Alison Goldfrapp checked in with fans on the official Goldfrapp.com blog, talking about how she celebrated her 43rd birthday, which was on May 13th. The English electropop singer writes:

Hi! Wanna say thank you so much for all your gorgeous birthday messages and fantastic endeavors!!! I was really touched! I had a lovely birthday, I went out for a meal in the eve and celebrated with just a couple of close friends at a crazy looking Japanese place in London. It’s Sunday 24th and the sun is shining, I gotta get out amongst the trees my lovelies, hope you have fun in the sun!

Goldfrapp checked in with fans on their blog at MySpace on Tuesday (December 16) with the following message:

Hello everybody

Sorry we haven’t managed to film a special message for you this year, probably all our galavanting round the planet and other things, time seems to have runaway and now we are off on our holidays, but before we do that we wanted to say a big thank you to you all for helping making our year a fabulous one!

Thanks for all your support, messages and general presence.

We wish you all great holidays and a wonderful New Year!

All love Alison and Willxxxxxxx
P.S We will be finding a hut again in the new year to start writing, so we’ll keep you posted on how things are going x.

Goldfrapp checked in with fans on their blog at MySpace on Wednesday (September 17) with the following message:

Hey Deers

We’re happy to announce that Goldfrapp are releasing a Special Edition of the Seventh Tree album on Mute, hitting the streets on 27 October. Coming out on CD with a bonus DVD, the Special Edition will contain the complete original album on CD plus new album artwork and photos. Here’s the DVD track listing!!!

Live at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea:
Clowns (Instrumental) Behind The Scenes / Happiness / You Never Know / Caravan Girl / Monster Love / Little Bird

Videos
A&E / Happiness / Caravan Girl

TV performances
Clowns / Road To Somewhere

We’ve arranged preview clips of the audio for a couple of tracks for you. Click here for snippets from the new live recordings of Happiness and Monster Love.