Chris and I were sad to learn that our first manager Tom Watkins has died after being ill for several years. I first met Tom in 1975 and then a decade later he became our manager. He was a genuine larger-than-life personality — his company was called Massive Management — and we learned a lot together about the music business and had many good times. After Tom ceased to be our manager, I remained his friend for several years but for various reasons long-term friendship with Tom wasn’t possible. However Chris and I will always be grateful for his efforts on our behalf in the early days of our career and we have many memories of fun times with him back then. Today we sent flowers to his funeral with the message: “Thanks for five Massive years”. Neil x
Pet Shop Boys are pleased to announce that they will be headlining Magdalena en Vivo Festival in Santander, Spain on Saturday, 25th July.
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We’d like to wish Liza Minnelli a very happy 80th birthday! We loved working with her on the “Results” album and have so many great memories of that experience. Liza is a true star and it has been a privilege to know her. Look out for her autobiography which is published this week. xx
35 years ago today, Pet Shop Boys released their hit medley of U2’s “Where the streets have no name” and Frankie Valli’s “I can’t take my eyes off you” as a double A‑side single which also included the PSB song “How can you expect to be taken seriously?”.
This Pet Shop Dog is loving our new merchandise samples!
We arrived back from São Paulo this morning and this afternoon went to see Tracey Emin’s heartfelt retrospective which opened at Tate Modern last week. Highly recommended.
Pet Shop Boys would like to thank the wonderful audiences in Chile and Brasil for dancing and celebrating with them these past few days. The “Dreamworld” tour continues with more shows in Europe and the UK this summer.
All dates and tickets at the link below.
Photo: instagram.com/elfestivaldevina
After three shows in Chile, Pet Shop Boys are performing tonight at the Suhai Music Hall in São Paulo, Brasil. See you there! On stage at 9 pm.
Photo by Festival de Viña del Mar
Thanks to Chicarica, our support band at both shows in Santiago. I’m enjoying their beautiful album “Invierno en la playa”. Neil x