I was obsessed with Andy Bell as a kid, and my parents were worried it was going to "turn me gay". Spoiler alert - it didn't. Still love him (and Erasure) to this day. Class act!

Fantastic human being :-) Would be an honour to have a conversation with such a humble 80s music god.

Sending infinite love to Andy. What a legend.

Interesting seeing Andy Bell years later talking about current affairs when at school in the 80s we were listening to his music with Erasure, The Circus and The Innocents albums on cassette !

Met Andy bell in Leeds train station with his husband Stephen and they were both absolutely lovely down to earth smashing fellows Stephen took a photo of me with Andy which made my day after that I went for my train and along the way I bumped into Steve pemberton from the league of gentlemen he too was a real sweetheart and took a picture with me also bumped into Lisa Riley from emmerdale she gave me a big smile and a hug when I told her she was an amazing actress hahaha! Quite a day star spotting haha

Absolute national treasure

The most lovely, genuine, down to earth pop star you will ever meet (beside maybe the equally awesome Sarah Blackwood of Dubstar) . Andy is just a great guy, always got time for a chat, he even sponsored me for a charity skydive I did a few years ago, I'll never forget that.

I looooooove ANDY and VINCE sooooooooo much!!! Andy is such a lovely sweet person and Vince professional, dry humor, cheeky lad...them two PERFECT HUMAN DUO...and music duo too off course ❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏

Andy Bell & Mr Vincent Clarke - Best British Synthpop Duo ( e r a s u r e ) ! Greets From Poland...

He thinks 'sometimes' people need to 'Stop' and give 'a little respect' , it's like being on 'a ship of fools'

Such wisdom compassionately expressed ❤

❤love Andy Bell's music so lively, great voice, great interview!

Andy is the sweetest

I have loved erasure from being a kid dancing around in my bedroom, singing my head off at the top of my lungs☺️ he is an inspiration to us all, to be who you want to be. 💙

What he said of people searching for a better life in UK brought tears to my eyes.

Great Andy, tons of love from Africa

Brilliant band and good guy 💕

Always liked Andy a lot and still do. Especially for him just being that sweet humble down to earth chap you'd love to just hang around and chat with. What an incredibly charming man. Greetings from a fellow Berliner.

I love you , Andy❤

Andy is a fantastic person!!🙂👏👏👍

Don’t agree with all his viewpoints but his music transcends above it all!

I am not gay but I love Andy Bell & Vince Clark - love them as artists OMG!! those songs.. I grew up dancing my heart out to Erasure met lots of ladies too - fabulous artists - from a straight guy love you Andy Bell thank you for giving me the best times of my life in the early 90s god bless you..

Have listened to Andy quite a few times he is a sound guy & talks a lot of sense. X

What a lovely guy ! Love his music too

What a down to earth guy that what I like no crap Andy bell and Vince Clarke best wishes 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I've always really liked Andy Bell and Eurasia, great guy, great band/duo, I agree fully with Andy Bell, live, love and be free! ✊👍👍👍👍👊✌️.

Andy Bell is right about political correctness causing a backlash ... The uncontrolled immigration we see today will also result in a backlash

It sounds like the voice is still quite good. I was late " discovering " Erasure, but glad that I found them, excellent duo. Just this afternoon I wondered if anyone had " covered " any of their hits. I think k.d. Lang and Andy Bell would make an interesting pair for a duet album.

Great Artist and such a great Person xx

Great guy Andy 👍

''United Kingdom Of Pop'' Poland Love Erasure ;-)

Wish I could hang out with Andy and Vince .

Andy seems to be such a sweet and lovely guy

Insightful 👍

Got a feeling this was filmed end of 2019 as the German interviewer is talking about Brexit as if it's just happened and Andy has his 'The Neon' pre-pandemic haircut.

Very well said 😊. ❤.🌟.erasure. 🌟.

I totally agree with him!

Top Musician!

Heart and mind

Amo el acento británico,y a Andy lo amo también

Mr. Andy Bell is an ICON.

I love Andy and i am not Gay ❤ Legend, Vince and he formed my musical life 🔥🔥🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🎹🎹

Saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾😍

God Bless Andy Bell ❤️

Andy looks good here and have always been a huge Fan of both him & Vince.

Brasil te ama muito. saudades . amor demais , obrigada . y love you

Sigo a Erasure mas de 30 años… y nunca le entiendo a Andy cuando habla..😢😅😅

Top bloke

Erasure ❤❤❤❤❤

Loved you then and i love you now peace ✌🏻 x

Oh nice, Andy was in Berlin here again.

You look so good, incredibly healthy.How do I know TRUST me? I do. Always ✌️🇨🇦

Andys outlook is very paradoxical the way he views bygone UK attitudes compared with the "diversity" he seems to revere today. I wonder if he would walk hand in hand with his partner around Newham, Leicester etc

Sums up Tory Britain to a tee well said Bob.

The black community LOVE this guy . . . .God bless bro 💘

Top dás galáxias 😂❤

He needs love like that!

Brilliant idea to interview him chewing gum and walking through a rickety metal and board series of boxes.

Watching this again a year later and knowing what I know now, I wonder if Andy has changed his views at all on the constant flow of supposed 'refugees' that are arriving on our shores uninvited on a daily basis.

❤

You go guy, don't put up with any media BS but you Already know that

Why no knighthood? Great man. Or Damehood. Let Andy choose.

Good old Andy Bell.

Sounds like Andy still regards himself to be working Class. You knew Erasure politics after hearing the Circus single

I love Andy Bell, fantastic human and artist. I agree with everything he said, but he hit upon something, when people are frustrated or feel left behind, they tend to take out their frustrations in different ways. Terrible politicians that no longer care about their constituents, that are corrupt, that no longer lead, they destroy a country. This happens on all sides of the aisle in both the US, the UK, and the EU. I can understand those that no longer want to be part of the EU, Brussels abuses its power with officials that were not voted in by the people. They don’t care about the people in their countries, they recently found that many of these EU members are heavily corrupted and under investigation. There are many policies that the EU has implemented that strip sovereignty from individual EU states/countries. There will always be ray sist people, they come in all colors, from all countries. I think that economic hard times create so much frustration in people that they begin to turn on each other in their fight for survival, and it’s easy to take that out on other people. I’ve met plenty of brexiters and Trump people that are absolutely not ray sist, they just want their country to represent them, to put their own citizens first. You can’t pour from an empty vessel, but social services are strained under the rapidly expanding population by mass immigration, I think individual cultural traditions in families are important, but I do believe that there is some assimilation that is necessary for social cohesion. I want a better life for everyone, those that have come to our shores are indeed rubbing from terrible things, but it is our countries that have waged forever wars in their countries that has forced them to find better lives elsewhere. Most people don’t want to leave their family and friends, everything things they have ever known, but after their country is decimated, what can they do? I can see both sides of the argument here, this is coming from a leftist in the US.

Tan bello Andy Bell

CHICLAYO PERU 🇵🇪 🤝 LEEDS UK 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

Where was this filmed? It's in Germany but where

he earned a little respect

Brekzit Ingerlund is a Ship of Fools. Surprised he hasn't noticed....

😘😘😘

Agree 100%

What happened to his face?

If everyone put a thought into everything, we'd have world peace.

He looks young

He is right about trump and the rest. Thats whast happens when people are told what to do. Wise words 👋👋👋👍

GB has never been diverse until the last 25 years. 30,000 in 1950. 12,000,000 today.

Andy is a really nice person, but not all new arrivals to the uk agree with his views.

‼️SERIOUSLY!! WHY IS THIS MAN NOT MAINSTREAM RECOGNIZED AS A PIONEER. I been commenting on this for years!!! Now Bad Bunny❤❤sexy, is making it normal for kids to dress like woman or man. My kids in High School, Muslim Hijabi😉 in America, have grown up and accepted she who recognize a he or how the world is blending. I am so annoyed we have a famous singer in US, being called a revolutionary for shocking people with his,”circa 80’s gay bathhouse dance, when, ANDY freaking BELL! Talented and amazing, was the first openly gay and fabulous person I saw as a child. 33 years ago. Really.. in the US they say Ellen opened the door??? Erasure was on MTV long before, all the time. I remember he was beautiful and we all knew he was gay. All the rest would be straight acting gay, or gay and scared to say it to interviewers. I’m talking Pop culture and the suburbs. I know there were other activists so long ago. But as a normal suburban America, we saw the Club Tropicana video by WHAM or Boy George and seriously thought it was super straight hotties being glam😝 Because it was hidden from mainstream. Andy Bell never hid anything. I will say another one who should have the noble prize for pioneer is Canada’s Scott Thompson. When we got a bit older and understood some guys swing that way but nobody said it, 🤫 Scott did not even give a 🎉. TRUTH. Andy Bell is a beautiful, talented, original OG performer. Really that’s what matters. But really!!!! First to be himself and not hide or avoid that. US perspective. . ✌️ peace. People don’t have to have the same views but we are advanced enough , not cavemen, to accept we have to live here together. Fuck bombs and guns… they are for animals❤

he didnt need that work done

Andy is betta than Mandy! (don't know who Mandy is but it must rhyme!)

Tolerance is the hallmark of courage and civilisation

So brexit was homophobic lol.

Love Erasure but, Andy you really don't need face fillers, you look great without it!

What ..is this Berlin ?

Andy spot on am straight and think its wrong if gay people like your self and lovely vince etc cant kiss and hold hands walking down the street this needs to stop xx love you both

Liked him as a singer, not keen on his politics. It's the kind of politics you have when you're a kid and don't know enough about the world and human nature. He is like this as he is wealthy ofc and so lives in a bubble but if he spent more time with working class people he'd understand their fears for the future.

I've been attacked defending my friends when gay bashers attacked us in my youth .Why are cultures of any nature anally retentive Stop it .Doesn't matter what sexuality you feel just be true to yourself and eventually with the euphoria of society it will become the norm love all those who understand and getting a grip those with closed minds ask me in 70 years by then i couldn't give a futon or F your Self xxx

Good singer, childish politics!

Yes Andy, integration is a good thing as long as they are ready to assimilate and follow the UK ways. Not fly their own flag. With Brexit the UK is tired of paying the lion's share. Charity starts at home. The UK needs to take care of their own. The United States needs President Trump now more than ever. Remember if the US goes down the UK will follow..

Andy should just stick to singing, as he is just revealing how terribly ignorant he is here. It's such a shame really.

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What a load of bollocks

re trolo

Give them a home then you can affor it champagne millionaire socialist

Stick to music love your Guardianista bubble is showing.

good musician but his political opinions are awful

He looks rough.

Please don't chew with your mouth open Andy, it's disrespectful

Britain is a country built on refugees, this white, proud and English bollox is built on ignorance of British history. Let’s take the people we are supposed to be impressed by, the upper classes, most of your true blue bloods are actually French, that’s where that very odd accent comes from. I remember one of these guys being asked “so how do you become this massively rich and privileged person ?” , he said “have an ancestor who was a friend of William the conqueror “ The only real English are the Welsh, I will leave you to work that one out. British history is way more diverse and complex than those who push it through our school curriculum would have you believe.