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
1995
Neil and Chris finish work on ‘Paninaro ’95.’
2005
They continue work on the song ‘After the Event.’
2012
They fly to Berlin—very clearly one of their favorite cities. During their stay there of about six weeks, they work on (among other things) music for their upcoming ‘Alan Turing project.’
2014
Following their second Coachella performance the night before, the Boys take the first of a couple days off relaxing in the Palm Springs region of southern California before heading east for the remaining U.S. dates of their Electric Tour. Meanwhile, a clue in today’s edition of the famed New York Times Crossword Puzzle: 82-Across, ‘Pet Shop Boys’ (answer: DUO).
2022: Neil attends the London premiere this evening of the film Firebird. Ukrainian actor Oleg Zagorodnii, who has a lead role, speaks to the audience via video link from Kyiv, his nation’s war-torn capital.
2023
They’re at The Church Studios (a portion of a former Agapemonite church in London, built in 1850, converted into recording studios in 1984) recording orchestral parts for their next album. The day before, they supervised musicians recording brass parts. Today they’re recording strings, which Neil describes as ‘gorgeous.’
- Facts collated by geowayne.com
If this is a ghetto
I’m in it with you
If it’s just a prison
I’m locked in it too
I tried to leave you
but after all that you had said
I went to pieces
when I should have shouted and screamed
instead
So sorry, I said
Your powers of persuasion
those quizzical eyes
have tired and tied me
with innocent guile
I meant to walk out
after all the tears we’d shed
I should have stalked out
gone and painted the town bright red
but instead
So sorry, I said
How tough it gets
Don’t talk to me about it
To pay off your debts
I worked on overtime
and you say you’ve never believed in luck
…
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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.
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