Erasure’s Andy Bell on 40-year career: ‘If someone told me to tone it down, I’d camp it up’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Andy Bell (Image: Sean Black)

“I’ve never had a problem with being open,” says Andy Bell. “I wear my heart on my sleeve.”

It’s a simple statement, but one that has defined a career. This, and the spirit of Erasure’s great gay anthems, is why he is one of our Pride ICON winners at this year’s PEUGEOT Attitude PRIDE Awards Europe, supported by British Airways.

From the moment he stepped into the spotlight with Erasure in the mid-80s, Bell made the choice to live visibly and truthfully as a gay man. That decision, made in the shadow of Section 28 and a hostile tabloid press, was quietly radical. And for thousands of fans watching on, life-changing. “From the very first interview, I said I was gay and I had a

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