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April
Andy Bell is among the guests confirmed to appear at two forthcoming BEF (British Electric Foundation) shows in May. The BEF ‘Music of Quality & Distinction Live’ shows will take place at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on May 17th and Sheffield’s O2 Academy on May 18th. Other guests at the shows announced so far include […]
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April
As previously reported BEF (Martyn Ware’s British Electric Foundation project) will release a third edition in their ‘Music of Quality & Distinction’ series on May 27th via the Wall of Sound label. In common with the previous two albums in the series ‘Dark’ is described as ‘a unique re-working of covers from stars who shine […]
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April
Andy Bell provided the closing performance at the reception for Fab.com co-founder Bradford Shellhammer’s high-profile wedding on Saturday night and was praised by the New York Post for his “sparkly high heels and a glittered tank top”. The reception, which also featured performances from Billie-Ray Martin and Marcella Detroit, the reception took place at New York’s […]
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March
Andy Bell will be performing at Spring Awakening, the flagship fundraiser for NAT – the UK’s leading charity dedicated to transforming society’s response to HIV – with an exclusive live acoustic set, in his first UK appearance since 2011. NAT the UK’s leading charity dedicated to transforming society’s response to HIV. The event will be […]
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March
Andy Bell has announced that he will be playing a show at the Stereo Live club in Houston, Texas on June 8th. The show will consist of a PA performance and tickets are onsale now, ranging from $30 for standard tickets to $100 for VIP tickets and a meet and greet with Andy. More details […]
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March
Andy Bell will headline the opening night of this year’s 3-day PrideFest Milwaukee festival which will take place at the Summerfest grounds on June 7th, 8th and 9th. Other acts on the bill with Andy include Sophie B. Hawkins and ABBA Salute, the Wisconsin Royalty Drag Show, the Windy City Beauties, and Chicago legends DJ […]
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March
BEF (Martyn Ware’s British Electric Foundation project) will release a third edition in their ‘Music of Quality & Distinction’ series on May 6th via the Wall of Sound label. In common with the previous two albums in the series ‘Dark’ is described as ‘a unique re-working of covers from stars who shine brightly, dimming the […]
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February
A new interview with Andy has gone online at the universogay.com website. Conducted by Sebastian Ruau, under his pen-name Alan Ariel, the interview – which is in Spanish – covers Andy’s songwriting process, his influences, his support of LGBT causes and some of his plans for the future… READ THE INTERVIEW
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February
A new photograph of Andy, with his partner Steve, has surfaced in support of the NOH8 campaign. Andy and Steve are vocal supporters of NOH8 an American organisation set up in opposition to the Proposition 8 bill preventing same-sex couples in California from marrying. The pictures, taken by Adam Bouska, follow the campaign’s theme of […]
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January
Hope you like the new website folks, I think Richard has done a great job. There should be some new solo material out soon and a few PAs too. See you soon!
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November
Andy Bell has donated a piece of his own artwork to raise funds for NAT (Transforming The UK’s Response To HIV) in a charity auction that’s currently running online and will run until December 7th. You can see Andy’s piece, and get more information about NAT, by visiting the auction website…
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November
Andy will be appearing on the US Bank stage at Palm Springs Pride on Sunday at around 4.15pm. As part of the promotion for the event he has also done a short interview with The Rage Monthly in which he promises the Pride crowd ‘Forty minutes of Andy Bell and Erasure with quite a few […]
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October
Andy will be appearing at this year’s HMI Emery Awards in New York City on Monday evening (October 29th). Andy – who is an ambassador for the Hetrick-Martin Institute – will be performing ‘A Little Respect’ and one other song at the awards and will also DJ at the aftershow party. More details from the […]
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October
Andy has contributed to a new book from Paul Vitagliano (DJ Paul V) called ‘Born This Way: Real Stories of Growing Up Gay’ which ‘shares and celebrates all kinds of growing up LBGTQ stories through personal memories and childhood photographs’. The book is a spin-off from Paul V’s blog of the same name and is […]
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August
Andy Bell will headline the opening night of Atlanta’s Pride Festival, in the city’s Piedmont Park, on Saturday October 13th. Andy is the first artist to be announced for the event but a full line-up is expected to be revealed before the end of the month. More details are available from the Atlanta Pride website […]