Hot on the heels of his recent single with Debbie Harry, Andy Bell has shared a brand new single, ‘Lies So Deep’, on the eve of his solo tour, which starts this week and continues through May & June 2025 – full details below.
Andy explains that the track is a “futuristic love song about a time where everybody is allowed the freedom to love whoever they want without interference”. He goes on to say that the track is an ode to Whitney Houston, before adding “Sarah Potenza adds the stunning diva counterpart which tips the song into soul overdrive!”
Ten Crowns, his eagerly awaited new album, is out on Friday 2 May 2025 – on vinyl (white, oxblood, and picture disc), CD (standard and 2CD versions), gold cassette, and digitally via Crown Recordings.
Listen to ‘Lies So Deep’ feat. Sarah Potenza [one of the finalists on The Voice] – BELOW:
The new track follows his collaboration with Debbie Harry, Heart’s A Liar, the BBC Radio 2 playlisted single, ‘Don’t Cha Know’, Dance For Mercy, and ‘Breaking Thru The Interstellar’, all spectacular introductions to Ten Crowns – ten tracks of dazzling, joyous pop, produced and polished in Nashville, inspired by the dancefloor and gospel – marking a majestic moment in his career.
The UK / European tour will be followed up with a newly announced North American tour, with an appearance at Brighton’s Pride in the Park – in the icon slot – scheduled for 3 August. Support for the UK dates has just been announced: in York, Birmingham and Manchester, Dave Audé (who produced and co-wrote the album) will open with a DJ set and for the rest of the dates, Hifi Sean & David McAlmont support.
No stranger to collaboration – his four decades of writing and recording with Vince Clarke as Erasure are still going strong and the duo recently began work on a new album together – Bell threw himself into writing with close friend Dave Audé, the Grammy award-winning producer, remixer and DJ.
Andy and Dave had previously collaborated on two US dance chart No.1s together: 2014’s ‘Aftermath (Here We Go)’ and 2016’s ‘True Original’, and after those dance tracks, the pair “just kind of carried on writing as an exercise”, Andy explains, “and after that, Dave moved his family to Nashville because LA was so expensive, and so our writing took this kind of gospel-tinged Nashville twist.”
He describes how in Nashville there’s a church on every corner (“it reminded me of singing in choirs and cathedral school as a child, where the spirit of the church is imbued in the music”). Not that Ten Crowns is a sombre, spiritual set. It’s propulsive, electronic, passionate, driven by the need to encounter new emotions and experiences as life races on. “I mean, I’ve got everything I could possibly wish for, you know, I really have, but that’s not to say I’m always fulfilled,” Andy adds. “This album’s about picking yourself up, dusting yourself off, embracing life – and about taking that feeling on even when you’re fighting demons in the world, like homophobia, and fighting demons in yourself. It’s about being celebratory and uplifting.”
Ten Crowns marks a magisterial moment in Andy Bell’s forty-year career. His joy about what that holds, and where it can go, clearly excites him. “It’s my third (sort of) solo record [following 2005’s Electric Blue and 2010’s Non-Stop] and in Erasure, our third album was our most successful out of all that we’ve done, so I’m taking that spirit with me!”
Travelling into new dimensions and possibilities with gospel in the heart and dancing in the soul clearly suits him. Ten Crowns is Andy Bell imperial, gleaming, ready for his coronation.
Ten Crowns – album tracklisting;
Breaking Thru The Interstellar
Lies So Deep feat. Sarah Potenza
Heart’s A Liar feat. Debbie Harry
For Today
Dawn Of Heavens Gate
Godspell
Put Your Empathy On Ice
Thank You
ANDY BELL EUROPEAN / UK TOUR
1 May – York (UK), Barbican**
2 May – Birmingham (UK), Symphony Hall**
3 May – Manchester (UK), Bridgewater Hall**
6 May – Glasgow (UK), Royal Concert Hall*
7 May – Aberdeen (UK), Music Hall*
8 May – Gateshead (UK), Glasshouse*
11 May – Bournemouth (UK), Pavilion*
12 May – Guildford (UK), G-Live*
13 May – Bath (UK), Forum*
16 May – London (UK), Shepherd’s Bush Empire*
17 May – Llandrindod Wells (UK), The Albert Hall*
18 May – Liverpool (UK), Philharmonic*
19 May – Cambridge (UK), Corn Exchange*
12 June – Frankfurt (DE), Batschkapp
13 June – Hamburg (DE), Markthalle
15 June – Berlin (DE), Columbia Theater
16 June – Koln (DE), Gloria
18 June – Leipzig (DE), Anker
19 June – Bremen (DE), Modernes
21 June – Holstebro (DK), Summer Sounds Festival
3 August – Brighton (UK), Pride on the Park – Icons Slot
5 August – Dublin (IE), Vicar St
** with Dave Aude / * with Hifi Sean & David McAlmont
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
3 October – Nashville, TN – Basement East
7 October – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
10 October – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
11 October – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
14 October – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
17 October – Washington DC – Lincoln Theatre
18 October – Washington DC – Lincoln Theatre
21 October – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
23 October – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
24 October – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
25 October – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
28 October – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre
29 October – Bethlehem, PA – Wind Creek Event Center
4 November – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
5 November – Columbus, OH – The Anthenaeum
7 November – Chicago, IL – Metro
8 November – Chicago, IL – Metro
13 November – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater
14 November – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater
15 November – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
20 November – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
21 November – Park City, UT – The Marquis
28 November – San Francisco, CA – Palace of Fine Arts
29 November – San Francisco, CA – Palace of Fine Arts
2 December – Portland, OR – Newmark Theatre
3 December – Vancouver, BC – Vogue
4 December – Seattle, WA – ShowBox at the Market
6 December – Stateline, NV – TBC
9 December – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren
10 December – San Diego, CA – Music Box
12 December – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theater
13 December – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theater
Tickets are on-sale now
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