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. Tickets are now on sale at the link below.
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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.
Pet Shop Boys are playing their first of five “Obscure” shows at the Electric Ballroom in Camden tonight.
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On this day
2002
A Top of the Pops special devoted to the Pet Shop Boys airs on U.K. television. On the same day, Neil and Chris take part in a live webchat hosted by the BBC.
2010
As part of an effort to help ‘save’ independent record shops (which have been dwindling now for several years around the world), today has been declared ‘Record Store Day.’ As part of the effort, various record companies and performers have issued special limited-edition ‘hardcopy’ releases to be sold exclusively in such shops. The Pet Shop Boys release a vinyl 45 of ‘Love Life’ backed with ‘A Powerful Friend.’
2012
Neil reportedly attends a small, ‘intimate’ Rufus Wainwright performance this evening at Under the Bridge in the Fulham section of London.
2014
It’s Maundy Thursday—the eve of Good Friday on the Christian calendar—and the German electronic duo Diamond Version debut online their new cover of the classic gospel hymn ‘Were You There?’ featuring vocals by Neil Tennant.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com
Suburbia’s a slipstream
to a memory
of a time when you were
close to me
I pretend
I’m there again
I close my eyes and see you
better than before
then I feel you touch me
and it’s 1984
I know what you will say
before you start
in my heart
We’re the Pet Shop Boys
We’re the Pet Shop Boys
Every thought’s a fashion
or a crime
and every boy is just
a waste of time
but I pretend
it was different then
Maybe it’s a habit
Maybe it’s a sin
But I find out
when I try it on
it crawls beneath my skin
Once it gets inside me
it won’t go
Now I know
…
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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.
It has just been reported in “The Bookseller” magazine that “Pet Shop Boys Volume”, has gone straight to number one in the latest Independent Bookshop Top 20 in the UK. The book, written by Chris Heath and Philip Hoare, was published last week by Thames & Hudson.
A huge thank you to Princess Julia for opening the Obscure shows last week (and on her birthday) with her excellent DJ sets, which you can relive at the Spotify playlist link below.
Photo: Eva Pentel
The 2026 issue of Annually is shipping this week to all who have pre-ordered it. It is the tenth issue of the book which every year explores PSB’s recent activities and dives into their history. You can still order a copy from our online store.