Erasure have announced they will play in Edinburgh at the annual Hogmanay celebrations on 31st December 2003.

Erasure will headline the outdoor Concert In The Gardens with Forth One at the Royal Bank Street Party with support from The Coral as part of a four day extravaganza in Edinburgh from Monday 29th to Thursday 1st January.

After the show at midnight, Edinburgh's skies will explode with the most spectacular New Year fireworks display for all 100,000 revellers at the Concert In The Gardens and Royal Bank Street Party.

Tickets can be bought for the Enclosure (close to the stage) or for the surrounding Gardens and both tickets include a pass for the Royal Bank Street Party.

Tickets cost £30/£25 and are available from the official Edinburgh Hogmanay website or in person at Edinburgh's Hogmanay Box Office:

The Hub
Castlehill
Edinburgh
EH1 2NE

0131 473 2000

The Hogmanay show marks the end of an amazing year for Erasure.

2003 saw the band enter the charts with two Top 20 albums ("Other People's Songs" and "Hits!"), three Top 15 singles (Solsbury Hill, Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), Oh L'Amour) and two sell out UK tours.

The recent single, Oh L'Amour, which charted at Number 13 was Erasure's 29th consecutive hit single.

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