Check out the new “Since 1984” merchandise items which have just been added to the official PSB store, including T‑shirts, a hoodie and a cap. All available now at the link below.
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Pet Shop Boys are happy to announce that they will return to Norway this summer for a “Dreamworld” show at Oslo’s Unity Arena on 20th August.
Pet Shop Boys are pleased to confirm that they will be headlining this year’s edition of Suset Festival in Esbjerg, Denmark on Saturday, 22nd August
Pet Shop Boys Volume, the complete visual record of PSB from 1984 to 2024, is published by Thames & Hudson today.
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On this day
2001
The Closer to Heaven four-track promo disc is released.
2002
The Sunday Times of London reports that PSB will plant 70 trees in Scotland to counter the effects of their latest CD on the environment.
2005
In London, Neil and Chris attend the final show of Kylie Minogue’s ‘Showgirl’ tour (during which she has been performing ‘In Denial’ accompanied by Neil’s recorded vocals). They meet with her after the show.
2011
At the Classical BRITS Awards show this evening at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Neil presents the ‘Composer of the Year’ award to Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
2022
The second concert of the Boys’ Dreamworld Tour takes place in Vienna.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com
Sometimes
I watch you when you’re sleeping
I wonder what you’re feeling
both wide awake and dreaming
of yesterday
I want you
to kiss away the tension
the issues never mentioned
with all the best intentions
but you turn away
Oh baby if you find
I’m not the loving kind
I’ll buy you flowers
I’ll pour you wine
do anything
to change your mind
I know you may be disinclined
to find the love we’ve left behind
so kiss me then make up your mind
I’m not the loving kind
I’d do anything
Sing the songs that lovers sing
if I could change your mind
Am I not the loving kind?
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Stormzy’s 2019 Glastonbury vest is just one item in the excellent new exhibition, “The Music is Black: A British Story”, at the V&A East museum which has just opened in Stratford, London. Definitely worth a visit! More information at the link below. Neil x
50 years ago today, I went with my friend Eric Watson to see a gig by a new rock group called the Sex Pistols at the Nashville pub in West Kensington. The Pistols were impressive — they reminded me a little of The Ramones whose first album I had heard — but then a member of the audience was beaten up by one of the group’s friends in a horrifying incident. Eric and I left the gig stunned and I wrote a letter to the NME about it. To my surprise, the NME printed my letter as a little news piece with a photo by Joe Stevens. Later in 1976, the Pistols achieved notoriety in a controversial TV interview. A series of brilliant and subversive singles and an album followed which resonate to this day. Neil x
Pet Shop Boys Volume has officially entered the Sunday Times bestseller list at number two. Earlier last week, the book went straight to number one in the UK Independent Bookshop Top 20. Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy of “Volume” so far. xx
If you weren’t able to go to any of last week’s five PSB shows in London, or you just want a memento of those special concerts, “Obscure Pet Shop Boys” merchandise, including a sweatshirt and three different T‑shirts, is now available in the official PSB store at the link below.