Erasure, the synth-pop duo behind “Sometimes” and “A Little Respect”, bring the arena tour for their twentieth album to The O2 arena, with Andy Bell out front.
Erasure, the synth-pop duo behind “A Little Respect”, play The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Wednesday 12 May 2027 on the tour for their twentieth album. Ladytron join them as special guests.
The duo formed in London in 1985. Vince Clarke had already co-founded Depeche Mode, writing their breakthrough single “Just Can’t Get Enough”, and had made two albums with Alison Moyet as Yazoo.
Clarke then advertised for a singer, and Andy Bell, from Peterborough, won the audition. “Sometimes” took them into the UK chart in 1986, and “Chains of Love” and “Blue Savannah” followed.
The Innocents, in 1988, began a run of five consecutive UK number one albums, and the Abba-esque EP topped the singles chart in 1992. The pair won the Brit Award for Best British Group in 1989. Their albums have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
The tour for Radio!! Radio!! changes the band on stage. Clarke is musical director from California and will not appear, so Bell fronts the show; as Bell has put it, the two still decide the songs together.