Lexer Music have just received a small number of the Andy Bell tour t-shirts, produced for Andy's appearance on last year's 'True Colors' tour. The shirts are available now at Lexer Music.

Andy was recently interviewed by The Bay Area Reporter for a 'Total Pop!' feature which is online now. The interview revolves around the release of 'Total Pop!' and takes a broad look at Erasure's history and includes a look at the way Vince and Andy work together, the band's various fashion statements (!), touring and television appearances and is well worth a read!

Vince Clarke attended today's prestigious Ivor Novello Awards ceremony at London's Grosvenor House hotel where he was presented with this year's award for Outstanding Song Collection - in recognition of his work with Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure - by Mute Records' boss Daniel Miller.



The Ivors celebrate the outstanding writing achievements of songwriters, composers and their music publishers. The awards either celebrate artistic excellence in a specific work, exceptional sales or performance figures in the award year or recognise the outstanding achievements of a particular songwriter or composer throughout their career. You can find out more about the awards at the Ivor Novello website.

Other artists honoured at today's ceremony included Smokey Robinson (Special International Award) and Massive Attack (Outstanding Contribution To British Music).

Mute Records today confirmed plans for a very special 21st Anniversary edition of Erasure's 1988 album 'The Innocents' to be released in the Autumn. Here's Mute's press release with all the information that is available right now...

ERASURE ANNOUNCE RE-MASTERED 21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE INNOCENTS

Legendary pop heroes Erasure announce the 21st Anniversary re-mastered release of their classic pop album, The Innocents in Autumn 2009.

The Innocents, originally released on 18th April 1988, was the first Erasure album to hit the UK #1 spot (first on 30th April 1988 and again in January 1989), a chart- topping position they revisted with each of their next four album releases.

Featuring the singles A Little Respect, Ship Of Fools and Chains Of Love, The Innocents was Erasure’s third studio album release, following Wonderland and The Circus, and the album that secured their position as one of Britain’s most beloved and enduring songwriting duos.

In over two decades together, Andy Bell and Vince Clarke (a founding member of Depeche Mode and Yazoo) have sold more than 20 million albums around the globe, proving themselves masters of every kind of song from disco symphonies to unplugged ballads.

More details when we have them!

Vince Clarke has remixed Space Cowboy's 'Falling Down' and his mix is currently streaming at the Cherry Tree Records website. Space Cowboy is a musician, DJ, and producer best known for his collaborations with Lady GaGa and 'Falling Down' also features Chelsea of the Paradiso Girls.

Meanwhile Vince's remix of 'If I Know You' for The Presets is now available to buy via iTunes in the USA and the UK.

Part two of Andy's recent interview with AOL's Spinner.com is online now and talks about Madonna's influence on Andy and his friendship with Debbie Harry.

There's a treat for Italian-speaking fans in the current issue of Andergr@und Magazine (Number 32) which features a four-page interview with Andy Bell. The magazine is currently available to browse and read online (just click on the magazine cover on the homepage to load it, the interview with Andy is on page 20). The interview is loosely about the release of 'Total Pop!' but covers all sorts of subjects from Andy's solo work to his musical influences to his ideal collaborations. The previous two issues of Andergr@und also feature reviews of 'Total Pop!' and 'Pop! Remixed'. Ciao!

Andy Bell talks about the idea of an Erasure musical at AOL's Spinner.com which also includes a twelve-picture photo gallery of pictures taken at Andy's recent White Party appearance, which includes more pictures with Lady GaGa, Andy on the decks and shots from his signing session at the event.

Erasure's US label have sent over some recent 'Total Pop!' reviews - in PITCHFORK (link) and INSTINCT (PDF) - which you might want to take a look at...

Andy Bell also talked to Chicago's Windy City Times about the release in a short INTERVIEW (PDF) that also touches on what's currently on Andy's iPod, his forthcoming solo material and his DJ appearances. Another INTERVIEW (PDF) appeared in Frontiers and talks about Andy's White Party DJ set, his current favourite tracks to DJ with and more about his solo album!