ERASURE ANNOUNCE 'TOTAL POP! FOREST TOUR' FOR 2011
If you're in the UK then this is the news you've been waiting for??? Erasure will be playing a run of UK dates in June in spectacular forest and woodland locations around the UK. The shows are part of the Forestry Commission's annual Live Music series, and represent a very special way for Erasure to return to the live arena. Tickets to the general public will go onsale at 9am this Friday (December 10th).

Here are the dates:
JUNE 10 - Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk / 11 - Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest, Nr Goudhurst, Kent. / 17 - Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Nr Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire. / 18 - Westonbirt Arboretum, Nr Tetbury, Gloucestershire. / 24 - Cannock Chase Forest, Nr Rugeley, Staffordshire. / 25 - Dalby Forest, Nr Pickering, North Yorks. / JULY 1 - Delamere Forest, Delamere, Cheshire.

'A LITTLE RESPECT (HMI REDUX)' RELEASED THIS WEEK
Erasure's brand new version of their classic single 'A Little Respect' is finally released this week. The track came out yesterday in the UK (it's on iTunes which also allows you a little audio preview!) and will be released on December 7th in the USA. The track - released to raise money for New York's Hetrick-Martin Institute and Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Foundation, as well as to spread a message??of tolerance in the wake of the recent wave of gay bullying and related suicides that have been reported in the US recently - has been remade by Vince Clarke and features new backing vocals from the HMI youth chorus. A colourful new video to accompany the track - featuring Andy Bell, students from the HMI and some random passers by - has been made in New York and will be released shortly. See the news section on the Erasure website for more details.

ANDY BELL
LIMITED CD RELEASE OF 'RUNNING OUT' / 'WILL YOU BE THERE? / 'NON-STOP' REMIXES
The Official Erasure Shop at Lexer Music have secured an extra 300 copies of each of the two CDs of remixes originally created for the recent limited-edition Andy Bell boxset. Containing all the 'Running Out', 'Will You be There?' and 'Non-Stop' single remixes and b-sides that were previously only available via download, plus a number of previously unreleased bonus tracks. Presale starts this afternoon (December 6th) as I mentioned, one set of CDs per order please and when they're gone that's it, they won't be manufactured again. See Andy's website for the full tracklistings and all the details!

KYLIE MINOGUE VS ERASURE
David sent this over to me (thank you!), it's a mash-up of Erasure's 'A Little Respect' and Kylie Minogue's 'All The Lovers', and while there's much more Kylie there than Erasure I thought it was still worth sharing, in case you fancy a listen!

GOATS, THE ROYAL WEDDING, A NEW REMIX, AND EYE-LASH TINTS???
Some snippets of news I've picked up from Vince and Andy's Twitter feeds this week; Vince is doing a remix for Billie Ray Martin (who used to front the excellent Electribe 101). He's also been listening to The Passions' 'I'm In Love With A German Film Star' and Simple Minds' 'Chelsea Girl' (although not at the same time, presumably) as well as buying his cat a Christmas present, spotting goats in the garden, and surgically removing the power supply from his Moog. Andy has also been active on Twitter, offering Royal Wedding suggestions to The Wright Stuff, celebrating the snow, making Christmas cards and talking eye-lash tint with Boy George. If you don't already follow Vince and Andy's musings on Twitter then you can do so by following Vince here and Andy here.

Thanks to the Erasure Information Service: www.erasureinfo.com