‘RECONNECTED’
JULY 2008
VINCE CLARKE AND ALISON MOYET TO REUNITE
FOR FIRST U.S. SHOWS IN 25 YEARS
4 DISC BOX SET ‘IN YOUR ROOM’ OUT IN MAY
“Whoever said synthesizer music has no
feeling can start eating their hearts out now” – – 5* - Truly Fab - Record
Mirror– 28th August 1982
“Created somewhere
inside the brain of Vince Clarke and the soul of Alison Moyet in a spaced out
time between Giorgio Moroder and
James Murphy” – Paul Morley 2007
YAZ—VINCE CLARKE & ALISON MOYET—have announced
that they will reunite for the first time in over 25 years for “THE RECONNECTED TOUR,” a
brief U.S trek in July starting at
the Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA on July 7 and culminating in two headline
shows at New York City’s Terminal 5 on July 16 and 17th. Tickets are on-sale in
Chicago on Friday, March 7; NY and Los Angeles beginning Saturday, March 8; and
Oakland on Sunday, March 9. Tickets will be available through www.ticketmaster.com.
The tour is
preceded by IN YOUR ROOM, a 4-disc box set which includes remasters
and 5.1 mixes of both Yaz classic albums Upstairs At Eric’s and You
And Me Both, b-sides and remixes plus 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).”
A limited edition vinyl 12” with new dance mixes will also be released
to promote the set.
The joyous,
unlikely coming together of Vince Clarke, who had just left Depeche Mode, and
Alison Moyet lasted for only two albums, saw them performing only 24 concerts
worldwide but left an indelible mark on pop. Yaz released Upstairs At Erics 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 albums in 2007: Erasure
with Light At The End Of The World and Alison Moyet with The Turn.
“the
Reconnected Tour” will also see Yaz perform material from You And Me Both
for the very first time as well as alternative classics such as “Situation,”
“Nobody’s Diary,” “Don’t Go” and “Only You.”
US TOUR –
JULY 2008
Mon 7/7 Oakland,
CA Paramount
Theatre
Thu 7/10 Los
Angeles, CA Orpheum
Theatre
Fri 7/11 Los
Angeles, CA Orpheum
Theatre
Mon 7/14 Chicago,
IL Chicago
Theatre
Wed 7/16 New
York, NY Terminal
5
Thu 7/17 New
York, NY Terminal
5
The U.S.
tour announcement follows a series of UK and European dates which have been
announced recently. For more
information on Vince Clarke, Alison Moyet, “The Reconnected Tour” and the upcoming In
Your Room box set please visit:
www.yazooinfo.com
www.myspace.com/yazooofficial
www.alisonmoyet.com