At the National Portrait Gallery in London next Thursday, December 7th, at 7 pm, Philip Hoare, author and co-editor of “Pet Shop Boys Catalogue”, will present “Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art”. ‘Are the Pet Shop Boys art, or are they just arty?’ asked Blitz magazine back in the 1990s. From Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward to Derek Jarman and Sam Taylor-Wood, using images from the Pet Shop Boys’ two decades of pop and photographs from the National Portrait Gallery’s archive, Hoare will discuss Pet Shop Boys, art and literature. Catch the essential PSB exhibition in the neighbouring gallery at the same time.
Also at the NPG on Thursday, January 11th, 2007, at 7pm, Neil Tennant will discuss the creation of the Pet Shop Boys’ image and their work with leading photographers with Philip Hoare and Michael Bracewell, the writer and cultural commentator, author of “The Nineties: When Surface was Depth”.
Tickets for each event are £5 each and £3 for concessions. To book tickets call 020 7306 0055.
On Thursday, December 14th, Chris and Neil will be signing copies of “Pet Shop Boys Catalogue” and the CDs Fundamental and Concrete at Selfridge’s department store in London. The exact time will be announced shortly.
Two NPG events, London in-store
Pet Shop Boys enjoyed a beautiful start to their summer tour with festival shows in Seville, Lisbon and Madrid over the past week. After a short break, the “Dreamworld” tour is set to continue in Spain, Italy, Wales, Belgium and Sweden, before finishing in England at the end of August. All details at the link below. Photo: sirbermejo/Instagram
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Pet Shop Boys have arrived in Spain and are looking forward to their first summer show at Icónica Santalucía Festival in Seville today!
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We regret to announce that, due to an ongoing publishing dispute over one of the songs in the film, the “Dreamworld” Blu-ray release has to be further delayed until early 2026 and will now be taken off sale.
A new visualiser video for the Pet Shop Boys remix of Tina Turner’s “Hot For You Baby” is now available to watch on YouTube.
Pet Shop Boys today release a new dance mix of “Hymn (In memoriam Alexei Navalny)”, a song dedicated to his memory and cause, which was originally released in February 2025.
Pet Shop Boys’ “Discography” is reissued on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 1991.
Produced by Pet Shop Boys in 2008, the Gui Boratto mix of Sam Taylor-Wood’s “I’m In Love With A German Film Star” is part of the new “Kompakt 500” compilation, which is released today.
Pet Shop Boys will be headlining one of the stages at the Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, with a “Dreamworld” show on Saturday, August 9th 2025.