Yazoo Reconnected

Gosh. Yazoo? Reuniting? A box set? Re-mastered albums at last? Eh?

Yes, that's just what I thought too. News has slipped out that Yazoo - Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke - are getting together for a few gigs to celebrate the issue of a 4 CD box set of their catalogue. I got both their albums on vinyl when they came out in the early '80s and have a 'best of' CD, but it would be good to have re-mastered versions plus all the extras. 'Upstairs At Eric's' was a breakthrough album in more ways than one. Now, I'm not their Number 1 fan or anything, but I wouldn't say no.

I remember seeing them on Top Of The Pops back then when Alison always wore a long black skirt or long coat and Vince just stood here pressing buttons on the keyboard. Not the most dynamic of stage presences but that sound was both wierd and wonderful.

The blurb says:

YAZOO RECONNECTED

June 2008

VINCE CLARKE AND ALISON MOYET TO REUNITE FOR FIRST UK SHOWS IN 25 YEARS

4 DISC BOX SET IN YOUR ROOM - RELEASED IN MAY

“Whoever said synthesiser music has no feeling can start eating their hearts out now”
5* - Truly Fab - Record Mirror– 28^th August 1982

“Created somewhere inside the brain of Vince Clarke and the soul of Alison Moyet in a spaced out time between Georgio Moroder and James Murphy” – Paul Morley 2007

YAZOO - Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet - have announced that they will reunite for the first time in over 25 years for Reconnected, a UK tour in June, starting in Glasgow on the 4th and culminating in a headline show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on the 18th. There will be an exclusive on-sale opportunity at www.alisonmoyet.com beginning 25 January for one week only. General on-sale begins 1 February.

The tour is preceded by In Your Room a 4 disc box set which includes remasters and 5.1 mixes of both Yazoo’s classic albums ‘Upstairs At Eric’s’ and ‘You And Me Both’, b-sides and remixes and a DVD featuring a new short film containing exclusive new interviews with Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet and the promo videos for Don’t Go, The Other Side Of Love, Nobody’s Diary, Situation (1990) and Only You (1999).

The joyous, unlikely coming together of Vince Clarke, who had just left Depeche Mode, and Alison Moyet lasted for only 2 albums, saw them performing only 24 concerts worldwide, but left an indelible mark on pop. Yazoo released ‘Upstairs At Eric’s’ in July 1982 then parted company just 12 months later on release of the second album ‘You And Me Both’, which reached Number 1 in the UK. Vince and Alison have since gone on to have their own successful careers, Vince with Erasure and Alison as a solo performer, both releasing critically acclaimed hit albums in 2007. The Reconnected Tour will also see Yazoo perform material from ‘You And Me Both’ for the very first time as well as pop classics Only You and Don’t Go.

YAZOO RECONNECTED - UK TOUR – JUNE 2008

Wed 4 June Glasgow Clyde Auditorium 0870 040 4000
Sat 7 June Manchester Apollo 08444 777 677

Thu 12 June Wolverhampton Civic 0870 320 7000
Sun 15 June Brighton Centre 0844 847 1515
Wed 18 June London Hammersmith Apollo 08448 444 748