Celebrating 40 years since Pet Shop Boys’ first worldwide hit “West End girls”, this new T‑shirt is part of the PSB “Since 1984” range, designed by Farrow. Now available to pre-order exclusively through the official store.
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Brand new merchandise from Pet Shop Boys’ Japan shows is now available to buy from the official PSB store.
Pet Shop Boys are pleased to announce that their concert film, “Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at the Royal Arena Copenhagen”, will be released on Blu-ray and 2CD on Friday, 27th February 2026.
Pet Shop Boys are happy to announce that they will be performing live at Suhai Music Hall in São Paulo, Brasil, on Tuesday, 3rd March 2026.
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On this day
1991
A U.S.-led international coalition launches Operation Desert Storm against Iraq, which had invaded Kuwait several months before. These events will inspire the PSB song ‘DJ Culture.’
2005
Neil and Chris begin work on a new song, ‘I’m with Stupid.’
2008
Neil is interviewed this evening on BBC2’s Newsnight concerning the recent Tim Burton film of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. (Neil has clearly become one of the British mass media’s ‘go-to guys’ for articulate commentary on popular culture, particularly regarding music.)
2011
Chris and Neil take part in a ‘meet and greet’ for the cast of their ballet The Most Incredible Thing at Sadler’s Wells in London.
2012
The Boys film an interview for EMI talking about their upcoming b‑sides compilation Format.
2024
They post on their official website that they’re ‘having a busy day shooting a video’—very likely for the first as-yet-unannounced single from their upcoming new album, scheduled for spring release.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com
We came from the far North
summered in Crimea
deserted the armed forces
had to disappear
made it to the free West
on a chartered flight
so we could see what
we trained to fight
We were in London
“Let’s do it — let’s break the law!”
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
Tell it like it is
Looking for hard work
or credit card fraud
What do you expect from us?
We come from abroad
to get ourselves a new job
on a building-site
They work you so hard
but we trained to fight
…
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David Bowie died ten years ago today. In a special BBC 6 Music programme, Neil discusses Bowie including PSB’s collaboration with him on “Hallo Spaceboy”. The show is part of a series called “Bowie Forever”. Listen to it now on BBC Sounds.
Day off in Osaka before tomorrow’s show at the World Theatre in Kobe.
40 years ago, on Tuesday, January 7, 1986, “West End girls” hit number one in the UK singles chart and stayed there for two weeks. Neil and Chris performed the song in the number one slot on “Top of the Pops” two days later. It went on to hit the top spot in Canada, the USA, Finland, Norway and New Zealand and was the first of four PSB UK number one singles. In 2020 The Guardian newspaper elected it the greatest UK Number One single of all time.