The third part of BBC Radio 2’s Pet Shop Boys, documentary will be broadcast tonight at 10 and after that can be heard on the BBC iPlayer. Exploring Pet Shop Boys’ many creative collaborations, it includes interviews with producers Trevor Horn and Stuart Price, graphic designer Mark Farrow, stage designer Es Devlin, writer Chris Heath, guitarist Johnny Marr, artists Sam Taylor-Johnson and Wolfgang Tillmans, and Alan Turing biographer Andrew Hodges, and is presented by the original star of “Closer To Heaven”, Frances Barber. The fourth and last part in the series will be broadcast tomorrow. Link below.
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.
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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.
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.
Pet Shop Boys are playing their first of five “Obscure” shows at the Electric Ballroom in Camden tonight.
Pet Shop Boys will be headlining this year’s edition of Medimex Festival in Taranto, Italy on Saturday, 20th June.
Featuring a new introduction by Jon Savage, the paperback edition of One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem by Neil Tennant is published by Faber & Faber today.