Yay, I love it when eighties pop duos reform after a twenty five year gap. It is admittedly rare. But Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet have confirmed that they are to tour as Yazoo this summer, playing five UK gigs in June. As you'll no doubt all remember (well, perhaps not our younger readers), the group lasted only two albums, but not because they were rubbish. They were great. But then Clarke, late of Depeche Mode, went off to form another eighties pop duo, Erasure, and Moyet went solo.
The Reconnected Tour will see Yazoo performing tracks that have never been performed live before, from their second album 'You And Me Both'. Moyet says: "Playing this material live is not about revision for me. It is about finishing something we started - writing, recording, performing. Three parts of a whole. A salmon cycle. It's like going home".
Clarke adds: "It's been really good going back to these songs after such a long while. Many of them have never been played live. I'm looking forward to performing them with Alison for all the fans who've enjoyed our music through the years but never had a chance to see Yazoo in concert".
A four disc box set 'In Your Room', featuring both albums and bonus material, is set for release ahead of the Reconnected tour, the dates for which are as follows:
4 Jun: Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
7 Jun: Manchester Apollo
12 Jun: Wolverhampton Civic
15 Jun: Brighton Centre
18 Jun: London Hammersmith Apollo