Congratulations to the following people who answered last weeks competition question correctly, winning either a copy of the new Erasure DVD or tickets to this weeks BFI world premiere screening of the concert:
C Barrow, C Carey, C Laking, C Lovelace, D Edge, G Bronsdon, G Pugh, I Brownstein, J Lopez, J Wills, L Bohn, L Boyce, L Cumiskey, L Farmer, L Kilburn, L Mason, L Taplin, M Fellows, M Norton, M Rivers, M Shea, R Hanson, S Flynn, T Lueg and T Stephens.
Well done all, and thank you to everyone that took part.
JoAnne Good will be conducting a live interview with Andy Bell on Tuesday 1st April on BBC Radio London at approximately 8.30am (during the Breakfast Show).
BBC Radio London can be listened to online (both live and archived shows), 94.9FM (London area only), Sky Digital CH 0152 (London area only) and DAB Digital Radio (London area only).
For a chance to win either:
- An 'Erasure Live At The Royal Albert Hall' DVD (with poster).
- Or two tickets to the world premiere showing of the concert at the BFI L&G Film Festival (Friday 4th April, Southbank London), which Andy Bell (and Val Chalmers) will be attending.
Simply answer the following question correctly:
Q) What is the total running time of the 'Behind The Scenes With V&A' documentary on the 'Erasure Live At The Royal Albert Hall' DVD?
Send your name, full postal address, contact phone number, prize preference (DVD or BFI tickets) and your answer to: competition@erasureinfo.com.
Please Note:
- The competition closing date is Monday 31 March at 1.00pm (GMT).
- Winners will be contacted on this date.
- Incomplete or multiple entries will be void.
Further information on the 4th April premiere screening is available via the BFI.
A range of Erasure CD albums and DVDs is now available for sale via the Official Erasure Store, including:
- Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure (2xCD & DVD) (£20.00)
- On The Road To Nashville (CD & DVD) (£12.00)
- Light At The End Of The World (Deluxe Edition) (£14.00)
- Storm Chaser EP (£6.00)
Erasure Front Man To Perform At TX, AZ and CA Shows.
Erasure singer Andy Bell will join the True Colors Tour as Special Guest for a handful of solo performances this summer.
Bell, who co-headlined the tour last year with Erasure, will take some time off from recording a new solo album in London for these shows.
He will appear in the following cities:
- 21 June - Houston @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
- 22 June - Dallas @ Superpages.com Center
- 25 June - Phoenix @ Dodge Theater
- 27 June - Alpine @ Viejas Casino - Concerts in the Park
- 28 June - Los Angeles @ Greek Theatre
- 29 June - Berkeley @ Greek Theatre
For further information regarding tickets and venues are available via the True Colors website.
A new Erasure Store is now online, selling a selection of tour merchandise from the four most recent Erasure tours ('Other Tour', 'Erasure Show', 'Acoustic Tour' and 'Light At The End Of The World Tour').
In the next couple of weeks the range will be expanded to include brand new items, as well as albums etc.
This is the poster that is included in the Live Here Now Ltd Ed version of the Live At The Royal Albert Hall DVD:
Left & Bottom Right Photos By: Awais. Top Right Photo By: Leon Sedgwick at Teme Valley Photography.
Available via the Erasure MySpace site is an exclusive video clip of 'Sucker For Love', as featured on the forthcoming live DVD.
The DVD is released 7th April (UK/Europe) and 15th April (US).
Four additional UK live dates have been added to the Yazoo Reconnected tour:
- 05 June - Newcastle City Hall
- 09 June - Sheffield City Hall
- 11 June - Nottingham Royal Centre
- 13 June - Bristol Colston Hall
Tickets will go on general sale on Friday at 9am.
All venues are seated.
Whoever said synthesiser music has no feeling can start eating their hearts out now
5* Truly Fab Record - Mirror 28th August 1982
Created somewhere inside the brain of Vince Clarke and the soul of Alison Moyet in a spaced out time between Giorgio Moroder and James Murphy
Paul Morley 2007
Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet have announced that they will reunite for the first time in over 25 years for The Reconnected Tour, a brief U.S trek in July starting at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA on July 7 and culminating in two headline shows at New York City's Terminal 5 on July 16 and 17th.
Tickets are on-sale in Chicago on Friday, March 7; NY and Los Angeles beginning Saturday, March 8; and Oakland on Sunday, March 9. Tickets will be available through ticketmaster.com.
The tour is preceded by In Your Room a 4-disc box set which includes remasters and 5.1 mixes of both Yaz classic albums Upstairs At Eric's and You And Me Both, b-sides and remixes plus a 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)'.
A limited edition vinyl 12″ with new dance mixes will also be released to promote the set.
US TOUR - JULY 2008
- Mon 07 July: Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre, [Ticketmaster]
- Thu 10 July: Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre, [Ticketmaster]
- Fri 11 July: Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre, [Ticketmaster]
- Mon 14 July: Chicago, IL Chicago Theater, [Ticketmaster]
- Wed 16 July: New York, NY Terminal 5, [Ticketmaster]
- Thu 17 July: New York, NY Terminal 5, [Ticketmaster]
The U.S. tour announcement follows a series of UK and European dates which have been announced recently.