Beginning 21st June, Erasure singer Andy Bell will join the True Colors Tour as a special guest for a handful of solo performances this summer.
Andy 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
- 23 June - Oklahoma @ City Zoo Amphitheatre
- 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.
John Marshall from the UK local radio station Lincs FM recently interviewed Vince Clarke (who is currently touring with Alison Moyet on the Yazoo Reconnected tour).
You can listen to the interview with Vince (and read the complete transcript) within the 'features' section here.
The new Yazoo 'Reconnected EP' release is out now as both a 12″ vinyl release and as a digital download.
Available from retailers such as The Erasure Shop, Mute Bank, HMV, iTunes and 7Digital
It features an exclusive remix of 'Situation' from Hercules and Love Affair, 'Ode To Boy' from Das Shadow, and new remixes of classic album tracks 'Goodbye '70's' and 'Winter Kills'.
The digital download features additional remixes of 'Bad Connection' and 'State Farm'.
12″ Vinyl
- Situation (Hercules And Love Affair)
- Goodbye 70's (Black Light Odyssey Remix)
- Ode To Boy (Das Shadow Rewerk)
- Winter Kills (Electronic Periodic's Sub/Piano Mix)
Digital Release
- Situation (Hercules and Love Affair Remix)
- Goodbye 70's (Black Light Odyssey Remix)
- Ode To Boy (Das Shadow Rewerk)
- Winter Kills (Electronic Periodic's Sub/ Piano Mix)
- Bad Connection (Subway Collective Broadband Remix)
- State Farm (Madhouse Mix)
The standalone remastered editions of both 'Upstairs At Eric's' and 'You And Me Both' are now available from music retailers such as Mute Bank and The Erasure Store (amongst other retailers).
The Independent On Sunday newspaper features an interview with Alison & Vince, where they discuss how they met.
Suddenly we were in a really successful band but we hadn't even ever gone for a pint.
(Photo Credit: Nicole Nodland)
Several newspapers have reviewed the recent Yazoo shows:
This is not a nostalgia tour. It is two musicians with unfinished business, reminding themselves (and the world) of the connection they made. It is as much about Clarke and Moyet as it is the music: when, for no reason, they embraced for a moment before a blistering, spellbinding Too Pieces, the crowd cheered, delighted. And throughout the set they shared our glee: Moyet skipping and grinning, Clarke trying, with less and less success, not to let the skull-mask slip into a smile.
...A jaw-dropping performance of I Before E Except After C, during which the duo disappeared, handing centre-stage position to a four-track reel-to-reel tape machine, was the sound of the future that should have been.
The Herald (Glasgow)
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. Beth Ditto's mouthy Essex auntie meets a one-man-band version of Kraftwerk. Mr Chalk meets Mrs Cheese. However unlikely the chemistry, it still works.
The lively Glasgow crowd, mostly forty something couples, came to party. Many stood up in their seats for the entire show, screaming requests or declarations of love at Moyet. In between slower, sadder tunes such as Nobody's Diary and Winter Kills, they were rewarded with strident blasts of classic hi-NRG disco that turned this plush auditorium into a throbbing gay club.
The Times (Glasgow)
Yazoo's first tour for 26 years finds the chemistry behind their smash hits unchanged. Alison Moyet is the big-lunged soul singer who yells "Thank yew! It's so good to be back in this place", and the straight-faced computer boffin Clarke looks as if he is trying to outdo the most boring man at an accountancy convention. The odd mix replicates their sound: cold electronics accompany torrents of emotion from Moyet, who clearly revels in the euphoric Good Times and draws on deep wells of alienation for a haunting In My Room.
The Guardian (Manchester)
The live show scheduled for 6th July at The Pearl Concert Theater (Las Vegas, NV) has been cancelled.
For refunds please contact the ticket vendor with whom you originally purchased the tickets from.