Andy Bell

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Andy Bell (born Andrew Ivan Bell, 25 April 1964 in Peterborough, England) is the lead singer of the English Synthpop duo Erasure. <p>Bell, originally working in a meat packing plant in the UK, responded to a newspaper advert that was looking for a singer. Bell, the forty-first auditionee responding to the ad, was picked by Vince Clarke and formed the group Erasure. Together Bell and Clarke have sold over twenty million albums worldwide. <p>Apart from his work with Erasure, he has taken part in numerous charities including the Ferry Aid version of "Let It Be" in 1987, a cover of Cole Porter's "Too Darn Hot" that was included in 1990s Red Hot + Blue album to raise funds for AIDS and HIV research, re-making Lene Lovich's "Rage" alongside her to be included in PETA's album in 1991 in favour of a wildlife campaign and performing twice on Big Spender's Red Hot and Dance events to support various AIDS projects (in December 1994 and November 2004). <p>Bell sang the role of Montresor in Peter Hammill...