SYNTH pop duo Erasure, who support Robbie Williams on his stadium tour at St Mary’s tonight, will return to Southampton to headline the 02 Guildhall early next year.

Their extensive 2018 tour will see them headline the city’s 02 Guildhall on February 15.

Erasure duo Andy Bell and Vince Clarke celebrated their 30th anniversary last year with a series of special releases looking back on a time which has seen them pen 200 songs and sell over 25 million albums worldwide.

Love You To The Sky is the band’s latest hit, taken from their new studio album World Be Gone, the band’s latest studio album, which went into the UK Official Albums Chart at No. 6, their highest new entry in the album chart since 1994’s I Say I Say I Say.

The enduring BRIT and Ivor Novello winning pop duo have released a staggering number of albums, including 5 UK Number 1’s and 17 top 10 singles (35 singles charted in the UK Top 40) both the new album and the recent best of, Always, saw Erasure entering the Top 10 album charts once again.

World Be Gone sees the award-winning songwriters in a reflective mood, giving the world and recent political upheavals a thoughtful examination and, as highlighted on artwork showing a ship’s masthead rising up from being submerged in the stormy waters looking to the future.

Tickets for the 2018 shows go on sale on Friday from erasureinfo.com/concerts