Happy birthday to “Yes” which was officially released in the UK ten years ago today. Produced by Xenomania, it was preceded by the Top 20 hit, “Love etc”. As Chris remarks in the booklet of the Further Listening reissue, “We wanted the whole album to be colourful, pop. The opposite of Fundamental which was a very dark piece.” And Neil comments, “It was a beginning of a new phase really.”
Morning coffee in Oslo.
Recent News
Pet Shop Boys are looking forward to their final “Dreamworld” shows of 2026 in Norway and Denmark this week.
A special double feature of the PSB film “It Couldn’t Happen Here” and the centenary version of Sergei Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin” with the Pet Shop Boys score will be shown on October 11 at the Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle.
Neil Tennant is coming to Durham Book Festival on Saturday 10 October to talk to Fiona Hill about how growing up in Newcastle shaped his life as a musician
Pet Shop Boys are about to play four dates in four days in Germany, starting in Mönchengladbach this Friday and continuing at Berlin’s Waldbühne on Saturday.
Pet Shop Boys are pleased to announce DJ support acts for their “Dreamworld” shows in Germany this summer.
It’s a sin”, the new dance show adaptation of the award-winning Channel 4 series developed by Rambert and executive-produced by PSB and Russell T Davies, will embark on a major tour from February 2027.