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Andy Bell Performed At Gay Games Opening
 Andy
Bell performed at Gay Games Opening in Chicago on 15 July in front
of more than thirty thousands people. Dressed in a purple jacket and
pants, gold high-heel boots and a white T-shirt with "Madonna!
Madonna! Madonna!" written in red sequins, he performed with two
backup singers the first of two songs ("Victim Of Love") to a
prerecorded instrumental track. About the middle of the program,
Andy came to the stage again and sang "A Little Respect".
Here is the link to the small video
with Andy performing (thanks to Mark Towns):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SCSwK5D8Dtg
The day earlier Andy Bell and Paul
Hickey were attending at GLAAD event at Circuit nightclub in
Chicago.
See pictures from both Gay Games
Opening and GLAAD event
here (thanks to ErasureKate).
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Equality Announces Los
Angeles Equality Awards
 Los
Angeles - Equality California’s (EQCA) 7th annual Los Angeles
Equality Awards - Celebrating the State of Equality - will celebrate
extraordinary and heroic contributions to the cause of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. The beautiful and historic
Beverly Hilton Hotel will host an expected 1,000 community leaders,
activists, politicians, and supporters of equality.
EQCA’s Equality Entertainment Award
will be presented to Andy Bell, lead singer of Erasure. Bell, who
publicly announced his battle with HIV in 2004, has been an out gay
performer for more than two decades and is one of the world’s first
openly gay pop stars. As part of the band Erasure, Bell topped the
charts with hits such as “Chains Of Love” and “A Little Respect,”
releasing five number one albums and a staggering 25 singles that
made their way into the Top 20. As a trailblazing gay public figure,
Bell has made a significant contribution to changing attitudes
toward members of the LGBT community, and continues to serve as a
role model for others both in and out of the spotlight.
 Event
Highlights:
Equality California's 2006 Los Angeles Equality Awards
Saturday, August 19, 2006
The Beverly Hilton Hotel
9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA
Regular and VIP tickets are available for $250 and $350
respectively. Tables of ten are available for $2,500 and $3,500
respectively.
Tickets:
http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=172334
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Gay Day Planned At
London Zoo
London Zoo is holding a special gay
day - featuring drag queens and a debate on homosexuality in the
animal kingdom. The event aims to promote gay and lesbian culture
and raise awareness of endangered wildlife at the same time.
Thousands of same-sex couples are expected to pour into Regent's
Park for the bash, called Gay Sunday at the Zoo.
High-profile gay celebrities have also been invited, including Sir
Elton John, Dale Winton, Graham Norton and Erasure singer Andy Bell.
Tickets for the September 17 event
will sell for £14.50 at the gate.
More details about the event can be
found
here.
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"Union Street" Review
In Cosmo
Russian edition of the "Cosmopolitan"
magazine has published a review of "Union Street". You can read it
online
here (in Russian).
Greg
EIS
- "Breathe Video Shoot / Website Updates" [07.07.06]:
Hello
It's been a while since the last
e-mail newsletter, however the website continues to be updated...
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EIS Website Updates
As things are fairly quiet news wise (as the band are busy writing
their next album) - I'm taking this opportunity to put live all the
content which has been sitting on my laptop for *ages*, such as this
very special EIS exclusive:
- Breathe Video Shoot Video
Available as Windows Media and Quicktime format videos, this is a
short (3 1/2min) video containing clips of footage taken from the
video shoot of the Breathe video.
Links are provided within the EIS News section:
http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/
- Other EIS Website Updates
Features: A pre-tour interview with Andy (with audio):
http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/interviews.html
Features: Three re-published articles from the old Private Ear
magazine:
http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/privateear.html
Features: Andy and Vince interviews / video footage for the 'Circus'
convention:
http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/conventions_02.html
Releases: The releases section has finally began to be updated, with
album details now available again:
http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/albums.html
Releases: Videos for the singles can be viewed online:
http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/videos.html
Treasure: A few additional video clips have been added:
http://www.erasureinfo.com/treasure/bitsandpieces.html
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Erasure: MySpace.com
Yes it finally had to happen, an official Erasure / EIS presence on
myspace.com.
Admittedly it is rather basic at present (it was created at 4am this
morning!) however it will be expanded, and feel free to add it to
your 'friends' list:
web:
http://www.myspace.com/erasureofficial
friend invite:
http://www1.myspace.com/reloc...
I am interested in your feedback in what you think could be added to
the myspace.com presence.
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EIS Shop Update - Poster Pack
Free with any orders of £20.00 (GBP) or more from the EIS Shop is
the following limited edition poster pack:
- 'Innocents' (folded) poster [w 29cm h 42cm] (Originally available
with early editions of the Innocents vinyl album.)
- 'A Little Respect' poster [w 42cm h 59cm]
- 'Chorus' (album) poster [w 50cm h 71cm]
- 'I Say I Say I Say' poster [w 48cm h 71cm]
- 'Run To The Sun' poster [w 49cm h 68cm]
- 'Loveboat' poster [w 69cm h 22cm]
- 'Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure' [w 50cm h 70cm]
As these posters were promotional items I'm afraid that they can not
be sold separately, only given away with other orders.
Please ensure that you add the poster pack to your basket if you
wish to receive it with your order (if it comes to £20.00 or more)
or else you will not receive it.
Note: The poster tubes (which are needed for shipping the posters
out) don't arrive until next week, so I won't be processing any
orders until they arrive.
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Andy Bell To Perform At Gay Games Opening Ceremony
As detailed on the EIS front page for a while now, Andy Bell will
perform at the July 15 Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Gay Games at
Chicago's historic Soldier Field.
The Games will feature 12,000 participants, competition in 30
sports, world-class athletes and artists, band and choral
performances, nightly medal ceremonies, a week-long arts festival,
parties, and spectacular opening and closing ceremonies featuring
entertainment, pageantry, and the parade of participants from more
than 70 countries.
For further information on the 2006 Gay Games, visit:
http://www.gaygameschicago.org
Tickets are available via
http://tickets.gaygameschicago.org
Regards
Greg
Erasure Information Service
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