GREAT GOOGLEY MOOGLEY -- YAZOO IS BACK TOGETHER!

so i just got this email from my friend dean, which he in turn got from someone else. i'm not sure if i believe it yet. it's too good to be true....

'For the first time in more than 25 years, British dance duo Yazoo -- known as Yaz in the United States -- will reunite for a series of shows in the U.K. and U.S. this summer.

The Reconnected tour kicks off at the Glasgow Clyde Auditorium in and continues for four more dates, finishing June 18 at London's Hammersmith Apollo. U.S. dates are yet to be announced.

Tickets for the European shows go on sale Friday January 25 through the band's Web site, then go up for general sale Feb. 1

"In Your Room," a four-disc collection of remasters, remixes, B-sides, a DVD and the band's only two albums "Upstairs at Eric's" and "You and Me Both," is also set for release in May.

Group members Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet parted ways in the summer of 1983, after the success of their singles "Only You" and "Don't Go," plus the U.K. chart-topper "You and Me Both."

Clarke has spent the rest of his career in Erasure; singer Moyet has released a number of solo albums, including last year's "Turn."'

well, this is about 1,432 kinds of awesome. possibly more. i never got the chance to see yazoo live [i was going on ten when they broke up], but they were one of the first bands i ever loved. i remember being about 15 years old and hearing 'only you' for the first time. wow, what a moment. one night i put in 'upstairs at erics' and listened to it about four or five time straight through as i was falling asleep. them are some great memories right there. here's something for gee-whiz collection: vince wrote 'only you' as a parting gift to the remaining members of depeche mode when he left the band. depeche, of course, refused it. can't say i blame 'em, really. it's not really a depeche song, you know? it's hard to imagine dave gahan singing it, innit? so vince gave it to alf and it went on to hit #2 on the UK charts.

up to this point the only live yazoo i've heard is a 'live at the bbc' concert someone over that born again 80s forum posted a few months back. if you're interested in hearing it, you can download it here. the quality is quite remarkable considering it was digitized from vinyl. it's all stuff off 'upstairs at eric's' and it's even got an instrumental track called 'china.' wow, that!

so the only questions now is who wants to go with me with they come stateside?

man, i'm stoked.

→ yazoo: only you [original version]
→ yazoo: only you [richard stanner 1999 remix]
→ yazoo: situation [original version]
→ yazoo: situation [richard x remix]
→ yazoo: the other side of love [12"]
→ yazoo: nobody's diary
→ yazoo: walk away from love
→ yazoo: state farm