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"Nightbird" Review In "OM" Magazine
 Russian
magazine "OM" has published a review of "Nightbird" in its latest
issue (# 91 March 2005).
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New Interview With Andy
PlanetOut website has published the new
interview with Andy in which he reveals some interesting facts and
also discusses about Boy George, Elton John, George Michael and
Eminem. Here are several interesting snippets:
"Q: You've been doing this for a
couple of decades now. Do you ever feel that if you sing, for
instance, "A Little Respect" one more time you'll go mad?
A: It feels a little bit like that,
because you know the whole list of songs by heart. We've got 24
songs, and then six extra ones to make it more interesting for us - especially for New York, where we're doing 10 shows. Lots of people
come to all the shows, so we do this so it's not so boring for them
as well.
Q: Your queer pop-star peers [Boy
George, Elton John, George Michael] have a high-profile feud going
on. How have you managed to stay out of the fray?
A: We've never been part of their clique; they've never included us.
I don't know - maybe they're scared of us. We never get invited to
their dinners or their parties.
Q: A problem Boy George has with
Elton John is that Sir Elton performed with Eminem at The Grammys.
How do you feel about it?
A: Oh, I think it's fine. You just really have to have a good sense
of humor. If Eminem asked me to perform with him I would do so. I
think it's a really good thing if enemies can get together.
Q: Speaking of working with other artists, there's word that you're
going to be working with Scissor Sisters on a single.
A: I've just completed a solo album, which hopefully will be out by
the end of this year. I sent a song to [Scissor Sisters front man]
Jake Shears, which he really loved, and he said he wants to do it.
We're looking to find some studio time while I'm in New York, so we
can get it together.
I think the song will be called "I Thought It Was You," but I'm not
sure.
Q: Any words of wisdom you want to
share with your young fans?
A: You don't have to belong to any peer group whatsoever. You are
you, and you don't have to be anybody you don't want to be. [Laughs]
But it would be nice if you were an Erasure fan."
Read the full interview
here.
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"The Erasure Show" - Berlin Gig
Several changes for Berlin gig 26th
March. New song in setlist - "Victim Of Love" instead of "Phantom
Bride". Andy was wearing a red 'Elvis' costume. Here are a selection
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Set list of the gig was as follows
(thanks to John
Moss for the info):
01. Mr. Gribber And His Amazing Cat
(Intro)
02. No Doubt
03. Hideaway
04. Victim Of Love
05. Knocking On Your Door
06. The Circus
07. Breathe
08. Ship Of Fools
09. Drama!
10. At This Time Still Falling Out Of Love
11. Stop!
12. Rapture (Vinces telephone rings before his rap)
13. Ave Maria
14. Breath Of Life
15. A Little Respect
16. I Broke It All In Two
17. Chains Of Love
18. Chorus
19. Love To Hate You
20. Blue Savannah
21. Always
22. Who Needs Love Like That
23. Oh L'Amour (Andy sings the words "West End Girls" to start)
24. I Bet You're Mad At Me
25. Sometimes
Greg
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UK Singles Chart
Another Top 20 hit for Erasure!
'Don't Say You Love Me' is at number 15 on the UK singles chart.
Top 40:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml
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Erasure In-Store Appearance In New York
Saturday 16th April at 4pm, Erasure
will make a special in-store appearance at Border's Columbus Circle
in New York, to sign copies of the new album Nightbird.
Drop by to meet Andy and Vince, and to enter to win a pair of
tickets to their sold-out show that night on April 16th!
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Stars In Their Eyes
Congratulations to Jim Clarke who
came 4th in the 'Stars In Their Eyes' final on Saturday.
If anyone missed the video message that Andy recorded for Jim, it
may be seen here:
Treasure:
http://www.erasureinfo.com/treasure/bitsandpieces.html
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Erasure Themed Night / Parties
There are several German Erasure
themed events coming up, check out erasure.de for full details.
Erasure.de:
http://www.erasure.de/erasure/news/detail.php?nr=1713&kategorie=news
Plus a US one:
26th April (Chicago) (Subject To Confirmation)
http://www.planetearthchicago.com
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DSYLM Competition
The ability to create your own mix of
'Don't Say You Love Me' via the website (as announced in EIS Update
#19) is proving to be very popular - so how about a competition
based on it?
Simply visit
www.erasuredownload.com and tell me what you need to click
on to make Andy lay back... If you play around with this website
then that question will make sense!
Simply reply back to this email with your answer and put the phrase
'dsylm competition' as the subject heading in your email (if you
don't then your entry will be ignored).
Fifteen correct entries will be pulled out of the virtual hat and
will win a prepaid code which will enable you to download a self
created mix for free.
Closing date for entries is 31st March (13:00).
Regards
Greg
Erasure Information Service
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