Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year!

Vote For Erasure.ru Again - Reminding!

The erasure.ru website has become the participant of the Enthusiast Internet Award contest. It's the first in Russia open competition among enthusiasts who have created best web-projects and Internet communities dedicated to their hobbies.

Once again we ask you to support erasure.ru in this contest and evaluate the site giving erasure.ru 5 points on this page (you can do it daily, no registration needed):

http://www.eaward.ru/listprojs.php?what=work&cat=6&proj=436

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Yazoo To Rerelease Their Albums?

British Channel 4's teletext is now reporting that "Both [Yazoo] albums will be reissued next year with a possibility of a live gig to promote it" (thanks to Mark Pugh for the info).

Meanwhile, Alison Moyet performed with "Don't Go" at London's G-A-Y club on 1st December. As she admitted herself in her own blog, "I sang Don’t Go…to a Yazoo backing track. I have not done that since last i was with Vince. It was faster than I remembered".

You may watch this performance here.

Live Here Now Order Status (EIS News)

Mesage from the Live Here Now team regarding the 'Erasure Live At The Royal Albert Hall' CDs:

"First the good news

The CD of the Albert Hall Show is finally ready to ship and should be with most of you by Christmas.

However due to the unavoidable extra time needed for the DVD production we are not going to be able to ship the DVD before the authorisation runs out on your Credit Card. To avoid asking everyone to reorder the DVD and to ensure that you receive the preorder price, we are planning to take the money for the full CD and DVD bundle when we ship the CD this week. We understand this is not an ideal situation and we apologise, but we think that this is the solution that will work best for most people.

If this arrangement is not acceptable to you please get in touch and we will refund the DVD purchase price.

Best Wishes

Live Here Now"

Vote For Erasure.ru Again - Reminding!

The erasure.ru website has become the participant of the Enthusiast Internet Award contest. It's the first in Russia open competition among enthusiasts who have created best web-projects and Internet communities dedicated to their hobbies.

"We gather together not only people with hobbies willing to receive information related to these hobbies, but enthusiasts creating their own media projects telling about these hobbies. Enthusiast Internet Award is not just a chance to tell about your hobby to a wide range of people, but also a great possibility to show your creative, designer and web-developer talents. In short, you do what you like and you like what you do!"

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Greg EIS - "RAH Preview Two":

Hello,

In this edition:

- Erasure 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall' Preview #2
- BBC Radio Wales 'In Concert' - Erasure
- Yazoo - Web & MySpace Sites
- Yazoo 'Top Of The Pops 2'
- Erasure Forum - Planned Maintenance

Erasure 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall' Preview #2

As promised, a second preview from the Erasure 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall' CD release.

This week it's the classic Erasure song 'Stop!' and you can listen to it via one of the following audio streams:

MySpace
QuickTime
Real Media
Windows Media

www: http://www.liveherenow.co.uk/artist/erasurealberthall/

BBC Radio Wales 'In Concert' - Erasure

BBC Radio Wales 'In Concert' series is featuring Erasure on the Saturday 29th December edition at 18:30.

BBC Radio Wales is available via AM/FM radio (Wales only), Freeview (719), Virgin Media (931), Sky Digital (0117), DAB Digital radio and online.

www: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/

Yazoo - Web & MySpace Sites

Currently under construction is an official Yazoo MySpace page and website. Check both sites early next year for updates.

Between you and me both, I strongly suggest that if you are a Yazoo fan that you sign up to the Yazoo e-mail newsletter (which is also launching early next year.)  You can do so via the Yazoo website.

Yazoo Website: http://www.yazooinfo.com
Yazoo MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/yazooofficial

Yazoo 'Top Of The Pops 2'

The UK digital television channel 'Dave' is showing an edition of "Top Of The Pops 2" featuring a classic performance by Yazoo, and are repeating it quite a few times during December.

Times: 11:00 (15th Dec), 08:00 (16th Dec), 10:30, 14:30 &  18:00 (28th Dec).

'Dave' is available via: Freeview (19), Virgin Media (126) and Sky Digital (111).

www: http://www.dave-tv.co.uk

Erasure Forum - Planned Maintenance

The Erasure Forum will be off-line on the 15th & 16th of December for maintenance.

Just to make it clear, you only have to join the forum if you wish to post / reply to messages on the forum - it has nothing whatsoever to do with being able to receive these Erasure E-Mail newsletters. Forum accounts which are not used for posting messages are deleted on a semi-regular basis.

www: http://www.erasureforum.com

Regards

Greg
Erasure Information Service

Added New Pics

Added details of: "Light At The End Of The World" taiwanese cd, "Freedom" uk mispressed cd (thanks to Pete Turner and Heiko Schoenebeck), "Storm Chaser" uk promo cdr, Andy Bell's "Crazy" swedish promo cdr, "Chains Of Love" spain promo vinyl.

Vote For Erasure.ru - Reminding!

The erasure.ru website has become the participant of the Enthusiast Internet Award contest. It's the first in Russia open competition among enthusiasts who have created best web-projects and Internet communities dedicated to their hobbies.

"We gather together not only people with hobbies willing to receive information related to these hobbies, but enthusiasts creating their own media projects telling about these hobbies. Enthusiast Internet Award is not just a chance to tell about your hobby to a wide range of people, but also a great possibility to show your creative, designer and web-developer talents. In short, you do what you like and you like what you do!"

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"Think Pink" Exhibition

"Think Pink" is hugely successful exhibition of contemporary art by some of the UK's leading gay artists that explore the uniquely different world of gay art and artists.

Among other objects, there are Andy's wear and shoes from Erasure's "The Other Tour" and "The Erasure Show" concerts. See pics below (thanks to cherub).

The exhibition take place at The Arts Forum in Hastings from 23rd November to 6th December 2007. More info can be found here.

New Andy Bell Interview

On World AIDS Day, 1st December, Andy gave interview to Sirius OutQ radio. He talked with presenter Larry Flick about HIV and AIDS. Click here to download this interview.

Greg EIS - "I Could Fall In Love With You - Royal Albert Hall":

Hello

In this edition of the Erasure newsletter:

- Erasure 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall' Exclusive Audio Sample
- A 'Thank You' from 'Valerie Chalmers'
- Erasure Fan Gallery Updated
- 'The Lee Mack Show Series 2' Now On iTunes
- Alison Moyet - 'The Turn'
- Which Was Your Favourite 2007 Non-Album Release?
- 'All Through The Years Again' (Unofficial Fan Convention)

Here we go...

Erasure 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall' Exclusive Audio Sample

The eagerly anticipated CD release of Erasure's performance at the Royal Albert Hall draws near, so it's time for a little audio taster...

The song for this week is 'I Could Fall In Love With You', one of the highlights from this years 'Light At The End Of The World' album.

You can listen to the song via one of the following audio streams:
 
Windows Media
Real Media
QuickTime

or by visiting the Erasure MySpace site:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/erasureofficial

You can also view the artwork for the CD within the news page at erasureinfo.com:

www: http://www.erasureinfo.com/news/
 
The 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall' DVD will be released next year. Both the CD and the DVD can be ordered from 'Live Here Now' online via:

www: http://liveherenow.co.uk/artist/erasurealberthall/

A 'Thank You' From Valerie Chalmers

And speaking of live shows, this brings us nicely onto a message from the delightful Valerie Chalmers, who will be familiar with many of you for providing backing vocals on many Erasure tours ('Light At The End Of The World', 'True Colors', 'Acoustic', 'Erasure Show', 'Other Tour', 'Wild!'.)

"I just wanted to say A BIG THANK YOU to Vince and Andy.

Every time I work with them, it always gives me such pleasure... It's an honour and privilege to work with the most brilliant musical geniuses on this planet, amazing people!

I always see that their music is not about rules, colour of one's skin, race, creed or sexuality, it's ageless.

It's about freedom of speech, peace and harmony or what you believe in... it doesn't discriminate, it's for the masses.

I have too many favourites, their music has so many textures and dynamics - it's colourful, harmonious, it's multifaceted - I suppose like a diamond!!! It touches every mood... I love it!

And secondly thank you to all Erasure fans I spoke to on the tour, lovely kind people. It was great seeing the fans who have followed and grown with Vince and Andy all these years and who now have families, young children who are also following the music - it's wonderful!

Thanks once again Erasure for giving me many musically glorious years!!

Val xxx"

Thank you Val!

Erasure Fan Gallery Updated

Several hundred additional photos have been added to the fan photo galleries.

Updated sections include Light At The End Of The World Tour, The Erasure Show, Red Hot & Dance, EIS'04 and Saturn Markt Signing.

www: http://www.erasureinfo.com/gallery/fan_tours_index.html

'The Lee Mack Show Series 2' Now On iTunes

The previously announced series 2 release of 'The Lee Mack Show' on CD (which features various guests including Andy Bell and Alison Moyet) is now available via iTunes.

Andy is featured on the third episode, performing "Sometimes", "A Little Respect" and "One Way Or Another". Alison is on the fifth episode, whose performances include "Only You" and "Almost Blue".

iTunes

Alison Moyet - 'The Turn'

And speaking of Alison Moyet, her latest album 'The Turn' was released in October, with the second single 'A Guy Like You' being released just the other day. Details of live dates are available on her official website and MySpace site.

iTunes
Amazon UK


www: http://www.myspace.com/alisonmoyetofficial
www: http://www.alisonmoyet.com

By the way, did anyone catch the US Billboard magazine article ("Inside Track") a couple of weeks back which mentioned that it is the 25th anniversary of Yazoo's 'Upstairs at Eric's' album next year? Doesn't time fly? Well worth read if you can track it down.

Which Was Your Favourite 2007 Non-Album Release?

A poll has been setup within the Erasure Forum for you to vote on your favourite 2007 Erasure non-album release.

What does that mean exactly?

Well it is not a poll to vote for your individual favourite song, b-side or particular mix, but rather which of the three releases offered the best combination of b-sides / mixes / digital releases / formats for you. Did you prefer extended or club mixes? Multiple single formats or an EP. Did the exclusive mixes available via iTunes etc interest you? Were the formats value for money?

So give your opinions below as to what you liked and disliked about the releases and which was your favourite.

www: http://www.erasureforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=11956

The poll runs for 30 days, so make sure you give your opinon soon.

'All Through The Years Again' (Unofficial Fan Convention)

--- Please note that the below is not an EIS event ---

Back in 1998 a die-hard bunch of 120 or so Erasure fans descended on the Gateway Hotel in Nottingham for "All Through The Years In One Night" - the first full-size unofficial Erasure fans convention.

In order to celebrate the tenth anniversary of this event, a second event is being organised in Nottingham to celebrate 'An Evening Of Erasure' and go 'All Through The Years Again!'

For further details see:

www: http://www.erasureconvention.com/AEOE/

Or contact Ewan via: ticketinfo@erasureconvention.com

--- Please note that the above is not an EIS event ---

Until next week!

Greg
Erasure Information Service