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February
Andy Bell will headline Islington & Camden’s LGBT History Month’s closing event, the ‘One Night In Heaven’ ball, at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on February 27th. The free event (tickets are available from the link below) will also feature Lana Pillay, The Family Fierce and Rosie Wilby as well as DJs, bar and raffle. The […]
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January
Andy Bell will be attending the opening game of the new rugby season for Hull Kingston Rovers on February 7th, and will be performing a live version of the club’s terrace anthem, ‘A Little Respect’. The club invited Andy to attend the match following their collaboration last year when the club recorded a new version […]
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January
Andy Bell will feature on the bill of this year’s Rewind South Festival which will take place in Henley On Thames on August 20th. Other artists on the bill that day include Rick Astley, Tony Hadley, Jimmy Somerville, Toyah, Leo Sayer and Hazell Dean, while Marc Almond, Adam Ant, Earth Wind & Fire and Roland […]
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January
Andy Bell will deliver a speech at University of Cambridge on February 11th as part of LGBT History Month. Andy’s talk, ‘Breath of Life: Making the Most of Life’s Ups and Downs’, charts his journey from pop idol to HIV/AIDS advocate for Cambridge charity DHIVERSE. More details from the University of Cambridge website.
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January
Andy Bell has recorded a track for an album of songs inspired by the forthcoming ‘Eddie The Eagle’ movie which has been curated by Take That star Gary Barlow alongside his own soundtrack for the film. TRACKLISTING Holly Johnson – Ascension / Howard Jones – Eagle Will Fly Again / Marc Almond – Out Of […]
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January
Andy Bell and Dave Audé have released the video for their current single collaboration ‘True Original’ which is onsale now as a digital download… ‘True Original’ is available to buy now from iTunes and Amazon (US and UK links below), and via all good download retailers internationally. The duo’s first release, ‘Aftermath (Here We Go)’, […]
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January
As previously reported Andy Bell will reprise the role of Torsten in a brand new theatrical production, ‘Torsten The Beautiful Libertine’, in London in March. A continuation of the Torsten saga that started with Andy Bell’s one-man show ‘Torsten The Bareback Saint’ in 2014 the new show will run at Above The Stag in London […]
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January
Andy Bell’s brand new Torsten show ‘Torsten The Beautiful Libertine’, a continuation of the show that began with last year’s ‘Torsten The Bareback Saint’, will open at Above The Stag in London on various dates between March 2nd and March 27th 2016 and tickets will be available from Tuesday (December 1st) from the link below… […]
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January
Andy Bell has continued his series of releases with US producer Dave Audé with the digital release of their second single collaboration ‘True Original’ which went onsale on January 1st. ‘True Original’ is available to buy now from iTunes and Amazon (US and UK links below), and via all good download retailers internationally. A video […]
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December
Andy Bell will be playing a solo set at Denmark’s Esbjerg Rock Festival on June 3rd 2016, playing a set that will mix Erasure classics with favourites from his solo albums. More details are available from the FESTIVAL WEBSITE. Photograph by Andy Sturmey.
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December
Andy Bell will release an album of songs from ‘Torsten The Beautiful Libertine’, his forthcoming theatre production, on March 4th next year. ‘Torsten The Beautiful Libertine’ is a continuation of the story of Andy first started to explore in ‘Torsten The Bareback Saint’, the first Torsten show, in London and Edinburgh last year. From the […]
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November
Andy Bell’s brand new Torsten show ‘Torsten The Beautiful Libertine’, a continuation of the show that began with last year’s ‘Torsten The Bareback Saint’, will open at Above The Stag in London on various dates between March 2nd and March 27th 2016 and tickets will be available from Tuesday (December 1st) from the link below… […]
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November
Andy Bell will reprise his role as Torsten in what looks to be his final ever performance of last year’s one-man show ‘Torsten The Bareback Saint’ at Manchester’s Queer Contact Festival in February. The show, entitled ‘Andy Bell is Saint Torsten’ for this performance, will take place at Contact Manchester on February 4th and tickets […]
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November
Suffolk and Essex groups of the community choir Funky Voices have recorded a new version of Erasure’s ‘Stop!’ (with a little bit of ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ and one or two other songs you might recognise!) which is onsale now as a download single to benefit UK charity Children In Need. The Funky Voices […]
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October
Andy sang the last Torsten single and next year’s brand new Andy Bell Is Torsten single for a Vintage TV Session that will be broadcast this Thursday (22nd October) on Vintage TV at 8pm (UK time). He also played one classic Erasure song… Also on the show, introduced by Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce, is […]