¨ Erasure.ru Exclusive - Interview With Steve Walsh

Recently Steve Walsh gave an exclusive interview to Erasure.ru which now can be found in the media section. Steve Walsh is a producer and multi-instrumentalist who has worked with Erasure on the albums "Nightbird" and "Union Street". He has also been on "Erasure Acoustic" tour with Andy and Vince in 2006. Steve talks about recording of the two latest Erasure albums, recent "Erasure Acoustic" tour and other things.

¨ Erasure.ru Goes On Vacations

Erasure.ru goes on vacations until 24th July. Best wishes and see you in July. Thank you!

¨ Added Fortran 5 "Heart On The Line" Single Page

The page about Fortran 5 single "Heart On The Line" has been added to Discography (Vince Clarke side projects section).

¨ Added New Pics

Added details of: Rammstein's "Mann Gegen Mann" uk cd, "Union Street" uk and eu cds, "Love To Hate You" canadian cassette, "Chains Of Love" us promo vinyl, "Wild!" australian vinyl.

¨ Andy Bell To Perform Gay Games Opening

The City of Chicago announced that British pop superstar Andy Bell of Erasure would perform at the July 15 Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Gay Games. The announcement was made at the Mayor's annual Pride Reception, before more than 500 representatives of the lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender (LGBT) community at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Andy Bell will perform at the July 15 Opening Ceremony at Chicago's historic Soldier Field. Bell is just the latest star in the incredible lineup for the Gay Games VII Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Chicago organizers have previously announced performers include Cyndi Lauper, Margaret Cho, M People's Heather Small and others. Tickets are available online at Tickets.GayGamesChicago.org.

Gay Games VII Sports and Cultural Festival will take place 15-22 July 2006. Over 12000 athletes from more than 70 countries will compete in 30 sports ranging from softball to dancesport, swimming to tennis. The Gay Games was conceived by Dr. Tom Waddell, an Olympic decathlete, and was first held in San Francisco in 1982 with 1350 participants.

¨ Exclusive Erasure Videos

Some videos from the recent Erasure acoustic tour are available to watch at blueroom.att.com/mainstage/index.php. There are two videos with Erasure interview where Vince and Andy talk about their latest album, "Union Street" and their acoustic shows and favorite songs to perform live.

Also there are three videos with Erasure performing live songs "Boy", "Chains Of Love" and "Tenderest Moments" in Los Angeles (thanks to flatmyer for the link).

¨ "Boy" USA Promo CD

Here are the scans of "Boy" USA promo cd with exclusive "Boy (Brian Scheuble Master Mix)" (Mute Corporation; MUSDJ 188-2) (thanks to Funboy).

¨ Andy Bell Video Podcast

There is a free video podcast with highlights from the benefit "Wed-Rock" to promote gay marriage, including Alan Cumming, Andy Bell, Margaret Cho, Pink, Nina Hagen and more. The podcast features short interview with Andy and part of his performance with "Crazy" at Avalon, Los Angeles in November 2005. You can watch this podcast here.

¨ Harmful Bands

Here is a scan of the quite funny document from the year 1985, the time when the Soviet Union was still exist. This is an approximate list of bands and artists whose songs are ideologically harmful. This info was recommended to use for the increasing of control of the discos. The left part of the document is the list of the bands and artists while the right is what the band spreads propaganda about.

So, everyone should know that Tina Turner is spreading propaganda about sex, Blondie about punk and violence, Village People - violence, Donna Summer - erotism, Sparks - neofascism and racism, Depeche Mode - punk and violence, Yazoo - punk and violence. Click picture to enlarge.

Greg EIS - "EIS Summer Clearance"

Hello

¨ Andy Bell - "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" iTunes UK

The following mixes from Andy's recent single 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again' are now available via iTunes (UK):

1) I'll Never Fall In Love Again (Album Version)
2) I'll Never Fall In Love Again (Goetz Extended Mix)
3) I'll Never Fall In Love Again (Mr Do's Remix)
4) I'll Never Fall In Love Again (Jaded Alliance Remix)

iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects...

¨ EIS Summer Clearance

It is time for the yearly EIS office clear out, therefore additional items have been added to the EIS Shop, including:

- 'I Say I Say I Say' black teapots.
- ERAS-5 19 song promotional CDs (Only available when purchasing an 'Union Street' t-shirt - the EIS is unable to sell promotional CD's but it can include them for free with other items).
- A wide variety of tour / album t-shirts.

*Note*

- The items listed within the 'clearance' section are in *very* short supply, typically there is only 2-3 remaining of each item.

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

- If you want a ERAS-5 19 song promotional CD:

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

then you *must* order a 'Union Street' t-shirt at the same time, or else your order will be invalid.

There will be additional items added over the next few weeks, as space is needed in the office.

¨ EIS Website Updates

Since the last EIS Newsletter, 110 images have been added to the fan gallery, with additions to the 'Erasure Acoustic', 'Erasure Show', 'Other Tour', 'Phantasmagorical Tour', 'Milton Keynes Bowl' and ' An Evening With Erasure' sections.

The professional / press gallery has also be updated, with photos for 'Acoustic Tour / Live Here Now', 'Union Street', 'The Cowboy Tour', 'I Say I Say I Say' and 'The Phantasmagorical Tour' being added. Larger images of all the press photos are also available.

18 new fan created mixes have been added to the Fan Mixes section. The newly added mixes are listed in bold.

EIS Gallery: http://www.erasureinfo.com/gallery/index.html
EIS Fan Members Mixes: http://www.erasureinfo.com/treasure...

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ Added Yazoo "Don't Go" Single Page

The page about Yazoo single "Don't Go" has been added to Discography (Vince Clarke side projects section) (thanks to Patrick Aldag, Gena and Eugenio Lopez Gomez).

¨ Added New Pics

Added details of: "Acoustic Live" uk cd, "Boy" uk promo cdr, Andy Bell's "Crazy" german cd, "Here I Go Impossible Again / All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love" uk 'radio' promo cd, Rammstein's "Mann Gegen Mann" german cd.

¨ Andy Bell - "I’ll Never Fall In Love Again"

New Andy Bell single "I’ll Never Fall In Love Again" entered the Top 30 Independent Label Singles Chart at # 8.

¨ Jack FM Show - Videos

Videos of the recent Erasure mini show at Crash Mansion are available to watch at Jack FM website here. Setlist of the show:

1. Boy
2. Victim Of Love
3. Oh L'Amour
4. Breathe
5. Blue Savannah
6. Piano Song
7. Stop!
8. Chains Of Love
9. A Little Respect
10. Alien

¨ Mix Erasure Online!

London-based, digital music company Digimpro has launched YourSpins.com, an interactive music community where everyone can create their own unique mixes online.

The tracks created on YourSpins.com can be linked to and streamed across a range of media including eCards, blogs and web pages. The remixed tracks may be also sent directly to mobiles as ringtones. In addition to instant remixing, YourSpin.com's users are able to download original music tracks and podcasts of select remixes.

You may create your own remixes for two Erasure tracks: "Breathe" and "Here I Go Impossible Again". Follow the links below (thanks to Luciano Saul for the info):

"Breathe"
"Here I Go Impossible Again"