ANDY BELL 'NON-STOP' ALBUM RELEASED THIS WEEK
As if you didn't already know, Andy's second solo album 'Non-Stop' is released this week on CD and via download around the world. The album features the new single 'Call On Me' plus the previous singles 'Running Out' and 'Will You Be There?' alongside a further seven tracks, including 'Honey If You Love Him' a duet with Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell.
ALBUM TRACKLISTING - Running Out, Call On Me, Subject/Object, Say What You Want, Will You Be There?, Slow Release, Touch, Non-Stop, DHDQ, Honey If You Love Him (featuring Perry Farrell)
iTUNES UK | iTUNES US | AMAZON UK | AMAZON US

ERASURE UPDATE
I'm getting lots of emails from people asking about the next Erasure album and tour, so to give myself a rest from typing all those emails here's a quick overview of where Vince and Andy are at??? work is going well on the new album and I believe there are around twenty tracks under consideration for inclusion. Andy will be joining Vince in the USA later this month to continue working on the album but there's no release date in place just yet, and therefore no news on any Erasure tour plans. As soon as I have more to tell you then you can be sure that I will be sharing that news immediately!

YAZOO TO RELEASE 'RECONNECTED LIVE' ALBUM
If you are on the Yazoo newsletter list then you will have already received an email from me about this, but for those of you aren't, Yazoo will release a much anticipated live album, entitled 'Reconnected Live', on September 27th. The release will be available as a 2CD set, a deluxe special edition and via download. More details, and the cover artwork, on the official Yazoo website.

MEET ANDY BELL??? COMPETITION RUNNING NOW!
The MumStop website is currently running an online competition with a meet and greet with Andy as the prize. Apparently you don't have to be a Mum to qualify for entry so good luck to everyone! See the news page on Andy's website for details.

ANDY BELL 'NON-STOP' ALBUM RELEASED NEXT WEEK??? BUT LISTEN TO IT NOW!
I'll be sending out a special 'Non-Stop' newsletter next week with as many details about the release of Andy's second album that I can cobble together, but you might be interested to know that you can listen to the entire album right now as AOL's Spinner Music website is previewing 'Non-Stop' in the run-up to the release date. I should also remind you that if you want the FREE Vince Clarke remix of 'Non-Stop', the album's title track, then you only have a couple of days left to pre-order the album from Mute Bank and qualify for the bonus download!

ANDY BELL 'PURE GROOVE' DJ SET AND SIGNING SESSION CANCELLED
Sadly Pure Groove have been having problems with their local Council over noise levels from their instore performances and DJ sets. The shop have been forced to cancel all their planned events, including Andy's DJ set and signing session which was scheduled for June 11th. Sorry for any inconvenience but I'm afraid this decision was out of our hands.

ANDY BELL'S PERSONAL 'THE TWO RING CIRCUS' DISC UP FOR AUCTION
Andy is auctioning the BPI silver disc he received in 1988 to mark 200,000 UK sales of Erasure's 'Two Ring Circus' album, to benefit the Rett Syndrome Research Trust charity. The award has also been signed on the reverse by Andy and is available for bids - via eBay - until June 3rd. The auction is open to bids from anywhere in the world, and shipping to the winner is free wherever they are.

'SAY WHAT YOU WANT' REMIX COMPETITION
We're into the last few days of voting for the final six 'Say What You Want' remixes that will be sent to Andy and Mute Records to decide the overall winner, and the voting so far has been fantastic, thank you to everyone for their support. I should remind you that you can only vote for each remix once and multiple votes will be removed before the final calculations to decide the winners are made. I can also tell you that Andy has personally listened to every single remix!

ANDY BELL MEDIA ROUND-UP...
With 'Call On Me' out this week and 'Non-Stop' out next week all sorts of bits and pieces are popping in the media at the moment, including interesting pieces on the Gaydar Nation website (a full and frank Q&A session); interviews with Edge Magazine and About Magazine in the USA; and a rather tongue-in-cheek review of 'Non-Stop' entitled 'Andy Bell's Solo Album - Six Reasons Not To Hate It' from the Queer Sighted blog! See the news section on Andy's website for all the details and links.

ERASURE VS. ABBA
I came across this blog today and thought I'd include it for a bit of light relief. Basically ABBA's version of 'Lay All Your Love On Me' is up against Erasure's version of the same song. It's all open to discussion on the Fun To Be Had page if you fancy taking part!

Thanks to Richard of www.erasureinfo.com