Extra! Extra! New Erasure Single On The Way!

Here is a short quote from today's Planet Clique newsletter:

"Finally, Manhattan Clique have been busy working on a host of remixes including new singles from Erasure, Russia's biggest selling female artist Valeriya and keeping it truly international, Mylene Farmer."

Andy Bell At "True Colors" Tour 2008

As was announced, Andy Bell performed live at some concerts of the "True Colors" tour 2008. Andy sung 8 songs, most of them was remixed version, including the new version of "Chains Of Love" and new version of "Early Bird" (duet with Cyndi Lauper).

Here is the set list of Andy's performance (in no particular order):

1. Blue Savannah (Der Deutsche Mix I Edit)
2. Caught In A Spin
3. Electric Blue
4. I Could Fall In Love With You (Monteverde Radio Edit)
5. Chains Of Love (New Remix)
6. Oh L'Amour (Kenny Hayes Remix Edit)
7. A Little Respect
8. Early Bird - with Cyndi Lauper (New Remix)

At the encore all artists, including Cyndi Lauper, The B 52's, Andy Bell and others came on stage and sung their rendition of the Sly & The Family Stone's hit "Everyday People".

Click on the song name above to watch the live video (hosted on Youtube). Here's a pic of Andy's new t-shirt, available at the "True Colors" concerts (thanks to cal):

Exclusive Video From Yazoo

Click here to watch an amazing and funny backstage video of Alison and Vince performing a song.

Go, Vince!

US Yaz Concert To Be Broadcasted On Satellite Radio

The July 10th concert Yaz played at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, California has been recorded to be re-aired on Richard Blade's Sirius Radio Show. The band was introduced by Richard Blade, famous host of 1980's hit station KROQ Los Angeles, and who is now hosting his own show on Sirius Satellite Radio. Below is the complete setlist for the one hour and a half show:

1. Nobody's Diary
2. Bad Connection
3. Mr. Blue
4. Good Times
5. Tuesday
6. Ode To Boy
7. Goodbye 70's
8. Too Pieces
9. In My Room
10. Softly Over
11. Walk Away From Love
12. I Before E Except After C (Interlude)
13. State Farm
14. Sweet Thing
15. Winter Kills
16. Midnight
17. Unmarked
18. Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)
19. Don't Go
20. Only You
21. Situation

The concert will be broadcast on Sirius four times during the week beginning the 4th of August. More details to follow.

Mute Documentary On XFM

Formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller, Mute Records was launched as a means for Miller to release his own material. It soon became the biggest vanity label in the world...

Click here to listen the special programme dedicated to Mute Records originally broadcasted on XFM earlier this month. Andy Bell also took part in this programme, he can be listened at around 6:00.

EIS Newsletter: "Yaz 'In Your Room' North American Release"

Hello

In this Friday's newsletter:

- Yaz 'In Your Room' North American Release
- Fan Gallery Updated
- Alison Moyet 'The Turn' North American Release
- The Erasure Shop: New Items
- Recent Yaz Press

'In Your Room' North American Release

The 4 disc Yaz boxset 'In Your Room' is released this week in North America.

Featuring:
 * Remasters and 5.1 mixes of both Yaz's classic albums Upstairs At Eric's and You And Me Both.
 * B-sides and remixes.
 * DVD featuring a new short film containing exclusive new interviews with Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet and the promo videos for Don't Go, The Other Side Of Love, Nobody's Diary, Situation (1990) and Only You (1999).

The boxset is available from large music retailers including Amazon (US), Tower.com, Virgin Megastore and Barnes & Noble.

The track listing is identical to the UK / European version of 'In Your Room'. The individual remastered editions of 'Upstairs At Eric's' and 'You And Me Both' will be released later in the year by Mute/Warner.

Amazon (US): http://www.amazon.com/Your-Room-Yaz...
Tower.com: http://www.tower.com/in-your-room-yaz-cd/wapi/112189037

Fan Gallery Updated

Many photos have been added to the fan gallery, including a selection of exclusive images from an early Yazoo 'In Your Room' photoshoot.

Fan Gallery: http://www.erasureinfo.com/gallery/fan_yazoo_index.html

More photos are being added all the time, so keep an eye out for any that you may have emailed in.

Alison Moyet 'The Turn' North American Release

Alison Moyet's most recent album 'The Turn' is released this week by W14 Music in North America on CD and digital download, and is available from US retailers such as Amazon (US), Tower.com and Barnes & Noble.

The Erasure Shop: New Items

Due to popular demand, a selection of Alison Moyet albums including 'The Turn', 'Voice', 'Singles / Live (double CD)' and 'One Blue Voice (DVD)' are now available from 'The Erasure Shop, as well as Vince Clarke & Martyn Ware's 'Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle' and the pop-up castle version of Erasure's 'I Say I Say I Say' album.

In addition a new cheaper 'surface mail' postal option has been added for those ordering outside the UK.

www: http://shop.lexermusic.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=29&pg=1

Recent Yaz Press

- "Reconciled Yaz Reconnects With Fans" (By Charlie Amter, Los Angeles Times)
LATimes.com: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...

- "Synth-Pop Legend Yaz Brings Back Its '80s Magic" (By Jim Harrington, Contra Costa Times)
ContraCostaTimes.com: http://www.contracostatimes.com...

- "Reunited Brits Still Make The Best Dance Music" (By Scott T. Sterling, Metromix)
MetroMix.com: http://losangeles.metromix.com/music...

Regards

Greg

(See you at 'The Beacon Theatre' (NYC) on the 19th!)

Erasure Information Service
web: www.erasureinfo.com
forum: www.erasureforum.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/erasureofficial

Yazoo Newsletter: "Yaz 'In Your Room' North American Release"

Hello

- 'In Your Room' North American Release
- Fan Gallery Updated
- Alison Moyet 'The Turn' North American Release
- "Reconciled Yaz Reconnects With Fans"
- "Synth-Pop Legend Yaz Brings Back Its '80s Magic"
- "Reunited Brits Still Make The Best Dance Music"

'In Your Room' North American Release

The 4 disc Yaz boxset 'In Your Room' is released this week in North America.

Featuring:
 * Remasters and 5.1 mixes of both Yaz's classic albums Upstairs At Eric's and You And Me Both.
 * B-sides and remixes.
 * DVD featuring a new short film containing exclusive new interviews with Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet and the promo videos for Don't Go, The Other Side Of Love, Nobody's Diary, Situation (1990) and Only You (1999).

The boxset is available from large music retailers including Amazon (US), Tower.com, Virgin Megastore and Barnes & Noble.

The track listing is identical to the UK / European version of 'In Your Room'.  The individual remastered editions of 'Upstairs At Eric's' and 'You And Me Both' will be released later in the year by Mute/Warner.

Amazon (US): http://www.amazon.com/Your-Room-Yaz...
Tower.com: http://www.tower.com/in-your-room-yaz-cd/wapi/112189037

Fan Gallery Updated

Many photos have been added to the fan gallery, including a selection of exclusive images from an early 'In Your Room' photoshoot.

Fan Gallery: http://www.yazooinfo.com/fangallery.html

Alison Moyet 'The Turn' North American Release

Alison Moyet's most recent album 'The Turn' is released this week by W14 Music in North America on CD and digital download.

Track Listing:
1. One More Time
2. Any Time At All
3. The Man In The Wings
4. Can't Say It Like I Mean It
5. It's Not The Thing Henry
6. Fire
7. The Sharpest Corner (Hollow)
8. World Without End
9. Home
10. Smaller
11. A Guy Like You

It is available from US retailers such as Amazon (US), Tower.com and Barnes & Noble.

Amazon (US): http://www.amazon.com/Turn-Alison-Moyet...
Tower.com: http://www.tower.com/turn-alison-moyet-cd/wapi/112173096

A selection of Alison Moyet albums including 'The Turn', 'Voice', 'Singles / Live' and 'One Blue Voice (DVD)' are also available for purchase online via 'The Erasure Shop:

www: http://shop.lexermusic.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=29&pg=1

"Reconciled Yaz Reconnects With Fans" (By Charlie Amter,
     Los Angeles Times)

"Yaz always did leave fans wanting more.

During the course of their brief but auspicious career in the early 1980s, the onetime Basildon, England-based duo released just two albums and three singles. Songwriter Vince Clarke and singer Alison Moyet never toured the United States outside of New York, and one of their best-loved hits in England, where they are known as Yazoo, "Don't Go," fades out around the 2+ minute mark.

Now, after a public split just as their record "You and Me Both" was released in 1983, the group is back to settle some unfinished business."

Continues at latimes.com
www: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news...

"Synth-Pop Legend Yaz Brings Back Its '80s Magic" (By Jim
     Harrington, Contra Costa Times)

"...Kicking off the show with the defiant torch-song anthem "Nobody's Diary," Yaz would deliver some 80 minutes' worth of synth-pop music that firmly connected with the crowd. The music was both nostalgic (leading people to remember all the times they had danced to these tunes in the past) and excitingly fresh (causing some to wonder when they had last heard a modern synth-pop track that was good as what Yaz turned out in the early '80s).

...As the final techno beat was absorbed into the art-deco walls, one thing was made abundantly clear: These fans never forgot Yaz."

Continues at contracostatimes.com
www: http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_9817904

"Reunited Brits Still Make The Best Dance Music" (By Scott T.
     Sterling, Metromix)

"You might not realize it, but chances are good that Vince Clarke has made you dance. A founding member of Depeche Mode and the mastermind behind more body-rocking hits than most realize, he left the then-fledgling synth-pop superstars to form a more manageable outfit, Yazoo (known in America as Yaz due to a copyright dispute).

Clark teamed up with powerhouse vocalist Alison Moyet, and the duo cemented their legend upon release of Yazoo's debut single, the tender ballad "Only You." That hit was backed with the timeless dance-floor scorcher "Situation" (which was recently remixed by buzz dance band of the moment Hercules and Love Affair). Combining Clarke's perky analog beats with Moyet's soulful wail, Yazoo went on to record two instant-classic albums - "Upstairs at Eric's" in 1982 and the more melancholy "You and Me Both" in 1983, dropping such singles as "Don't Go" and "Nobody's Diary."

Continues at metromix.com
www: http://losangeles.metromix.com...

Regards

Greg
Yazoo Information Service
web: www.yazooinfo.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/yazooofficial

Happy Birthday To Vince!

Erasure.ru wishes Happy Birthday to Vince, who is turning 48 today!

New Video From Vince

Vince put the new short video up to his Youtube page. The video, which is the short animation, is called "Smoking Robot":

Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1NFWCAigE

Yazoo - Plymouth Show Has Been Cancelled

As you probably know, Yazoo cancelled their gig in Plymouth, 16th June. Here is the official statement:

"Unfortunately due to personal reasons, Yazoo have had to cancel their Plymouth Pavilions performance scheduled for Monday 16th June. Both Alison and Vince extend their deepest apologies to all fans who had purchased tickets. A full refund will be given."

Yazoo Prints For Sale

Joe Lyons, Yazoo's photographer on the "Upstairs At Eric's", "Don't Go" covers and the recent reunion releases have posted the following message at Alison Moyet forum:

"I have read on here and on other forums how people have loved the Yazoo sleeves and that they are iconic images for so many. I have been asked a number of times if I would consider making them available for purchase and after discussion with Mute I am proud to say that two sets of prints are now available for purchase.

The first set is the original artwork for Upstairs at Erics and the Don't Go front and back cover. The second set is the recent release images from Nobody's Diary, In Your Room box and the Reconnected EP.

All the images will be printed on A1 size heavy weight, museum cotton rag paper and more importantly dispatched flat in a box. These will be a limited worldwide release of 200 and each set will be hand numbered and signed by myself. I hope for those that are able to purchase them they will make a grand statement in your home and hope that you enjoy them.

You can purchase them through my website http://www.joe-lyons.co.uk"

Note, that each image is now available separately for £80 + £5 P&P.

Article / Interview With Yazoo And Another Review

Click here to read an article / interview with Yazoo for "Metro" newspaper.

Review of the Manchester show from "The Guardian" can be read here.

Yazoo Stage Screens

Those of you who attended on Yazoo shows know that they have two large screens on stage, one each behind Vince and Alison. According to them, the visuals for this screens has been produced by Mark Video.

Yazoo Tour Book

Here is a link to Flickr, if you you click it you'll be able so see the scans of the Yazoo "Reconnected" tourbook.

Support Act For Yazoo In Costa Mesca

The legendary new wave english band The Psychedelic Furs will support Yazoo in Costa Mesca, USA, 24th July.

Yaz - "In Your Room" Box Set US Press Sheet

Here is the press sheet for Yazoo's "In Your Room" box set release in USA (click on image to enlarge):

Reviews Of Yazoo Gigs

Click here to read the review of Yazoo gig in Dublin.

The one about Glasgow gig:

"Performing on a minimalist stage of high-tech steel and neon, the 46-year-old Moyet slipped easily into turbo-throated blues-diva mode, while the 47-year-old Clarke remained comically motionless and poker-faced behind his computer screen."

Click here for the Newcastle review and here for another one from Glasgow.

Nottingham review: www.thisisnottingham.co.uk...
Brighton review: www.shorehamherald.co.uk...
Wolverhampton review: www.stourbridgenews.co.uk...

And finally - here is the review of the London gig.

Hercules And Love Affair Interview

This year's pop sensation Hercules And Love Affair again mentioned Alison Moyet and Yazoo in their interview:

"Antony and I had always talked about how much we loved Yazoo and Alison Moyet, but we didn't think about it when we recorded Blind. We just did it in a couple of hours, and we were shocked when the vocal turned out so much like Moyet."

Click here to read the interview in full.

Interviews With Vince Clarke

Twenty five years after splitting up, Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke have reunited as Yazoo for a two-month tour of Europe and the USA. Speaking to EG's Mike Atkinson from his home in Portland, Maine, Vince Clarke looks back on Yazoo's brief but remarkable career.

Click here to read the interview.

Vince has also recently gave an interview to Advocate.com, which they entitled "The Godfather of Electro-pop" - you may read it here.

And this is another Vince interview, this time for Erasure.de.

The National Aids Trust Celebration

The National Aids Trust has recently celebrated their 21st anniversary at Home House, the private members club in London. NAT is a leading independent policy and campaigning voice on HIV and AIDS.

The anniversary celebrations saw high profile guests, which included Erasure's Andy Bell, one of the first pop stars to come out as gay. Bell also become one of the first pop stars to come out as being HIV.

Interviews With Alison Moyet

Click here to read Alison Moyet interview for Billboard and here to read her interview for Western Morning News.

Another one interview with Alison: www.expressandstar.com...

Interview With Andy Bell

Here are some interesting quotes from the recent interview with Andy Bell:

"I had regrets about doing the ABBA thing," says Bell, the duo's vocalist. "I was very obsessive about them. I love their songs, and since then, there seems to be a resurgence in the whole ABBA thing. But we drowned in it quite a bit. It was hard to re-establish ourselves or make people realize we were songwriters in our own right."

"He [Vince] is a great adviser. He's great at getting tour funds together and things like that. When it comes to promotion, his sense of humor is amazing. It's a bit lonely being on your own, because I have to do all these things on my own."

Click here to read the interview in full.

Interview With Yazoo

Click here to read another article / interview with Yazoo.