Erasure Announces 20th Studio Album and Tour Changes

Erasure has prepared a new album, their 20th studio album, titled Radio!! Radio!!. Andy Bell wanted a title giving a sense of urgency, which is why the album name features four exclamation marks. For the UK and European arena tour accompanying the release, Vince Clarke will not be on stage for the first time in the history of the group. Clarke will instead serve as the remote musical director for the tour, while technician Howard Rider plays synthesizers on stage.

The group has never broken up or taken a break in the 40 years since their first album Wonderland was released. Erasure has achieved more than a dozen Top 10 hits and won the award for best British group at the 1989 Brit Awards. The duo also filmed the music video for the song Take a Chance on Me dressed as women in the roles of Frida and Agnetha.

Vince Clarke was previously a founding member of Depeche Mode. In addition, during his time in the group Yazoo with Alison Moyet, Clarke wrote the songs Just Can’t Get Enough and Only You.