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One of our youngest fans? Check out the You Tube clip — link below.

Our friend and “Most Incredible Thing” collaborator, the German composer Sven Helbig, will be appearing with the Fauré Quartett tomorrow evening at the Apple Store on Regent Street in London in a live performance of “Pocket Symphonies”, Sven’s new album of “short — yet symphonically deep songs”. Sven will also be introducing the album which is now available on iTunes. Come early as seating is limited. Link below.

The Flashmob Remix of ‘Vocal’ has entered Beatport’s Deep House Top 10. This remix is an exclusive download for Beatport and was created by DJ’s Danny Minchella and Alessandro Magani. The remix can be downloaded from the link.

A new remix of ‘Vocal’ is available to download now exclusively from Beatport. The Flashmob Remix was produced by the Italian DJ duo Danny Minchella and Alessandro Magani (AKA Flashmob) and can be found on the link below.

In the UK, “Electric” has today entered the albums chart at number three. This is PSBs’ highest chart position for a new studio album since “Very” entered at number one in 1993.

“Electric” has entered the official albums chart in Germany at the same position as it is in the UK: number three. Meanwhile next door in Switzerland, “Electric” has entered at number six.

In the UK, “Electric” is now number 2 in the Midweek albums chart. Full details at the Official Charts Company link below.

Neil and Chris will be talking to Jo Whiley on her BBC Radio 2 show tonight at 8pm.

Pet Shop Boys’ Barcelona concert last month at the Sonar Festival will be broadcast tonight on Radio 3 in Spain at 10pm. Link below.

There’s a new interview with Chris at the GQ link below and below that an interview with both Chris and Neil in Paris Match magazine. Finally, at the Guardian link, there’s a interview in which they discuss some of their favourite dance tracks.

The Telegraph are running an exclusive video feature on the making of “Electric”. Neil, Chris and the album’s producer, Stuart Price, all discuss the creative process. Watch the video at the link below.

Thank you to all the fans who listened to the album stream of “Electric” last week and took the time to tweet about it on #PSBElectric. There were so many well written reviews and we eventually decided on @stu_hill as the prize winner for best review. Congratulations!

A very special and limited edition vinyl box set of “Electric” is being produced by Vinyl Factory and is available for pre-order now. Full details can be found at the link below.

Pet Shop Boys 6 Mix (two hours of continuous music chosen by Neil and Chris) was broadcast last Friday on BBC Radio 6. You can still hear it at the link below. The tracks were sequenced by Pedro Gonzales (a.k.a. PSB programmer Pete Gleadall).
And earlier this evening on BBC 6 Music Tom Robinson invited listeners to devise a playlist celebrating Pet Shop Boys music. Click on the last link below to see what tracks listeners chose. The programme will be available to hear again from tomorrow.

We’re driving from Beirut to Byblos where the show is tonight. Chris x

Several new reviews of “Electric” have just been published praising the new album. Links below plus a link to a new interview in Metro. UPDATE: More links to great new reviews added below.

Thanks for all the birthday cards, wishes and presents (two birthday cakes so far!) I’ve received today. It’s a very busy day but lovely to know people are thinking about me on my 59^th birthday! Looking forward to the show in Munich tonight. Neil x

BBC Radio 6 has chosen “Electric” to be their Album of the Day next Monday. As a result, a track from the new album will be played on every daytime show on the station for the day.

Go to the link below to read a couple of vintage PSB interviews at this excellent online archive.

Congratulations to Andy Murray for winning Wimbledon! Great excitement among the PSB team backstage at the Ruisrock festival in Finland.

I think tonight was the loudest audience of the tour. Thank you, Turku Ruisrock festival! Neil x

Thanks to all the Czech (and a few Italian and British) fans who sang an early “Happy Birthday” to me outside the Arena yesterday. Very much enjoyed our first visit to beautiful Karlovy Vary. DÄ›kuji! Neil x

Click on the You Tube link to hear an intriguing clip of “Bolshy” from the forthcoming (very soon!) album “Electric”.

The August issue of Mojo magazine includes a long interview with Neil and a great **** review of the new “Electric” album. It’s on sale now.