Yaz

Yaz — Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet — have announced that they will reunite for the first time in over 25 years for Reconnected, a U.S. tour with a stop at The Chicago Theatre on July 14th.

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 Eric's 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 Top 30 critically acclaimed hit 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 pop classics "Only You" and "Don't Go."

"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." — Vince Clarke

"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." — Alison Moyet