Erasure announce new live double album

ERASURE (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) will release World Be Live a 24-track live album recorded in London in February during the band’s World Be Gone tour on 6 July 2018. World be Live will be available in 2CD, 3-vinyl and download formats.

Erasure, who recently accepted the Icon Award at Attitude’s 2017 award ceremony, have released a staggering number of albums, including 5 UK Number 1s, and 35 UK Top 40 singles. World Be Gone went to Number 6 in the UK Official Albums Chart, giving the enduring BRIT and Ivor Novello winning pop duo their highest album chart position since 1994’s I Say I Say I Say.

World Be Live completes a trilogy of albums that began in 2017 with the release of Erasure’s seventeenth studio album World Be Gone, and continued with World Beyond, their post-classical reworking of the songs from World Be Gone recorded in collaboration with Echo Collective and released in March this year.

World Be Live was recorded across two shows at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith at the close of Erasure’s sold out UK World Be Gone tour which saw the award-winning songwriters play hits from across their career in a show that included live versions of the timeless pop hits Sometimes, Oh L’Amour, Ship of Fools, Chains of Love, Blue Savannah and Stop!, alongside a cover of Blondie’s Atomic and tracks from Erasure’s recent World Be Gone project, including Love You To The Sky,

Erasure’s 2018 headline tour of South America is underway and the band continue their worldwide tour in July with an extensive through North America, full details below.

ERASURE HEADLINE TOUR – NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

6 July – US, Miami Beach, FL, Fillmore

7 July – US, St. Petersburg, FL, Mahaffey Theater

8 July – US, Orlando, FL, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

10 July – US, Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle SOLD OUT

11 July – US, Charlotte, NC, The Fillmore

13 July – US, New York, NY, Beacon Theater SOLD OUT

14 July – US, New York, NY, Beacon Theater SOLD OUT

15 July – US, New York, NY, Beacon Theater SOLD OUT

17 July – US, Boston, MA, House of Blues

18 July – US, Philadelphia, PA, Merriam Theater SOLD OUT

20 July – US, Washington, DC, Warner Theater SOLD OUT

21 July – US Washington, DC, Warner Theater

22 July – US, Pittsburgh, PA, Byham Theater

24 July – US, Toronto, ON, Queen Elizabeth Theater SOLD OUT

25 July – US, Grand Rapids, MI, 20 Monroe Live

27 July – US, Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre SOLD OUT

28 July – US, Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre

29 July – US, Minneapolis, MN, State Theatre

31 July – US, Indianapolis, IN, Murat

1 Aug – US, Kansas City, MO, Uptown Theater

3 Aug – US, Dallas, TX, Toyota Music Factory

4 Aug – US, Houston, TX, Smart Financial Centre

5 Aug – US, San Antonio, TX, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts SOLD OUT

7 Aug – US, Austin, TX, Austin City Limits Live SOLD OUT

8 Aug – US, Austin, TX, Austin City Limits Live SOLD OUT

10 Aug – US, Denver, CO, Opera House SOLD OUT

11 Aug – US, Salt Lake City, UT, Kingsbury Hall SOLD OUT

12 Aug – US, Salt Lake City, UT, Kingsbury Hall SOLD OUT

14 Aug – US, Seattle, WA, Moore Theatre SOLD OUT

15 Aug – US, Vancouver, BC, Orpheum Theatre SOLD OUT

17 Aug – US, San Francisco, CA, Masonic Auditorium

18 Aug – US, San Francisco, CA, Masonic Auditorium SOLD OUT

19 Aug – US, San Francisco, CA, Masonic Auditorium SOLD OUT

21 Aug – US, Los Angeles, CA, Wiltern Theater

22 Aug – US, San Diego, CA, Symphony Hall SOLD OUT

24 Aug – US, Los Angeles, CA, Wiltern Theater SOLD OUT

25 Aug – US, Los Angeles, CA, Wiltern Theater SOLD OUT

26 Aug – US, Los Angeles, CA, Wiltern Theater SOLD OUT

You can find out more details regarding ticket details via the following link. Erasur can also be followed via their official website, Twitter and Facebook pages.

All words by Matt Mead. Further articles by Matt can be found at the Louder Than War author archive pages.