Today’s New Zealand Herald newspaper reports that the Lan Chile Airbus A340 flying from Santiago, Chile, to Auckland, New Zealand, on Tuesday night came close to being hit “by blazing pieces of a Russian satellite hurtling into New Zealand airspace. The disintegrating satellite was so close to the aircraft that the pilot could hear the roar it made as it broke the sound barrier.…At the aircraft’s cruising speed of 880km/h it was within about 40 seconds of a potential catastrophe.”
On board the plane, asleep and unaware of this drama, were Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe and the entire Pet Shop Boys touring party. Lan Chile flight 801 left Santiago late on Monday evening and, crossing the International Date Line, arrived safely at Auckland at 4 am on Wednesday morning.
Pet Shop Boys perform their debut New Zealand concert tonight at the St James Theatre, Auckland.
PSB plane “40 seconds from air disaster”
Tickets for Pet Shop Boys’ “Dreamworld” show at the Royal Sandringham Estate on 14th August are now on sale at the link below.
Recent News
Pet Shop Boys’ “Discography” is being reissued on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 1991.
Pet Shop Boys can announce a new UK summer tour date. On Thursday, August 14th they will be performing in the grounds of the Sandringham Estate with very special guests, Scissor Sisters.
Composer Mark Springer’s forthcoming new album, “Sleep of Reason”, which includes a collaboration with Neil Tennant, is now available to pre-order on double vinyl and CD exclusively at the Bandcamp link below.
“Love comes quickly (Live at the Royal Arena Copenhagen 2023)” is now available to watch on YouTube.
Pet Shop Boys are happy to announce new 2025 gigs for their acclaimed tour, “Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live”.
Pet Shop Boys are very happy to announce their first two headline festival shows of 2025 at Kalorama Festival Lisbon on 19th June, and Kalorama Festival Madrid on 21st June.
In advance of the forthcoming Blu-ray release of the “Dreamworld” concert film, a live video for “Vocal”, filmed during Pet Shop Boys’ 2023 “Dreamworld” show in Copenhagen, is now available to watch on YouTube.
We are delighted to be able to announce the long-awaited commercial release of “Pet Shop Boys Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at the Royal Arena Copenhagen”!