Win a signed 'In Your Room' boxset plus a pair of tickets to a 'Yazoo Reconnected' show of your choice.

Yes it's true - for the opportunity to win copy of the forthcoming 'In Your Room' boxset (signed by both Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet) plus a pair of tickets to a 'Yazoo Reconnected' show of your choice, simply visit the Yazoo Competition page on the Yazoo website.

Please note - the competition closing date is Friday 9th May at 13:00 (UK Time).

Two brand new Yazoo mixes are available this week for you to preview. You can listen to them via the Yazoo MySpace site or use one of the links below to access the audio streams:

Winter Kills (Electronic Periodic's Sub / Piano Mix)

Bad Connection (Subway Collective Broadband Remix)

Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet discuss 'Only You' (Yazoo's first single) in this exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming Yazoo 'In Your Room' boxset.

Streams of the above video are available via the Yazoo MySpace site and the following links:

Two further previews of Yazoo remixes are now available: 'Situation (Hercules & Love Affair Mix)' and 'Nobody's Diary (GRN's 12″ Remix)'.

These mixes may be heard via the Yazoo MySpace site, or click on one of the links below:

Situation (Hercules & Love Affair Mix):

Nobody's Diary (GRN's 12″ Remix):

The Erasure Information Service would like to thank everyone that made the recent Erasure eBay Charity Auction such a huge success. The auction concluded just a few hours ago and the total money raised for charity was £4,908.46

This will be split 50/50 and donated to 'The Stroke Association' and 'Scope'.

Exclusively available via the Erasure Store is a set of five ltd edition 'Light At The End Of The World' button badges.

Representing the artwork from the 'Light At The End Of The World' album and singles, each button badge is in full colour and 25mm in diameter.

Only a single batch of 200 of these badges has been produced.

No further badges in this series will be available once they have sold out.

An interview with Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet, available via the Yazoo website, MySpace site or view below:

The recently released 'Erasure Live At The Royal Albert Hall' DVD has entered the UK DVD music chart at number 7.

It is available from: Live Here Now, The Erasure Store, Zavvi, Tesco, Woolworths and Amazon.com.

DVD Tracklisting:

1. Sunday Girl
2. Blue Savannah
3. Drama!
4. I Could Fall In Love With You
5. Fly Away
6. Breathe
7. Storm In A Tea Cup
8. Chains Of Love
9. Breath Of Life
10. Love To Hate You
11. Sucker For Love
12. Victim Of Love
13. When A Lover Leaves You
14. Ship Of Fools
15. Chorus
16. Sometimes
17. A Little Respect
18. Oh L'Amour
19. Glass Angel
20. Stop!

Additional DVD Contents:

1. Behind The Scenes With V&A (Documentary)
2. Easter Egg

Technical Details:

• Cat No: ERASDVD5
• Running Time: Main feature: 90mins, documentary: 29mins
• Video: Anamorphic Widescreen, NTSC (All Regions)
• Audio: Stereo 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
• Subtitles: French, German, Italian & Spanish (For Documentary)

With the forthcoming release of Yazoo's Nobody's Diary EP approaching (12th May), two audio previews have been released.

Both previews are up on the official Yazoo MySpace site or you can click on one of the following audio streams:

Nobody's Diary (Remaster):

Nobody's Diary (Andy Bell & JC Remix):

If you order the 'Nobody's Diary EP Digital & 12″ Bundle' from Mute Bank, not only is it cheaper than buying the 12" EP and downloads separately, you also get the exclusive 'Soil In The Synth Remix' as well - this mix is exclusive to Mute Bank.

Nobody's Diary EP Digital & 12″ Bundle

Nobody's Diary 12″ EP (12YAZ7)

1. Nobody's Diary (Andy Bell & JC Remix)
2. Nobody's Diary (Original Remaster)
3. Nobody's Diary (Koishii & Hush Remix)

Nobody's Diary Digital Downloads

1. Nobody's Diary (Original Remaster)
2. Nobody's Diary (Andy Bell & JC Remix)
3. Nobody's Diary (Koishii & Hush Remix)
4. Nobody's Diary (GRN's 12″ Remix)
5. Nobody's Diary (Soil In The Synth Remix) *Mute Bank Exclusive*

For further information visit Mute Bank.

The Erasure charity auction commenced this evening at 8.00pm (UK Time) via eBay.

In order to prevent all the auction items concluding at the same time, the auction items have been split into eight groups, with staggered starting / ending times:

• Group 1 Starts: 8:00pm (Ends: Fri 18 April 8:00pm)
• Group 2 Starts: 8:15pm (Ends: Fri 18 April 8:15pm)
• Group 3 Starts: 8:30pm (Ends: Fri 18 April 8:30pm)
• Group 4 Starts: 8:45pm (Ends: Fri 18 April 8:45pm)
• Group 5 Starts: 9:00pm (Ends: Fri 18 April 9:00pm)
• Group 6 Starts: 9:15pm (Ends: Fri 18 April 9:15pm)
• Group 7 Starts: 9:30pm (Ends: Fri 18 April 9:30pm)
• Group 8 Starts: 9:45pm (Ends: Fri 18 April 9:45pm)

All the auctions have a duration of 10 days, and all times shown above are UK times.

To celebrate the release of the 'Erasure Live At The Royal Albert Hall' DVD this week, the tour costumes from the 2007 'Light At The End Of The World Tour' (as worn by Andy Bell, Vince Clarke, Valerie Chalmers, Rachel Montez Collins & Christa Jackson) are being auctioned via eBay on Tuesday 8 April.

The proceeds from the auction will be donated to the charities The Stroke Association and Scope.

Below are thumbnail images of the items that will be auctioned. The auctions will run for 10 days and payment will be via PayPal (PayPal account not required).

Bookmark this page for the eBay adverts (from 8.00pm Tuesday 8 April - UK Time).

Available exclusively via the Official Erasure Store is a set of five large Royal Albert Hall commemorative postcards (175mm x 125mm).

Each of the postcards is in high quality full colour. As a set, they fit perfectly within the inside cover of the recently released 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall DVD' (available here). They also make a perfect collector's item independent of the DVD.

Each set will be posted in an all-board envelope to prevent damage.

Only a single batch of these exclusive EIS limited edition postcards has been produced. No further postcards in this series will be available once they have sold out.

'In Your Room', the highly anticipated Yazoo 4 disc box set is to be released in the UK/Europe on 26th May 2008.

The box set features remastered and 5.1 mixes of both Yazoo's classic albums 'Upstairs At Eric's' and 'You And Me Both', b-sides and remixes.

In addition the DVD features classic Yazoo television performances from the BBC, promotional videos and a new short film containing exclusive new interviews with Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet.

This will be proceeded by a 12″ vinyl release of 'Nobody's Diary' on the 12 May 2008. Record Store will be doing a 12″ and digital bundle offer including an exclusive mix - 'Nobody's Diary - Soil In The Synth Remix'.

Disc 1 (CD): Upstairs at Eric's (Remastered)

1. Don't Go
2. Too Pieces
3. Bad Connection
4. I Before E Except After C
5. Midnight
6. In My Room
7. Only You
8. Goodbye '70s
9. Tuesday
10. Winter Kills
11. Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)

Disc 2 (CD): You And Me Both (Remastered)

1. Nobody's Diary
2. Softly Over
3. Sweet Thing
4. Mr Blue
5. Good Times
6. Walk Away From Love
7. Ode To Boy
8. Unmarked
9. Anyone
10. Happy People
11. And On

Disc 3 (CD): B-Sides and Remixes

1. Situation
2. Situation (Extended Version)
3. Don't Go (Re-mix)
4. Don't Go (Re-re-mix)
5. Situation (US 12″ Mix)
6. Situation (US 12″ Dub)
7. The Other Side Of Love
8. The Other Side Of Love (12″ Remix)
9. State Farm
10. Nobody's Diary (Extended)
11. State Farm (Extended)
12. Situation (Re-recorded)

Disc 4 (DVD)

2 albums, 4 singles and that was it...

1. A short film featuring new interviews with Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet, and exclusive archive footage.

Promotional Videos

1. Don't Go
2. The Other Side Of Love
3. Nobody's Diary
4. Situation (1990)
5. Situation - Alternative Version (1990)
6. Only You (1999)

Yazoo At The BBC

1. Only You (Top Of The Pops) 29 Apr 1982
2. Only You (Cheggers Plays Pop) 24 May 1982
3. Don't Go (Top Of The Pops) 15 Jul 1982
4. Don't Go (Saturday Live) 24 Jul 1982
5. Don't Go (Top Of The Pops) 12 Aug 1982
6. The Other Side Of Love (Top Of The Pops) 25 Nov 1982
7. The Other Side Of Love (Top Of The Pops) 09 Dec 1982
8. Nobody's Diary (Top Of The Pops) 19 May 1983
9. Nobody's Diary (Top Of The Pops) 02 Jun 1983

5:1 And Stereo Mixes

1. Upstairs At Erics
2. You and Me Both

Nobody's Diary EP Track Listing

Nobody's Diary : Limited Edition 12″ Vinyl

1. Nobody's Diary (Andy Bell / JC Remix)
2. Nobody's Diary (Original Remaster)
3. Nobody's Diary (Koishii and Hush Remix)

Nobody's Diary : Digital Download

1. Nobody's Diary (Original Remaster)
2. Nobody's Diary (Andy Bell / JC Remix)
3. Nobody's Diary (Koishii and Hush Remix)
4. Nobody's Diary (GRN's 12″ Remix)

Andy Bell will be 'spinning the decks' at 'Bar Blah' (East Sussex) on Saturday 26th April.

Bar Blah
Marine Court
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN38 0DX

Commencing next week (on Tuesday 8th April) will be the Erasure Online Charity Auction.

This will involve the tour costumes from last years 'Light At The End Of The World Tour' being auctioned via eBay, with the proceeds being donated to charity.

Full details of the auction, the items that will be available (including the eBay links) will be published on the evening of Monday 7th April within the 'News' section of the Erasure website.

The auction will commence at 9.00pm (UK Time) on Tuesday 8th April - again, check this page (on Monday) for full details.