On this day 20 years ago, Pet Shop Boys premiered their new score to Eisenstein’s classic 1925 Russian silent film “Battleship Potemkin” in front of an estimated audience of 20,000 at London’s Trafalgar Square. PSB performed behind gauze with the Dresdner Sinfoniker conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer, playing orchestrations by Torsten Rasch while the movie is projected on a giant screen above the performers. Listen to the score at the link below. Photo: Open Culture
Pet Shop Boys today release on Blu-ray/2CD their concert film “Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at the Royal Arena Copenhagen”, which is now available to buy exclusively through the official store.
Recent Pet Texts
After two days off in Santiago, we’re playing here at the MoviStar Arena tonight. On stage at 9 pm! xx
Photo: Rose Dexter
Stopping during a walk in the mountains above Santiago today. Beautiful scenery. Neil x
Photo: Thomas Stone
“Love comes quickly”, one of Neil and Chris’s personal favourite PSB songs, was released as a single 40 years ago today.
An unforgettable night at the Viña del Mar Awards in Chile! Graçias!
Pet Shop Boys are playing a sold-out Dreamworld show at the impressive Quinta Vergara amphitheatre tonight as part of the 65th anniversary edition of Viña del Mar Festival. The concert will also be televised in Chile.
Photo by Aton
Afternoon on the beach.
