"The Tank, The Swan And The Balloon Live!" DVD
out 25th October

"The Erasure Show"
tour 2005

¨ "The Erasure Show" - Copenhagen Date Confirmed

Erasure will be performing live at Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark during their forthcoming "The Erasure Show" tour on 24th March. Check Vega website for more details (thanks to Jens for the info).

¨ "The Erasure Show" - Copenhagen Date?

It seems that Erasure will be performing live in Copenhagen, Denmark during their forthcoming "The Erasure Show" tour. Two dutch newspapers - "Urban" and "Metroexpress" wrote that Erasure will coming in Copenhagen 24th March. Tickets will go on sale 1st October (thanks to TenderestMoments for the info).

¨ "Breathe" Video

Greg of EIS have just confirmed that video for "Breathe" "being shot next week."

Greg EIS:

Hello!

Two bits of news I thought you would find interesting...

¨ Petr Muk - Mini Album

Petr Muk, singer and a former member of Czech pop band "Ocean" (who supported Erasure during the "Wild!" tour) will be releasing a solo mini-album called "Oh L'Amour" featuring cover versions of Erasure's songs.

The album will be out in November.

For further information see:

web: http://www.petrmuk.cz

(Thanks to Vasek for the information)

¨ Chicago Erasure/Yazoo Club Night

Another Planet Presents... Erasure/Yazoo Night

Dance all night to the music of Erasure and Yazoo (a.k.a.Yaz), with DJ Dave Roberts, Kristine, and guest DJ Tim.

date: Tues 28th Sept (10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m.)

venue: NEO 2350 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL

web: http://www.planetearthchicago.com

(Thanks to Timothy for the information - and he'll be the guest DJ!)

¨ EIS Website Update: Private Ear Revisited

A further article from an old Private Ear magazine has been published online which describes the work of Tamsin Manvell, Isobel Work and Lee Charteris on the Phantasmagorical Entertainment tour:

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/privateear.html

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Greg EIS:

Hello!

¨ The Erasure Show

The 2005 tour now has an official name - 'The Erasure Show' and not as previously named 'The Nightbird Tour', which was the "don't know what else to call it at the moment" name.

¨ Edinburgh Usher Hall

A quick update on the status of the Edinburgh Usher Hall tickets - we have just heard back from the promoter that the capacity of the venue has increased slightly - therefore further tickets are available.

date: 28 Feb 2005
venue: Scotland - Edinburgh Usher
web: http://www.cclive.co.uk
tel: 0131 228 1155

¨ Ask Erasure Updated

It's now Vince's turn to answer a selection of your questions.

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/index.html
(please refresh the page)

Remember questions can be submitted here:

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/contact/index.html

And make sure you do - or else Vince may send more of his joke's to publish online!

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ "The Tank..." DVD Catalogue Number

The catalogue number of european edition of forthcoming Erasure DVD "The Tank, The Swan And The Balloon Live!" is DVD ERAS 2 / 7243-544197-9 9. It is now available in some shops for pre-order.

¨ "Cher" Effect

Greg EIS: "The 'Cher' effect is only on one of the Nightbird tracks - which wasn't played at EIS '04."

¨ Added New Pics

Added details of: "Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)" german cd, "Hits! - The Very Best Of Erasure" argentinian cd (thanks to Gabriel Gonzalez), "Blue Savannah" german vinyl (thanks to Patrick Aldag), "Freedom" belgian cd (thanks to Patrick Aldag), "The Two Ring Circus" south african cd (thanks to Mike DePaz).

¨ Added New Links

Added three new links to Erasure record label's websites. These are "EMI Australia", "EMI Music Finland" and "Virgin Music New Zealand".

¨ Erasure.com.ru Competition - Coming Soon!

Almost three years ago Erasure.com.ru was launched as a small fan webpage dedicated to Erasure. Now it is time to celebrate a three year anniversary of Erasure.com.ru! During October we will be running a competition among all Erasure fans throughout the world! The details will be announced very soon.

¨ Vince Clarke And Freeform Five

Following the release of several highly acclaimed low-key vinyl only singles over the past few years London based four-piece Freeform Five release their debut album "Strangest Things" on October  18th.

After years of gaining acclaim for remixes of everything from Elton John’s "Are You Ready For Love?" to Xpress 2's "Lazy", the band have finally decided to make their own music, which they perform currently on tour.

The gigs features the electro sound of their debut album, "Strangest Things", with help from good friend Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, Vince Clarke of Erasure and Jamaican dancehall legend Bounty Killer.

Nick and school chum Anu Pillai, were in a band together as teens in East Durham, but only formed Freeform Five years later when they met up again in London and then attracted singers Cabba and Tamara Barnett-Herrin.

“Anu is the cool musical genius whereas I am just the idiot and get all excited if I hear our tunes,” laughs Nick. “It was the same at school, I was from a small village and into Erasure, while Anu’s tastes lay with cool stuff like the Pixies.

“That’s why it was bizarre working with Vince Clarke. He is amazing. Anu went to his ludicrous Bond villain-style studio which has every synthesizer ever made.”

The official Freeform Five website can be found here. Audio and video clips of Freeform Five can be found here.

¨ "The Tank, The Swan And The Balloon Live!" DVD Barcode

The barcode of european edition of forthcoming Erasure DVD "The Tank, The Swan And The Balloon Live!" is 7243-544197-9 9.

¨ Nightbird-Ish Adverts In Moscow

The new adverts of Moscow's "Familia" stores features an artwork looking very much like new Erasure "Nightbird" logo. You can see it below on the pictures taken in Moscow underground (thanks to Truckdriver for help).

¨ In_Vox Feat. Andy Bell Cd Single - German Release

In_Vox Feat. Andy Bell single "Will I Ever?" was released yesterday on cd in Germany. The tracklist is the same as on greek cd single:

4'04''   Will I Ever? (Chris "The Greek" Panaghi Radio Edit)
6'39''   Will I Ever? (Chris "The Greek" Panaghi Club Mix)
4'17''   Will I Ever? (Marsheaux Radio)
5'20''   Will I Ever? (Marsheaux Extended)
4'38''   Will I Ever? (A.M. Version)
4'02''   Will I Ever? (Back To The 80's Mix)

Greg EIS:

Hello!

Another quick tour update:

¨ Edinburgh Usher Hall

The Edinburgh performance for the 28th February 2005 has now sold out!

Latest tour information here:

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/news_tour.html

¨ Erasure.de Ticket Shop

The tickets for the German tour can be ordered from 17:00 today (German time) for the Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne dates, with the remaining three (Offenbach, Munich and Dresden) available from tomorrow at the following web-site:

web: http://www.erasure.de/erasure/tix/index.htm

The shop is a partnership between the German tour management and erasure.de.

Thanks to Corinna for the information.

¨ EIS Forum - New Options

You can now decide if you wish to view avatars and / or signatures when viewing threads on the EIS forum.

Turning one or both of these options off can greatly speed up downloading pages when reading the forum - which will benefit dial-up users etc.

Simply click on 'profile' (once you have logged on) and you will be presented with two new options:

- Show Avatars in Topic: Yes / No
- Show Signatures in Topic: Yes / No

¨ EIS FAQ's

The most common queries that the EIS receives are answered here:

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/contact/faq.html

Please read this before emailing / using the contact form on the web-site. On a related note I should point out that the EIS does not and is unable to give out backstage passes for tours, or get Andy and Vince to dedicate songs for audience members.

Until next time!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Greg EIS:

Hello!

Some excellent new in todays quick update - six German dates have been added to the Nightbird Tour!

¨ Nightbird Tour - German Dates Now Added!

- March 2005 -

26th March - Berlin, Columbiahalle
27th March - Hamburg, CCH 3
28th March - Cologne, E-Werk
29th March - Offenbach, Capitol
31st March - Munich, Muffathalle

- April 2005 -

1st April - Dresden, Alter Schlachtnof

Tickets will go on sale from Monday 20th September, at 25 Euros.

More details at:

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/news_tour.html
web: http://www.erasure.de

Cheers!

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Greg EIS:

Hello!

It's been a few weeks since the last email update - so a quick review of what's happened between then and now is needed, I think!

¨ EIS Website: A Phantasmagorical Influence!

You may have noticed that the EIS website has had a slight makeover in celebration of the long awaited released of 'The Tank, The Swan And The Balloon' on DVD next month (Nov in North America). So no more grey website! Hurrah!

¨ EIS Website: Private Ear Revisited

The Phantasmagorical influence continues with the republishing of an article from one of the original Private Ear magazines (issue 11) where the EIS revealed the experiences of several people involved with the Phantasmagorical Entertainment tour, in this case Angela Conway (the Director) and Les Child (the Choreographer). More will be published soon.

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/privateear.html

¨ Private Ear Magazine: Issue 31

The current issue of Private Ear features an interview with Dean Bright (costume designer for Erasure) and features many *exclusive* pictures of his costume designs for the Phantasmagorical tour from his collection. It's on sale now via the EIS Shop.

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/shop/index.html

A few people have asked if there will be further editions of the Private Ear magazine. Well I do hope to do one or two more special editions next year (as it is the bands 20th anniversary etc), but I need to determine in the next month or two if it will be viable to do so.

Long standing EIS members may remember the gold interview flexi disc that was given away with the membership packs at one point - well speaking to Andy and Paul recently we were thinking of doing something similar again, such as a free 3" CD with the next issue (if there is one).

So if you want any more editions of the Private Ear magazine make sure you support the idea by buying this current issue!

¨ Results Of The 'Influence The Nightbird Set List' Vote

Thank you to everyone that voted recently for the Nightbird Tour set list poll (on the EIS Forum) - the results were certainly very interesting!

The top ten songs voted for were:

- Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summers Day)
- Phantom Bride
- Hideaway
- When I Needed You
- Take Me Back
- Don't Suppose
- Drama!
- Angel
- You Surround Me
- A Little Respect

The complete list of songs that made the final top 20 (that have been passed onto Andy and Vince) can be read in the EIS news section. The band wishes to pass on their thanks to everyone that voted - thanks!!

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/index.html

¨ The Nightbird Tour: Dates Are Selling Out!

Speaking of the Nightbird Tour, the tickets sales are going extremely well, with the first two dates (at Dublin) selling out very rapidly.

Remember the most up to date list of tour date and venues (with box office and website details) is on the EIS site.

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/news_tour.html

¨ EIS Website: The 'Ask Erasure' Feature Returns!

After far too long an absence, the popular 'Ask Erasure' returns! Yey!!!!

It's the turn of Andy to answer a selection of your questions, which can be submitted via the 'Contact' section of the website.

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/index.html
web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/contact/index.html

¨ EIS Website: Gallery Updated

The gallery has had a bit of an overhaul, and is now Flash based. This change allows for much faster updates by me, and a lot easier navigation for you. Pictures may still be saved to your computer (if you want to keep / print them) by clicking on the 'Open In Browser' link.

Additional photos have been published in the following galleries:

- EIS '04 Nightbird Party
- Hogmanay
- Loveboat launch party (new gallery)
- Phantasmagorical Entertainment Tour (new gallery)
- Other People's Songs promo meeting (new gallery)

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/gallery/fans_index.html

¨ EIS Website: EIS '04 Quiz

The questions from the quiz that was conducted at EIS '04 have been published online (but not the answers yet! You'll have to wait until next week for those).

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/features/eis04_quiz.html

¨ An Event You May Be Interested In

As you may or may not know, Claudia Brucken (of Propaganda fame) duets with Andy on two of the songs on his forthcoming (non Erasure) album, which is nearly completed.

Claudia and the other half of her band OneTwo, Paul Humphreys (of OMD fame) are playing a special gig at the Islington Academy (London) on Thursday 30th September 2004.

Tickets are £15 and available via the box-office:

tel: 0870 771 2000
web: www.islington-academy.co.uk
poster: http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/gfx/onetwo.pdf

¨ EIS Forum: Changes

There have been a few changes to the EIS forum functionality in the past week. These include:

- You now do *not* need to log in / have a forum account to read the forum (with the exception of the 'EIS Email Updates Archive' section)
- Other topics of interest are now displayed at the bottom of the page.
- If you do log in, you can now display a list of all the topics you have started.

¨ EIS Member: Charity Event

EIS member and regular forum contributor 'Situation M' (otherwise know as Michael!) is taking part in AIDSWalk04 on September 26th in Portland, Oregon.

A link to where he can be sponsored (and further details of the event in his own words) is available here:

web: http://www.erasureinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3224

Until next time! (And back to Friday's again!)

Greg
Erasure Information Service

¨ "Breathe" Airplays In Japan

Forthcoming Erasure single "Breathe" has gotten airplay in Japan. The no. 1 japanese station "Tokyo FM" played it at least twice in the same week (thanks to Sabrina Surovec for the info).

¨ In_Vox Feat. Andy Bell Single - German Release

In_Vox single "Will I Ever?" featuring Andy Bell will be released in Germany by SIS (Sony) 20th September 2004 on cd-maxi. The barcode of the cd is 509976749852.

¨ "The Tank, The Swan..." DVD North American Press Release

Here is an excerpt from Mute North America newsletter:

"Erasure
The Tank, The Swan And The Balloom Live! 2xDVD, available November 16th. Directed by David Mallet (David Bowie's "Ashes To Ashes", etc.), Erasure's The Tank... was recorded at the Apollo in Manchester, UK on 6 August 1992 on double DVD in 5.1 surround sound, this spectacular performance features Erasure's Andy Bell in several eye catching costumes, as well as dancers and dozens of sets. All of Erasure's classic singles are covered, as well as a bonus disc featuring exclusive interviews and backstage footage."

¨ New "Old" Andy Bell Pictures

Here are two Andy Bell pictures taken 5th October 2002.

¨ Added New Pics

Added details of: "Erasure" australian cd, "Chorus" german vinyl single (thanks to Patrick Aldag), "You Surround Me" uk cassette (thanks to Patrick Aldag), "The Two Ring Circus" swedish cd (thanks to Mike DePaz), "Pop! 12 Hits Vince Clarke Collection" french cd (thanks to Mike DePaz).

¨ Second Dublin Date - Sold Out!

The second night of the new Erasure tour in Dublin has sold out! So at the moment all Dublin dates has sold out.

¨ Andy Bell On London Madonna Concert

Erasure's vocalist Andy Bell was observed on Madonna concert in London, 25th August (Wembley Arena). It is known that Andy is a long-time Madonna admirer. One of the fans shooted Andy when he was entering the venue together with his boyfriend Paul Hickey.

¨ Added New Pics

Added details of: "It Doesn't Have To Be" french limited vinyl, "Freedom" uk promo cd (thanks to Mike DePaz), "Drama!" german vinyl (thanks to Patrick Aldag), "The Circus" japanese vinyl (thanks to Patrick Aldag), "The Innocents" south african cd (thanks to Mike DePaz).