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
1986
‘Opportunities’ is re-released as a single, this time proving successful.
1990
Electronic’s ‘Getting Away with It’ (co-written by Neil) peaks at #38 on the U.S. singles chart.
2005
The Boys begin work on ‘Casanova in Hell.’
2006
Fundamental is released in Germany and various other countries in continental Europe—a few days ahead of its U.K. release.
2007
Continuing the Fundamental Tour, Neil and Chris arrive in Stuttgart, Germany, for their concert there the following evening.
2009
As they note today on their official website, the Pet Shop Boys are in the midst of rehearsals for their upcoming world tour, which they have dubbed ‘The Pandemonium Tour.’
2011
Chris and Neil reportedly put in an appearance this evening at the London club Room Service.
2019
Frances Barber comes back into the studio to re-record vocals for ‘For Every Moment’ and ‘Friendly Fire.’ Neil then works with Pete Gleadall to edit a prospective single version of ‘Ich bin Musik’ (though it’s never released as a single).
- Facts collated by geowayne.com
Sometimes you’re better off dead
There’s a gun in your hand and it’s pointing at your head
You think you’re mad, too unstable
kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
in a restaurant in a West End town
Call the police! There’s a madman around
Running down underground
to a dive bar in a West End town
In a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
West End girls
…
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The first preview of the Jonathan Harvey/Pet Shop Boys musical, “Closer to Heaven” was performed on this day in 2001 at the Arts Theatre in London, with the official press night following on May 31st. The original cast album was released several months later and is still available on streaming services.
Neil and Chris had originally started writing the musical together with Jonathan Harvey in 1996. “We wanted to write something that wasn’t Les Mis or Rent,” says Chris. “A play about contemporary life with contemporary music that was not long and boring.”
Since its first run of shows in 2001, “Closer to Heaven” has returned to London theatre stages several times, most recently at the Turbine Theatre in 2024. It also premiered in Brisbane, Australia in 2005, in Brighton, UK in 2009 and in Dallas, USA in 2010. And one of its main characters, Billie Trix, returned in 2019 with her own one-woman show, “Musik”, also written by Jonathan Harvey with some new Tennant/Lowe songs.
Next time you’re in a bookshop, look out for “Mighty Real” by Barry Walters, an excellent history of LGBTQ music, its artists and audiences, which includes a chapter on Pet Shop Boys, Dusty Springfield and Liza Minnelli. It was published this week. Neil x
Some signed copies of Pet Shop Boys’ recently published retrospective book, Volume, are available today at Dover Street Market as part of Photo London.
Photography by Jack Ashley
In the latest issue of “Annually”, there’s a history of PSB in 20 objects found in the basement of our studio. Here are three that didn’t make it! Ivor Novello Awards for International Hit of the Year in both 1986 (“West End girls”) and 1987 (“It’s a sin”) and for Outstanding Contribution to British Music (presented in 2000). The awards are presented every year to recognise excellence in songwriting.