EIS Newsletter:

Sziasztok

I've been getting loads of emails from people asking why Andy released 'Running Out' and 'Will You Be There?' under the name Mimó instead of using his own name so I thought I could save myself a lot of time if I answered that one here...

The idea behind the Mimó pseudonym for the first couple of tracks was basically for Andy to have a bit of fun, to see how people reacted to his new music without knowing who it came from and without all the preconceptions that people attach to anything that involves 'Andy Bell from Erasure'!

I should also mention that, as a result, 'Will You Be There?' in particular has received lots of specialist dance plays all over the place, including on Radio 1 and KISS in the UK. The next single and the album however will come out under Andy's name and I hope to have news on both of those releases very soon!

Erasure Album Update!

Vince and Andy are getting together in London this week to continue work on the new album and have promised that they will be Twittering regularly from the studio. You can follow their progress on Erasure's Twitter page, and all the Tweets will also be appearing on the Erasure Facebook page.

Andy Bell DJ Date In London

Andy will be playing a DJ set at The Eagle in Vauxhall, London on April 2nd. More details about that when I have them.

Erasure's 'Always' In TV Promoted Online Game

Cartoon Network has just launched an online game - 'Robot Unicorn Attack' - at that features Erasure's classic 'Always'. The track is also used in the TV commercials for the game that are currently running on Cartoon Network. Check out the website if you fancy a look (or a play!)...

Andy Bell New Solo Singles 'Running Out' & 'Will You Be There?'

You can still listen to both tracks on Andy's website, and of course they are available to download from the usual outlets.

'Will You Be There?' - iTunes UK / Amazon UK / Play.com

'Running Out' - iTunes UK / iTunes USA

'A Little Respect' Covered... Again!

Well it has been a couple of week's since I mentioned any covers of 'A Little Respect' so it should come as no surprise that there's a new one for you this week! This version comes from Alcazar's Magnus Carlsson... enjoy!

Andy Bell Back At 10 Downing Street

Andy attended a reception at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday evening (February 24th). The event - hosted by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown - took place to 'celebrate the contribution of the LGBT community to Britain'.

This week's newsletter greeting and farewell come from Hungary, courtesy of Iván (thank you), but I'm now running low on my stockpile of languages so please feel free to send over any suggestions!

Viszlát!

Richard

Erasure Information Service
www.erasureinfo.com

Andy Bell DJ Date In Dublin

Andy Bell will DJ at the relaunch of Dublin club The Dragon on February 25th.

The Dragon, 64/65 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2

Doors 8pm-3am. Admission €8 before 10pm then €10.

More DJ dates to be announced shortly!

Another Andy DJ Date

According to Andy's Twitter, another DJ gig coming up at the Eagle in Vauxhall, London, April 2nd.

Vince And Andy Working On New Erasure Album

Erasure are getting together this week to write for the new album... Vince and Andy will be Twittering their progress from Thursday and all the Tweets will also be appearing on the Erasure Facebook page!

Source: EIS

Erasure's Music Used In New Online Game And TV Commercials

Cartoon Network has just launched an online game - 'Robot Unicorn' - at AdultSwim.com that features Erasure's classic 'Always'. The track is also used in the TV commercials for the game that are currently running on Cartoon Network.

If you fancy a look (and a play!) then check out the website!

Source: EIS

"Get Set" - An Unreleased Yazoo Song

Back in 1983 Yazoo (Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet) recorded the theme song for BBC1 TV show "Get Set For Summer". The song did not get into Yazoo albums and remained unreleased. The "restored by Matt" version of "Get Set" is now available to listen and download in rather decent quality. Thanks to Matt!

EIS Newsletter:

Halløjsa!

Thank you so much for all your support on 'Will You Be There?', the reaction to Andy's new material under the Mimó name has been absolutely brilliant.

I have combined the Erasure and Andy Bell lists for this newsletter so that whether you're signed up to either one of the lists, or both (and I know a lot of you are!), then instead of your inbox filling up with the same information in several different emails you'll only receive it once... I know, I know, I'm just so good to you! :-)

Andy Bell Solo Single 'Will You Be There?' Out Now

You can still listen to 'Will You Be There?' on Andy's website (the Seamus Haji mix is proving to be particularly popular!), and of course it is available to download from the usual outlets in the UK and around Europe. To answer a couple of recurring questions following my last newsletter; The US release of 'Will You be There?' will be in March, and the single is a download release only and isn't available on CD.

Tracklisting:
1. Will You Be There? (Original Mix)
2. Will You Be There? (Seamus Haji Big Love Radio Edit)
3. Will You Be There? (French Horn Rebellion Mix)
4. Will You Be There? (Sonic C Vocal Mix)
5. Will You Be There? (Seamus Haji Big Love Remix Edit)

Download - iTunes UK / Amazon UK / Play.com

More Mimó Music!

I didn't mention this last week because I didn't want to overwhelm you with Andy Bell news and I wanted to focus on the release of 'Will You be There?', however 'Will You be There?' is actually the second release under the Mimó name, the first - entitled 'Running Out' - was released last year, mainly for clubs and media, and is also available to download via the usual online shops (including iTunes in the USA!). You can have an advance listen at Andy's website...

Tracklisting:
1. Running Out
2. Running Out (Fenech-Soler Remix)
3. Running Out (VEGA Italo Dub Mix)
4. Running Out (VEGA Italo Dub Mix Extended)

Download - iTunes UK / iTunes USA

Andy Bell Competition

Last week I announced a competition that would see three winners each receive a special bundle of left over 'Electric Blue' bits and pieces and I'm very pleased to announce that the three winners - selected randomly from everyone signed up for the Andy Bell email list - are Seth Sternberger (USA), Susan Hesketh (UK) and Michael Butler (Australia). Congratulations to the three of you, I have sent emails to you with all the details of how to claim your prizes!

Alison Moyet UK Dates

I also added approximately a million Alison Moyet dates to the Yazoo website this week (well, perhaps not a million but it's a LOT of shows!)... she's supporting Jools Holland and the tour goes pretty much everywhere in the UK if you fancy popping along to have a look. She is brilliant live and there's usually one or two Yazoo songs in the set!

Thank you to Carsten and Yngve who got in touch after last week's newsletter to say that the Danish greeting I used then - 'Det' - is not a greeting in common use in Denmark and suggesting a range of alternatives. To make up for that I'm using Danish again for the start and the end of this newsletter and I have chosen 'Halløjsa' as the greeting this week, mostly because it looks very Danish!

Farvel!

Richard

Erasure Information Service
www.erasureinfo.com

EIS Newsletter:

Det!

Today the veil of secrecy is lifted and I am very excited to be able to announce that Andy Bell's new single 'Will You Be There?' - released under the name of Mimó - is released in the UK this week (and in March in the USA)! I know that this is news that lots of you have been waiting patiently for (or perhaps, in some cases, rather impatiently... you know who you are!) so it's brilliant to be able to let the cat out of the bag at last!

Here you go...

Andy Bell Solo Single 'Will You Be There?' Released This Week!

Produced by pop maestro Pascal Gabriel (Dido, Kylie, Ladyhawke) and capturing the essence of the dance floor classics and unforgettable pop anthems that made his name, 'Will You Be There?' includes remixes by Seamus Haji, Sonic C and French Horn Rebellion, which push the boundaries of club classics. But don't take my word for it, you can have a listen for yourself at Andy's website. The single is available to download from all good online retailers including iTunes UK, Amazon UK and Play.com.

Why all the secrecy up until now? Well, Andy was keen to release his new solo material under a pseudonym and chose the name Mimó as a tribute to his friend Tomeau Mimó. Sadly however there is already a musician working as Mimo who has legally challenged Andy's right to use a variation of that name for this project, so from this point forwards all further releases will be come out under Andy's own name. More news about Andy's album very soon!

Vince Clarke Supports Depeche Mode's Teenage Cancer
    Trust Auction

Depeche Mode are auctioning twelve unique Hublot watches to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Each watch is a limited edition of one and each features album artwork from one of Depeche Mode's twelve studio albums. The watches are packaged in special boxes that include a photograph signed by all the members of the group who contributed to that album, which - in the case of the 'Speak & Spell' package - includes Vince Clarke. See Vince's website for more details.

25 Years Of Erasure Guestbook

Sherry, who runs one of the unofficial Erasure forums, has set up a page to collect messages for Vince and Andy to congratulate them on 25 years since the release of their first single. If you fancy contributing then you need to head on over to Sherry's website.

Andy Bell Competition Draw

With Andy's new solo project upon us this seemed like a good time to clear out the Electric Blue cupboard and run a quick draw that will see THREE winners each receive a bundle of bits and pieces from the Electric Blue project including some items autographed by Andy! The draw will take place on February 17th and the winners will be selected at random from the names signed up for the Andy Bell mailing list, so if you're not already subscribed for the Andy Bell newsletter then you need to get yourself signed up now. If you are already on the list then all you need to do it sit back and keep your fingers crossed!

Oh, and thank you to everyone who emailed me to say that they DID like Jody Watley's cover of 'A Little Respect', you have managed to balance the opinions nicely however to avoid it turning into a war of words I am consigning that one to history as of right now, let us never speak of it again!

This week's newsletter greeting and farewell are in Danish courtesy of Dennis, thanks Dennis.

Farvel!

Richard

Erasure Information Service
www.erasureinfo.com

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Erasure Item At Moscow Store

Last week an unusual Erasure related item has been spotted unexpectedly at one of the Moscow's stores. It is a plate produced of Erasure's "Crackers International" vinyl. See picture below:

Erasure Unboxed

Click here to watch how Alan Cross from Explore Music explores Erasure's "Total Pop!" box set.

Vince Clarke Supports Depeche Mode's Teenage Cancer
    Trust Auction

Depeche Mode are auctioning twelve unique Hublot watches to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Each watch is a limited edition of one and each features album artwork from one of Depeche Mode's twelve studio albums.

The watches are packaged in special boxes, each containing the watch alongside a deluxe vinyl version of that album; a USB key containing a digital edition of the album and documentary about the making of the album; an original album artwork print; a framed gold CD and a photograph signed by all the members of the group who contributed to that album, which - for 'Speak & Spell' includes Vince Clarke.

See Depeche Mode's website for more details.

Source: EIS

Andy Bell (Erasure) Newsletter:

Hello!

With lots of news in the pipeline I thought this would be a good time to send my first AndyBell.com email newsletter, just to give it a bit of an airing and check that everything still works! Fingers crossed, here goes...

Andy Bell To Headline European Gay Ski Week

Andy will be performing as part of the entertainment at this year's European Gay Ski Week which will take place at France's Tignes resort between March 20th and 27th. Andy will play at the prestigious Folie Douce party on the Thursday... a week's skiing and an evening with Andy all in one package! More details on Andy's website.

"Electric Blue" Clearout Draw

With Andy's new solo project almost upon us I thought this would be a good time to clear out the 'Electric Blue' cupboard and run a quick draw for three winners to each win a bundle of bits and pieces from the Electric Blue project consisting of a promotional CD copy of Electric Blue in rare DVD style packaging, autographed by Andy; a promotional CD of the 'Crazy' remixes, also autographed by Andy; both 'Crazy' single CDs and the 'Crazy' single DVD. The draw will take place on February 17th and there's more details on Andy's website!

Andy Bell Merchandise

Lexer Music still have the Electric Blue album available to buy online as well as all three formats of the Crazy single and a very small number of Andy Bell t-shirts left over from the 2008 True Colors tour so I suggest you head over to their website if you want a look at any of those items.

Andy Bell Mailing List

As this is the first Andy Bell email for some time it seems like the perfect time to check that the details we have for you on the database are still correct, so here goes... If you need to update those details then you can do so on the website using this link, just enter your details and the database will update your information for you.

Speak to you soon!

Cheers

Richard

Andy Bell Information Service
www.andybell.com