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5 April 2024

Manchester

Pet Shop Boys will appear at a special “in conversation” event in Manchester on April 26, the day their new album “Nonetheless” is released. The event will take place in the beautiful surroundings of the John Rylands Library and will be preceded by a full album playback. Music writer and author Jon Savage will talk with Neil and Chris and then invite questions from the audience.

Tickets are now available through the Crash Records website at the link below, and are limited to one per person. The event is open to all ages but under-14’s must be accompanied byan adult.

A limited number of “Nonetheless” signed CDs and signed grey vinyl will be available, with a limit of one signed item per purchase. Further details at the link below.

Pet Shop Boys said today: “It will be great to be in Manchester on the day our new album is released. We have many friends in the city and it’s always a real pleasure returning there.”

The programme for the evening is as follows:
6.30pm — Doors
6.45pm — Album Playback
7.30pm — In Conversation with Jon Savage
8.30pm — Audience Q&A
9pm — End

This event is now sold out. Thanks to all who bought a ticket and see you soon.

Pet Text
15 May 2026

The first preview of the Jonathan Harvey/Pet Shop Boys musical, “Closer to Heaven” was performed on this day in 2001 at the Arts Theatre in London, with the official press night following on May 31st. The original cast album was released several months later and is still available on streaming services.

Neil and Chris had originally started writing the musical together with Jonathan Harvey in 1996. “We wanted to write something that wasn’t Les Mis or Rent,” says Chris. “A play about contemporary life with contemporary music that was not long and boring.” 

Since its first run of shows in 2001, “Closer to Heaven” has returned to London theatre stages several times, most recently at the Turbine Theatre in 2024. It also premiered in Brisbane, Australia in 2005, in Brighton, UK in 2009 and in Dallas, USA in 2010. And one of its main characters, Billie Trix, returned in 2019 with her own one-woman show, “Musik”, also written by Jonathan Harvey with some new Tennant/Lowe songs.


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