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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Pet Shop Boys
On this day
1990
Neil dines with Jon Savage and Derek Jarman at a pub in the town of Lydd, England. As Jarman later writes in his diary, Neil consumes his roast beef ‘with gusto.’
1991
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Helsinki, Finland.
2005
Neil and Chris talk to Trevor Horn about possibly producing their next album.
2006
The Boys appear on the U.K. TV show Popworld, performing ‘I’m with Stupid.’
2016
The latest album, Electronica Vol. 2: The Heart of Noise, by French electronic artist Jean-Michel Jarre is released today. It includes the track ‘Brick England,’ his collaboration with Chris and Neil, including the latter’s vocals.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com
Party in the Blitz
in the Blitz, in the Blitz
There’s a party in the Blitz
in the Blitz, in the Blitz
Party in the Blitz
Avoiding direct hits
Only for sophisticates
If the situation permits
Party in the Blitz
Keep going
Too many wild oats
need sowing
Cocktails at the Ritz
still mixing
I think a little drink
needs fixing
Mornington Crescent
A bomb fell last night
We’re clearing up the mess
and still a little tight
Waiting for the firemen
in the morning light
And then I think a drink
and there’s some poetry to write
…
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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.