Ahead of their headline set at “Radio 2 in the Park” in September, BBC Radio 2 are inviting listeners to choose the ultimate PSB song. The shortlist of songs and the option to vote is now available to UK residents until 4pm on Friday 26th July at the link below. Which song will you choose?
To mark the centenary of Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary silent film, “Battleship Potemkin”, a restored version made by Deutsche Kinemathek, featuring the celebrated score by Tennant and Lowe of Pet Shop Boys, will be released for the first time in cinemas and on a two-disc Blu-ray and CD package by the BFI.
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Wishing Neil a happy 71st birthday today!
The first six PSB studio albums, “Please”, “Actually”, “Introspective”, “Behaviour”, “Very” and “Bilingual”, have been updated on CD from jewel case to gatefold card sleeves for the first time since their original release. Featuring 2018 remastered audio, all of them will be made available in the official Pet Shop Boys store this Thursday, 10th July.
Pet Shop Boys enjoyed a beautiful start to their summer tour with festival shows in Seville, Lisbon and Madrid over the past week. After a short break, the “Dreamworld” tour is set to continue in Spain, Italy, Wales, Belgium and Sweden, before finishing in England at the end of August. All details at the link below. Photo: sirbermejo/Instagram
Great show at the Kalorama Festival tonight in Lisbon and lovely to meet Jae and Gus of Boy Harsher backstage. We love the mix they did for us of “New London boy”.
A fantastic audience in an amazing venue. Last night in Seville was a great start to our summer tour!
Photo: Holger Schwark
We introduced a new band member in Seville last night. Bubba McCarthy has taken over on drums from Afrika Green who is pursuing her studies. Good luck, Afrika, and welcome Bubba!
Looking forward to the first concert of the summer tour tomorrow. It’s hot in Seville! Neil and Chris xx
A new edit for the Gui Boratto remix of Sam Taylor-Wood’s “I’m In Love With A German Film Star”, originally produced by PSB, is now available to stream at the link below. The track is part of the new “Kompakt 500” compilation, celebrating Kompakt Records’ five hundredth release.