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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Andy Bellis openly gay and was a longtime partner of Paul M Hickey.<ref>http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/829225051.html?dids=829225051:829225051&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+29%2C+2005&author=Richard+Harrington&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Erasure%27s+Edge%3A+Still+Sharp&pqatl=google Richard Harrington, "Erasure's Edge: Still Sharp" ''Washington Post'' "One of the first openly gay pop stars, Bell used to cover Tammy Wynette's ''Stand by Your Man'' sporting bell-bottom cowboy chaps with the backsides cut out, long before Prince or Christina Aguilera struck that ex-pose... Spain (where Bell lives with his partner of 20 years, Paul Hickey)"</ref> Bell told ''Melody Maker'' in 1986, "I don't want to go out of my way to talk about it but I'm not going to pretend I'm not [gay]. I won't portray a heterosexual in videos and we're consciously doing lyrics that could apply to either sex". He told Barry Walters of ''Seventeen'', "I want to be known as a good performer but it's important to me to take a stance. If you're doing music, you should use it for something and have substance. Being gay and open about it is my substance".<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/erasure-3 "Erasure" ''www.answers.com''</ref>		Andy Bellis openly gay and was a longtime partner of [[Paul M Hickey]].<ref>http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/829225051.html?dids=829225051:829225051&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+29%2C+2005&author=Richard+Harrington&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Erasure%27s+Edge%3A+Still+Sharp&pqatl=google Richard Harrington, "Erasure's Edge: Still Sharp" ''Washington Post'' "One of the first openly gay pop stars, Bell used to cover Tammy Wynette's ''Stand by Your Man'' sporting bell-bottom cowboy chaps with the backsides cut out, long before Prince or Christina Aguilera struck that ex-pose... Spain (where Bell lives with his partner of 20 years, Paul Hickey)"</ref> Bell told ''Melody Maker'' in 1986, "I don't want to go out of my way to talk about it but I'm not going to pretend I'm not [gay]. I won't portray a heterosexual in videos and we're consciously doing lyrics that could apply to either sex". He told Barry Walters of ''Seventeen'', "I want to be known as a good performer but it's important to me to take a stance. If you're doing music, you should use it for something and have substance. Being gay and open about it is my substance".<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/erasure-3 "Erasure" ''www.answers.com''</ref>

	In December 2004 he publicly announced that he is [[HIV positive]] and has been aware of this since 1998.<ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1494872/20041214/erasure.jhtml Jennifer Vineyard "Erasure Singer Andy Bell Says He's HIV-Positive" ''MTV'' 14 December 2004</ref>		In December 2004 he publicly announced that he is [[HIV positive]] and has been aware of this since 1998.<ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1494872/20041214/erasure.jhtml Jennifer Vineyard "Erasure Singer Andy Bell Says He's HIV-Positive" ''MTV'' 14 December 2004</ref>
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	:"There are definitely HIV-positive people who meet other HIV-positive men, and like still having unprotected sex. I think it must be quite hard for young gay men because there is so much for them now to do – there are so many saunas and stuff like that for them to go to, and it's so easy to get it."<ref name=guardian>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jul/26/popandrock.hiv Hannah Pool "Question time: Erasure singer Andy Bell" ''The Guardian'' 26 July 2007</ref>		:"There are definitely HIV-positive people who meet other HIV-positive men, and like still having unprotected sex. I think it must be quite hard for young gay men because there is so much for them now to do – there are so many saunas and stuff like that for them to go to, and it's so easy to get it."<ref name=guardian>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jul/26/popandrock.hiv Hannah Pool "Question time: Erasure singer Andy Bell" ''The Guardian'' 26 July 2007</ref>

	He has suffered from avascular necrosis (~~unrelted~~ to his HIV diagnosis) and has had both hips replaced. Bell has stated that this keeps him from "pogoing around" compared to previous performances.<ref name=guardian/>		He has suffered from avascular necrosis (unrelated to his HIV diagnosis) and has had both hips replaced. Bell has stated that this keeps him from "pogoing around" compared to previous performances.<ref name=guardian/>

	Hickey died on 11 April 2012 at the age of 62.<ref>http://www.paulhickey.com/ "Sometimes - A Life of Love, Loss & Erasure" ''Paulhickey.com''</ref>		Hickey died on 11 April 2012 at the age of 62.<ref>http://www.paulhickey.com/ "Sometimes - A Life of Love, Loss & Erasure" ''Paulhickey.com''</ref>
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Ross Burgess: Created page with ":''Not to be confused with the guitarist of the same name.'' Andy Bell'''Andy Bell''' (Andrew Ivan Bell, born 1964) is the lead singer..."

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:''Not to be confused with the guitarist of the same name.''
[[File:Andy Bell (Erasure) 2.jpg|thumb|Andy Bell]]'''Andy Bell''' (Andrew Ivan Bell, born 1964) is the lead singer of the pop duo Erasure.

Andy Bell comes from [[Peterborough]]. In 1985, while working on the meat counter at Sainsburys supermarket, he responded to a newspaper advert that was looking for a singer.<ref>Interview of Andy Bell on 'Sounds of the 80s' BBC Radio 2 broadcast on 11 January 2014. Bell stated the claim he was in the meat trade was inaccurate. He actually was working on the meat counter at a supermarket.</ref> He was picked by Vince Clarke and together they formed the group Erasure, which has sold over 20 million albums worldwide.

==Personal life==
Andy Bellis openly gay and was a longtime partner of Paul M Hickey.<ref>http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/829225051.html?dids=829225051:829225051&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+29%2C+2005&author=Richard+Harrington&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Erasure%27s+Edge%3A+Still+Sharp&pqatl=google Richard Harrington, "Erasure's Edge: Still Sharp" ''Washington Post'' "One of the first openly gay pop stars, Bell used to cover Tammy Wynette's ''Stand by Your Man'' sporting bell-bottom cowboy chaps with the backsides cut out, long before Prince or Christina Aguilera struck that ex-pose... Spain (where Bell lives with his partner of 20 years, Paul Hickey)"</ref> Bell told ''Melody Maker'' in 1986, "I don't want to go out of my way to talk about it but I'm not going to pretend I'm not [gay]. I won't portray a heterosexual in videos and we're consciously doing lyrics that could apply to either sex". He told Barry Walters of ''Seventeen'', "I want to be known as a good performer but it's important to me to take a stance. If you're doing music, you should use it for something and have substance. Being gay and open about it is my substance".<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/erasure-3 "Erasure" ''www.answers.com''</ref>

In December 2004 he publicly announced that he is [[HIV positive]] and has been aware of this since 1998.<ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1494872/20041214/erasure.jhtml Jennifer Vineyard "Erasure Singer Andy Bell Says He's HIV-Positive" ''MTV'' 14 December 2004</ref>
In a 2007 interview, Bell remarked that a complacency exists among gay men about [[HIV]], specifying that:
:"There are definitely HIV-positive people who meet other HIV-positive men, and like still having unprotected sex. I think it must be quite hard for young gay men because there is so much for them now to do – there are so many saunas and stuff like that for them to go to, and it's so easy to get it."<ref name=guardian>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/jul/26/popandrock.hiv Hannah Pool "Question time: Erasure singer Andy Bell" ''The Guardian'' 26 July 2007</ref>

He has suffered from avascular necrosis (unrelted to his HIV diagnosis) and has had both hips replaced. Bell has stated that this keeps him from "pogoing around" compared to previous performances.<ref name=guardian/>

Hickey died on 11 April 2012 at the age of 62.<ref>http://www.paulhickey.com/ "Sometimes - A Life of Love, Loss & Erasure" ''Paulhickey.com''</ref>

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