ANDY BELL SOLO SINGLE 'WILL YOU BE THERE?' OUT NOW
You can still listen to 'Will You Be There?' on Andy's website (the Seamus Haji mix is proving to be particularly popular!), and of course it is available to download from the usual outlets in the UK and around Europe. To answer a couple of recurring questions following my last newsletter; The US release of 'Will You be There?' will be in March, and the single is a download release only and isn't available on CD.

TRACKLISTING:
Will You Be There? (Original Mix)
Will You Be There? (Seamus Haji Big Love Radio Edit)
Will You Be There? (French Horn Rebellion Mix)
Will You Be There? (Sonic C Vocal Mix)
Will You Be There? (Seamus Haji Big Love Remix)
DOWNLOAD - iTUNES UK / AMAZON UK / PLAY.COM

MORE MIMÓ MUSIC!
I didn't mention this last week because I didn't want to overwhelm you with Andy Bell news and I wanted to focus on the release of 'Will You be There?', however 'Will You be There?' is actually the second release under the Mimó name, the first - entitled 'Running Out' - was released last year, mainly for clubs and media, and is also available to download via the usual online shops (including iTunes in the USA!). You can have an advance listen at Andy's website...

TRACKLISTING:
Running Out
Running Out (Fenech-Soler Remix)
Running Out (VEGA Italo Dub Mix)
Running Out (VEGA Italo Dub Mix Extended)
DOWNLOAD - iTUNES UK / iTUNES USA

ALISON MOYET UK DATES
I also added approximately a million Alison Moyet dates to the Yazoo website this week (well, perhaps not a million but it's a LOT of shows!)... she's supporting Jools Holland and the tour goes pretty much everywhere in the UK if you fancy popping along to have a look. She is brilliant live and there's usually one or two Yazoo songs in the set!

Sharleen Spiteri??has dipped into her favourite movie soundtracks for a collection of covers from artists including Billie Holiday, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Crystal Gayle and Berlin. The first release is Xanadu - originally sung by Olivia Newton John.

The Movie Songbook - out on March 1 - is the ninth studio album Sharleen Spiteri has made in an incredible 21-year recording career.



Multi-million selling singer-songwriter Sharleen Spiteri??releases her brand new album ‘The Movie Songbook’ through Mercury Records on March 1st 2010. The follow up to her top three debut solo album ‘Melody’,

A collection of Sharleen’s favourite soundtracks, ‘The Movie Songbook’ stands as her most dynamically diverse album yet, a kaleidoscopic musical journey from pop to country via disco, bossa-nova, folk, rockabilly, jazz and breathtaking balladry. Enlisting 15 time Grammy award-winner Phil Ramone on production (who has produced various Hollywood legends from Marilyn Monroe to Frank Sinatra via Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand); ‘The Movie Songbook’ was recorded in just 8 days at the legendary Capital Studios in Hollywood with the help of the finest soundtrack session musicians around.

And the result is a fantastic collection of cinematic show stoppers. Be it the aching croon of ‘God Bless The Child’, the disco rush of ‘Xanadu’, the rockabilly sass of 'Cat People (Putting Out Fire)' or the soul-searching tempest of ‘The Sound Of Silence’, its dozen tracks frame Sharleen’s inimitable voice against bold new scenery.

“Making The Movie has taught me that my true voice lies in this area and not to be scared of using it,” she agrees. “In the past I’ve always tended to go into a soul area but this experience has been great in taking me places I’d never normally go. It’s been a valuable lesson in other styles and new ways of working. I feel excited about taking that forward into Texas and wherever it is we go next.’