all happening soon, I'm sure I share your excitement in what the next 12 months are going to bring.

I was going to do a review of the past year. But fear not - I decided not to ramble on about that in todays update. I'm going to ramble on about 'Breathe' instead! Ha!

¨ 'Breathe' - 3rd January!

Yes, the wait is *almost* over - the three format (2CDs & DVD) release of 'Breathe' is out in two days!

With great feedback from radio stations, clubs, NME magazine (yes I was as shocked as you were!) and the addition of 'Breathe' being added to the BBC Radio 2 A-List for the week of release, the signs are looking good for this single to be a major success for Erasure.

How great is all this?

So any thoughts on the chart position? Top 15? Top 10? Even top 5?

Well being a brand new single, from a brand new album of original songs, I certainly feel that it deserves to chart higher than the 2003 releases - so let's make that happen!!

A word of warning though - some retailers (such as supermarkets) tend to only stock only one of the three single formats (usually CD1), and some retailers no longer sell CD singles at all (e.g. WH Smiths).

A good place to find the single in the UK will be your local Virgin Megastore or HMV (this is based on personal experience - this isn't an endorsement). Of course one can purchase the single online - sales from Amazon UK will count towards the UK chart only if the CDs are shipped to a UK postal address.

Now I'm not going to go on and on about how important a high chart position is for Nightbird's debut single, as I should think that would be fairly obvious, but suffice to say, lets help it get *at least* Top 10 and enjoy the results...

Breathe: http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/singles/breathe.html
HMV: http://www.outletlocator.co.uk/hmv
Virgin: http://www.virginmegastores.co.uk/pws/StoreFinderHome.vms
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk
BBC Radio 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

¨ Video Message!

A brief video clip of Andy, Ann-Marie and Val which was recorded at the video shoot for 'Breathe' is now available for your viewing pleasure!

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

¨ Local Radio Stations

There is a good resource of UK local radio stations contact details (phone / email) here:

EIS Forum: http://www.erasureinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4315

for those that would like to request 'Breathe' being played on their local station.

¨ EIS Web Updates

A 60 second clip of the 'Breathe' (Acoustic Version) track (taken from the Ltd Ed 'Breathe' single) can be found here:

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/singles/breathe.html

Lyrics to the 'Nightbird' song 'I'll Be There' have also been added here:

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/albums/nightbird.html

¨ Radio / Web / Print Interviews

The US magazine 'Instinct' will be publishing an interview with Andy in their February 2005 edition.

John Marshall from Lincs FM recently interviewed Andy, and the interview is due to be broadcast on Sunday 2nd Jan 2005. However Jon has kindly
provided the EIS with the full unedited interview which is available within the EIS interview section. Warning - contains tour spoilers!

EIS: http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/interviews.html
Web: http://www.lincsfm.co.uk

A German interview conducted by Tom Gosses, Jens Hoehner and Stefan Puntek is available online, and was conducted shortly before the Red, Hot & Dance charity performance in Hamburg.

Web: http://home.arcor.de/timhoehner/erasure.htm

Andy and Vince are due to appear on local radio station Essex FM on the morning of Sunday 1st January 2005 within James Bassems show sometime between 10:00 & 12:00.

Essex FM's frequency is 102.6 and 96.3 FM.

Thanks to Vicki Hipwell for that information.

Web: http://essexfm.musicradio.com/homepage.jsp

¨ TV Appearances

Andy will be featured on the German television programme 'Anders Trend', which will be shown on RTL on the 3rd Jan 2005 at 23:30.

RTL can be received outside of Germany for those with (generally non-Sky Digital) dishes pointed at the Astra 1F & 1H satellites at 19.2'E, in both digital and analogue formats.

Plus a reminder that Erasure will be performing 'Breathe' on Des & Mel on ITV1, on 10th Jan at 17:00.

RTL: http://www.rtl.de/tv/tv-programm.php
ITV1: http://www.carlton.com/desandmel

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ "Breathe" Out Now!

New long-awaited Erasure single "Breathe" is out now in UK and all across the Europe. The single available in three different parts. "Breathe" is the first single from new Erasure album "Nightbird" which is due for release 24 January.

"Breathe" CD1		"Breathe" CD2		"Breathe" DVD

¨ "Breathe" On BBC Radio 2 Playlist

"Breathe" has been moved from list 'B' to list 'A' on BBC Radio 2 which means it will be played around 20 times each week.

¨ "The Erasure Show" - New North American Dates?

Here is a snippet from North American press release about Erasure's US tour dates:

"ERASURE ANNOUNCES US TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF NIGHTBIRD

Catch the sirs of synth pop Live!

With their musical legacy firmly established and unmistakable sound influencing a whole new generation of musicians, Erasure return with their latest opus entitled, Nightbird which will be released through Mute on January 25, 2005. We are pleased to announce the first batch of dates from their Spring tour, “The Erasure Show”, which kicks off on April 14th and includes special multiple-show engagements such as five consecutive nights at Irving Plaza in New York, 3 nights at Avalon in Los Angeles, and 3 nights at San Francisco's The Independent. A full tour schedule is on the back of this release."

¨ Andy Bell On German TV

Andy will be featured on the German television programme "Anders Trend", which will be shown on RTL on the 3rd January 2005 at 23:30 (German time).

¨ New Erasure Interview

The new interview with Erasure has been published at icWales website. Here are several interesting snippets from it:

"For the past two years Vince, 43, has been ensconced in New York, where he's lived with Tracey, his girlfriend, and now wife.

The couple recently married, Vince says, recalling the ceremony with a smile.

"We went in on the Friday to Brooklyn Town Hall, the license was 35 dollars," says Vince. "Then we went down on the Monday, got married in 25 seconds before going down the pub, just the two of us."

"We didn't tell anybody, we just went and did it and then phoned everybody afterwards. It was great. People were a bit disappointed but I think everyone was pleased for us. For me it was the perfect way to do it."

"...1992 was a spectacular year for the band as they embarked on their Phantasmagorical Entertainment tour - which featured on the band's recent DVD release The Tank, The Swan And The Balloon Live! - and broke records by selling out 15 dates at London's Hammersmith Apollo.

"I can't stand looking at footage from that time," laughs Vince. "It's weird. I'm there with the fast forward button. Maybe in 20 years time it will be cute and I'll think it's interesting but it's too close at the moment. I'm just thinking, 'Oh my God what was I wearing?'."

"Neither of us were saints, that's for sure," adds Vince. "It maybe affected Andy more, he went through a down period and that. But it didn't affect our relationship. There's always the next day and things get better and brighter. I never lost hope or thought that it would be the end of us."

These days things are very different. "We're more sensible," says Andy. "Which comes with age I think. When we go out with each other now we look out for each other rather than scouting round looking for what's going on. We make sure nothing untoward happens to the other one."

The band will be hitting the road in February and, as ever, the shows will be ostentatious, full of glamour and, no doubt, rollicking good fun.

"We're going to do a mix of everything," says Vince. "I don't mind doing the old stuff. Andy gets a bit tired of it but I love it. The show is going to be a set based around an enchanted forest and Andy's going to be some kind of weird Elvis Presley figure. I'll probably end up as Gandalf," he laughs.

"But I love it, I totally love Andy's ideas. He's full of surprises. If I think about set designs I'm thinking about science fiction, something futuristic and electronic-themed. Then Andy comes up with something like the enchanted forest idea and I'm like, 'Oh yeah that's good'. He's such a great showman and looks so good on stage, I love it."

Read the full text here.

¨ Find 5 Differences

Below are the two pictures. The first one was made in 2002 for promo session of Pet Shop Boys' album "Release". The second one was made in 2004 for promo session of Erasure's album "Nightbird". Find 5 differences.

Pet Shop Boys 2002		Erasure 2004