Erasure (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) celebrate the release of their eighteenth studio album, The Neon, with the announcement of the first leg of their eagerly anticipated dates. October 2021 will see Erasure bring The Neon to venues across the UK, Ireland, Germany and Denmark. The tour kicks off at the Glasgow Armadillo auditorium and includes a show at the London O2 Arena on October 17. Andy Bell says, “We’re so excited to be able to - at last - announce dates for The Neon Tour! We’d hoped to have seen you sooner, but can’t wait to see you all in 2021. Until then, keep safe!”.

Written and produced by Erasure, the album’s initial sessions saw Vince and Andy reunite with a fresh optimism and energy. Vince had been feeling drawn towards his older machines, some of which he’d had since their very early years together: “There’s a warmth to them. There’s also a real beauty in putting different analogue synthesisers together, too – a Pro-One, a Sequential Circuits, a Moog – they give this lovely sheen,” he explains.

Taking inspiration from pop music through the decades, from bands Andy loved as a child through to the present day, he explains, “It was about refreshing my love – hopefully our love – of great pop. I want kids now to hear these songs! I wanted to recharge that feeling that pop can come from anyone.”

Tickets for these unmissable dates are on sale at 10am on Friday 4 September with an exclusive fan pre-sale from 10am today (access via qualifying purchase from Lexer and Mute Bank)

ERASURE - THE NEON TOUR - 2021 DATES

1 Oct 21 - Glasgow, Armadillo

4 Oct 21 - Dublin, 3Arena

6 Oct 21 - Edinburgh, Usher Hall

10 Oct 21 - Manchester, O2 Apollo

12 Oct 21 - Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena

14 Oct 21 - Bournemouth, International Centre

16 Oct 21 - Birmingham, Utilita Arena

17 Oct 21 - London, The O2

18 Oct 21 - Brighton, Centre

Torsten In Queereteria is the third solo album by Andy Bell (Erasure) performing as alter-ego Torsten, a semi-immortal polysexual who is destined to love many, lose many and be haunted by bittersweet memories, due to his unnaturally elongated life.  The album is released on April 12 through Cherry Red Records.

It’s a role Andy first took up at the Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Festival in 2014 in Torsten The Bareback Saint and a role reprised by him in the critically acclaimed 2016 follow up, Torsten The Beautiful Libertine, which enjoyed a sell-out four week run at London’s ‘Above The Stag’ Theatre.

Andy Bell Is Torsten is a unique collaboration between a singer (Andy Bell), a poet / playwright (Barney Ashton) and a musician (Christopher Frost). Their new album is structured around four separate themed ‘Acts’ which deal with different aspects of both Torsten’s life story and his self-realisation. As with previous Torsten albums, each song is designed as if a postcard insight into a particular hot-spot of memory.

Track listing is:

Act 1 : Remembrance, Youth and Beauty.

01 - A Hundred Years Plus Today

02 - You Stampede An Open Wound

03 - Lowland Lowriders

04 - I Am Of The Sea

Act 2 : The Hedonism And The Hurting.

05 - Cabaret Awayday

06 - Queereteria

07 - If We Want To Drink A Little

Act 3 : Bitter Regrets.

08 - Thou Shalt Be My Vibe

09 - Money With Menaces

10 - Let’s Be Sober Another Time

11 - Come And Taste My Breakdown

Act 4 : To Mourn And To Miss.

12 - To Know Good Men From Perverts

13 - We Hadn’t Slept For Twenty Years

14 - Silence Is Golden

15 - Not Opting Out