It will be Andy Bell's birthday on Tuesday April 25th and we're collecting birthday greetings to send him on the big day. If you would like to send Andy your birthday wishes then you can do so using the form below... THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR MESSAGES - THEY HAVE NOW BEEN COLLATED AND SENT OVER TO ANDY
Andy Bell is the special guest in the latest edition of the Hypochondriactor podcast which is hosted by actor Sean Hayes along physician Priyanka Wali. Listen to Andy talking about his life in Erasure, his double hip replacement, living with HIV and so much more besides as part of the podcast by using the link below. LISTEN TO THE HYPOCHONDRIACTOR PODCAST
Premiered today by Electronic Sound Magazine, the first episode of Vince Clarke's new animation series, Bacon & Eggs, entitled 'Likes, Plays and Going Viral' is available on the Electronic Sound website right now alongside a mini-interview with Vince in which he talks about his animation journey, Bacon & Eggs, writing commercials and his current studio set-up. You can read the interview, and watch the debut Bacon & Eggs episode, on the Electronic Sound [...]
Andy Bell will be headlining the Saturday night of each of the three festivals - July 22nd for Rewind Scotland, August 5th for Rewind North and August 19th for Rewind South - topping bills which also include acts as diverse at UB40, Toyah, ABC, The Art of Noise, Soul II Soul and Nick Heyward. You can find tickets links and more information about all three events on the Rewind Festival website using the [...]
Andy Bell will be appearing at this year's Forever Young Festival which takes place in Ireland over the weekend of July 14th - 16th. Andy will headline the Saturday night of the festival topping a weekend bill of artists which also features Bananarama, Midge Ure, Tony Hadley, Blancmange, Jason Donovan, ABC and British Electric Foundation among many others. Check out the Forever Young festival website for tickets and more information. VISIT THE FOREVER [...]
Recently Vince has been indulging his passion for animation by learning how to make his own cartoons. 'The Interesting World of Günter Finn', a series of ten very short animations, is the result. Today we are unveiling 'The Interesting World of Günter Finn - Episode 1', and the plan is to add a new animation every day for the next ten days until [...]
A couple of weeks ago Andy chose some of his favourite tracks from the 80s for the Virgin Radio 80 Plus station who have have put the full interview on YouTube and you can access the whole thing using the button below. Expect music from Spandau Ballet, Madonna, Visage, B-52s, Kate Bush, Eurythmics, Teardrop Explodes, Blondie, Mel & Kim and Pet Shop Boys alongside Andy's current favourite single from the Erasure back catalogue. [...]
Andy Bell will be a special guest on episode six of BBC One's Saturday night flagship show 'I Can See Your Voice' on Saturday 3rd December. You can find out more about 'I Can See Your Voice' on the show's website via the button below and the show is repeated on BBC Three at 7pm on Sunday 4th December, and should also be available to watch via the BBC iPlayer after broadcast as [...]
Mortality Tables is a project which was recently launched by journalist Mat Smith who writes for Electronic Sound and Clash among others, but whom you might know best for his sleevenotes to accompany the recent Erasure reissues. The second Mortality Tables release was launched today in the shape of a track entitled 'On Mortality, Immortality & Charles Ives' which is now available to hear and purchase via BandCamp using the button below. The [...]
Andy Bell will one of the special guests at the launch event for Richard Evans' 'Listening To The Music The Machines Make - Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983' at Queen's Gate House in Kensington on the afternoon of Sunday 6th November. Andy will join Martyn Ware (The Human League, BEF, Heaven 17) to talk about their roles in the history of electronic music. Richard Evans will also be signing copies of 'Listening To The [...]
