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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 […]
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July
Andy Bell has provided additional vocals and remixed ‘La Bête et La Belle’ a track from Amanda Lear which will be featured on her forthcoming deluxe edition of her album ‘I Don’t Like Disco’. Andy’s remix, engineered by DJ Yiannis, will also be available on a digital EP of remixes on July 30th via iTunes.
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June
Following the announcement last week that Andy Bell will be performing at the forthcoming Poptronik Festival in Sitges, near Barcelona in September. I can now tell you that he will headline the first night of the two-night festival on September 1st, topping a bill that also includes Fernando Garribay, Kazaky, Cazwell and Phil Marriott, among […]
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June
Andy headlined the Stonewall Summer Pride event last Sunday in Wilton Manors, Florida. By all accounts the event was a great success, despite the unseasonal weather, and Andy was delighted to be given the keys to the city for a second time. Thank you to everyone who supported Andy and the event. I have the […]
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June
Last year Andy Bell appeared as a special guest of Claudia Brücken at her one-off ‘This Time: It’s Claudia Brücken’ show at London’s Scala. That show – featuring Andy’s duets of ‘Delicious’ and ‘Absolutely Immune’ with Claudia – will be released as a CD/DVD package on July 23rd and you can get more details from […]
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June
Andy Bell will headline the forthcoming Poptronik Festival which will take place near Barcelona over the weekend of September 1st and 2nd. Other acts on the bill include Martika, Monarchy, Parralox and Bright Light Bright Light. More details from the festival website below, and we should have more details about Andy’s performance shortly. POPTRONIK FESTIVAL
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June
You might remember that, back in 2010, Erasure released a new version of ‘A Little Respect’ in support of the Hetrick-Martin Institute in NYC where Andy Bell is an Ambassador? Well, HMI – which serves at-risk LGBTQ youth – are currently looking for donations to support their work, and as one of their ambassadors Andy […]