‘CALL ON ME’ SINGLE OUT NOW
31
May
‘Call On Me’ is released this week (on Monday in the UK and on Tuesday in the US), on CD (AMAZON UK, LEXER MUSIC) and via digital download (iTUNES UK and iTUNES USA).
ANDY BELL ‘TWO RING CIRCUS’ SALES AWARD UP FOR AUCTION
28
May
Andy is auctioning the BPI silver disc he received in 1988 for Erasure’s ‘Two Ring Circus’ album to benefit the Rett Syndrome Research Trust charity. The award, to mark 200,000 UK sales of the album, has been signed by Andy on the reverse and is available for bids – via eBay – until June 3rd. […]
GAYDAR NATION ANDY BELL Q&A
28
May
Andy has completed a Q&A for the GaydarNation website, that covers his new single ‘Call On Me’, his new album ‘Non-Stop’, how he feels about being a ‘gay icon’, love, sex and untoward propositions! READ THE Q&A
PURE GROOVE DJ SET AND ALBUM SIGNING CANCELLED
28
May
Sadly Pure Groove have been having problems with their local Council over noise levels from their instore performances and DJ sets. The shop have been forced to cancel all their planned events, including Andy’s DJ set and signing session which was scheduled for June 11th. Sorry for any inconvenience but I’m afraid this decision was […]
ANDY BELL INTERVIEW ON SPINNER
26
May
Andy has been interviewed by AOL’s Spinner site. In the first of what we expect to be a series of pieces Andy talks about working with Vince Clarke in Erasure versus the sessions with Pascal Gabriel that led to the ‘Non-Stop’ album… READ THE INTERVIEW
ANDY BELL TO PLAY SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE IN JUNE
24
May
Andy will be performing at San Francisco Pride on June 27th, on a bill that is also expected to include sets from The Backstreet Boys, Rose Royce and Martha Davis & The Motels. Andy will also be a Grand Marshall at the event. SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE
ANDY BELL MAKES USA TODAY’S ‘THE PLAYLIST’
19
May
‘Subject/Object’, from Andy’s forthcoming ‘Non-Stop’ album, appeared in USA Today’s prestigious feature ‘The Playlist’ alongside picks from Barbra Streisand, Doves and Dido among others.
WHEN ANDREA MET ANDY
17
May
Andrea Cox was the winner of our competition to meet Andy at his ‘Our Friends Acoustic’ performance at the IndigO2 last week, to have an exclusive preview of the ‘Non-Stop’ album and to interview Andy for this website. Here’s what happened when Andrea, with her friend Andrew, met Andy Bell backstage before the ‘Our Friends […]
ANDY BELL AT ‘OUR FRIENDS ACOUSTIC’
16
May
Andy headlined last Thursday’s ‘Our Friends Acoustic’ event at London’s IndigO2 with a five-song acoustic set (‘Sometimes’, ‘Blue Savannah’, ‘Victim of Love’, ‘Ship of Fools’ and ‘A Little Respect’) to round off an excellent evening of music that also featured sets from Jimmy Somerville, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw, China Crisis, Steve Strange and Carol Decker. […]
ANDY BELL INTERVIEW FOR GAYDAR RADIO
13
May
Gaydar’s Phil Marriott interviewed Andy this week and has very kindly sent over the audio for anyone who missed the original show. It’s another great interview, clocking in at around twenty minutes, which covers pretty much everything!
ANDY BELL REHEARSING FOR MENCAP’S ‘OUR FRIENDS ACOUSTIC’ SHOW
13
May
Andy was rehearsing yesterday for his headlining appearance at tonight’s ‘Our Friends Acoustic’ show in London and we have a couple of pictures of the rehearsals for you courtesy of Andy’s manager Paul Hickey.
ANDY BELL RADIO INTERVIEW TO TRANSMIT THIS SUNDAY
12
May
Another recent interview with Andy will be appearing on air across Sussex on Sunday (May 16th) between 2pm and 6pm as part of Chris Copsey’s show on Arrow FM (Hastings), Bright FM (Mid Sussex), Sovereign FM (Eastbourne) and Splash FM (Worthing). You can listen to all the stations online… ARROW FM | BRIGHT FM | […]
ANDY BELL RADIO INTERVIEW AT REAL RADIO YORKSHIRE
11
May
Andy’s recent interview with Real Radio in Yorkshire aired yesterday and is available to listen to online. It’s another good interview in which Andy discusses the ‘Non-Stop’ album, working with Pascal Gabriel, making a video for ‘Call On Me’ at home and ‘DHDQ’, his tribute to Debbie Harry and the new Erasure album among many […]
ANDY BELL PRESENTS AWARD AT SONY RADIO ACADEMY AWARDS
11
May
On Monday night Andy was one of the guest presenters at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in London where he presented the award for ‘Digital Station of the Year’ to Planet Rock…
ANDY BELL INTERVIEW AT LINCS FM
10
May
John Marshall, over at LINCS FM, interviewed Andy last week about the ‘Non-Stop’ project and has very kindly allowed us to stream the interview for you below. It’s a great interview which covers the album, the new single ‘Call On Me’ and Erasure’s new record among other things. The interview aired on LINCS FM at […]