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The 1980s sure were a funny time, and here to remind us just how funny are Yazoo (or just Yaz to us Yanks), reunited after over 25 years apart! Vocalist Alison Moyet and Depeche Mode descendent Vince Clarke have cast aside whatever differences kept them from each other for a quarter century plus and planned a big happy reunion tour.

The "Yazoo Reconnected" trek begins May 26 in Copenhagen and winds its way around Europe before hopping the pond and heading to the U.S. in July.

As for whether Moyet and Clarke are buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and throwing their computer out the window because they want to make a new Yazoo record, well, that remains to be seen. But the duo does have a couple releases of note in the pipeline.

The first is In Your Room, a four disc box set collecting both of Yazoo's studio albums-- 1982's Upstairs at Eric's and 1983's You and Me Both-- along with a disc of B-sides and rarities and a DVD collecting music videos, television performances, 5.1 and stereo mixes of both albums, and a short film entitled 2 Albums, 4 Singles and That Was It.... Whew! Mute will unleash In Your Room in the UK and mainland Europe on May 26.

To get folks primed for the box set and help remind them that Yazoo is not, in fact, some kind of internet search engine, Mute will hit overseas audiences with the Nobody's Diary EP on May 12. Available in both 12" and digital formats, the EP sports the classic track off You and Me Both along with a bunch of remixes, including one from Erasure's Andy Bell.

And the newly revived Yazoo is all about the remixes lately, having posted quite a few additional ones to their website in recent weeks-- including Mute labelmate Hercules and Love Affair's take on Yazoo megahit "Situation"! Let that one wash over you by following the link below.

In Your Room:

Disc one: Upstairs at Eric's:

01 Don't Go
02 Too Pieces
03 Bad Connection
04 I Before E Except After C
05 Midnight
06 In My Room
07 Only You
08 Goodbye '70s
09 Tuesday
10 Winter Kills
11 Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)

Disc two: You and Me Both:

01 Nobody's Diary
02 Softly Over
03 Sweet Thing
04 Mr Blue
05 Good Times
06 Walk Away From Love
07 Ode to Boy
08 Unmarked
09 Anyone
10 Happy People
11 And On

Disc three: B-Sides and Remixes:

01 Situation
02 Situation (Extended Version)
03 Don't Go (Re-mix)
04 Don't Go (Re-re-mix)
05 Situation (U.S. 12" Mix)
06 Situation (U.S. 12" Dub)
07 The Other Side of Love
08 The Other Side of Love (12" Remix)
09 State Farm
10 Nobody's Diary (Extended)
11 State Farm (Extended)
12 Situation (Re-recorded)

Disc four: DVD:

Music videos:

01 Don't Go
02 The Other Side of Love
03 Nobody's Diary
04 Situation (1990)
05 Situation (Alternate Version) (1990)
06 Only You (1999)

Yazoo at the BBC:

01 Only You ("Top of the Pops"; 29 Apr 1982)
02 Only You ("Cheggers Plays Pop"; 24 May 1982)
03 Don't Go ("Top of the Pops"; 15 Jul 1982)
04 Don't Go ("Saturday Live"; 24 Jul 1982)
05 Don't Go ("Top of the Pops"; 12 Aug 1982)
06 The Other Side of Love ("Top of the Pops"; 25 Nov 1982)
07 The Other Side of Love ("Top of the Pops"; 09 Dec 1982)
08 Nobody's Diary ("Top of the Pops"; 19 May 1983)
09 Nobody's Diary ("Top of the Pops"; 02 Jun 1983)

Nobody's Diary EP:

12":

01 Nobody's Diary (Andy Bell / JC Remix)
02 Nobody's Diary (Original Remaster)
03 Nobody's Diary (Koishii and Hush Remix)

Digital:

01 Nobody's Diary (Original Remaster)
02 Nobody's Diary (Andy Bell / JC Remix)
03 Nobody's Diary (Koishii and Hush Remix)
04 Nobody's Diary (GRN's 12" Remix)

Yazoo Reconnected:

05-26 Copenhagen, Denmark - Falconer Salen
05-27 Copenhagen, Denmark - Falconer Salen
05-28 Hamburg, Germany - Stadtpark
05-30 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
06-02 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
06-04 Glasgow, Scotland - Clyde Auditorium
06-05 Newcastle, England - City Hall
06-07 Manchester, England - Apollo
06-09 Sheffield, England - City Hall
06-11 Nottingham, England - Royal Centre
06-12 Wolverhampton, England - Civic Hall
06-13 Bristol, England - Colston Hall
06-15 Brighton, England - Brighton Centre
06-16 Plymouth, England - Pavilion
06-18 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
06-19 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
06-21 Barcelona, Spain - Sónar Festival
07-07 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre
07-08 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre
07-10 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre
07-11 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre
07-14 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
07-16 New York, NY - Terminal 5
07-17 New York, NY - Terminal 5