A big thanks to all Dreamworld audiences in Ireland, Scotland and England. Pet Shop Boys had a brilliant time with you these past few days! The tour continues with final shows in Cologne, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Gothenburg. x Photo: Twitter/brendandonlon
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Pet Texts archive: June 2023
A very dramatic setting for the last UK show of this tour! Thanks to everyone at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
Loading in our production at the extraordinary Eden Project in Cornwall. We’ll be onstage at 9.30 pm and the legendary Mike Pickering will be DJ-ing from 8 pm.
After Brighton last night, there’s only one more UK date left on this tour — the Eden Project in Cornwall tomorrow. See you there?
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Was that the loudest audience ever? Thanks, Leeds! x
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The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool is magnificent with a fascinating collection! Visited it yesterday. Neil x
“SMASH” has entered the official UK albums chart at number 4! This is PSB’s eighteenth top ten album in the UK. Full chart at the link below.
It’s a beautiful evening in Liverpool. x
What a night we had in Paris — a lot of love in L’Olympia! Merci. And SMASH is released today! xx
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The scene in the Aberdeen arena as our show started last night. First visit there since 1989! x
Affy Green from our band wearing our cool new Dreamworld windbreaker jacket now on sale at concerts. Our show was nearly cancelled last night due to stormy weather but went ahead in the end and was so much fun. Grazie, Roma!
Great night at Wembley Arena on Saturday. We love it when the audience make an effort! Looking forward to Dublin tonight. Photo: Twitter/@drmikekeil
Pet Shop Boys enjoyed a fantastic start to their 2023 tour with five Primavera Sound festival shows in Barcelona, Madrid and Porto! Dreamworld is now heading to Rome and Paris and will continue in the UK and Ireland before heading back to Europe. Photo: Instagram/@filipe__79
We managed to play our concert at the opening night of Primavera Sound Madrid yesterday in spite of the problems caused by heavy rain (which stopped just before we went onstage). Thanks to our crew and everyone on the site for making it happen and of course to the fantastic audience!
We played in a beautiful little theatre in Madrid yesterday to a fabulous audience. This is the scene before we went on stage. Primavera Festival tonight!
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The official lyric video for Pet Shop Boys’ remix for “Think Of A Number” by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds is now available to watch on YouTube. Link below.
The official video for “Rent”, which was directed by Derek Jarman, is now available to watch on YouTube. Link below.
Why does the Kindle App on iPhone promote reading books as though it’s some kind of sports activity that one does reluctantly? I’ve probably read every day since I was seven years old but I can’t get rid of this fatuous panel. Stop patronising me, Kindle! Neil x
Pet Shop Boys’ official video for “Always on my mind” is now available in 4K resolution on YouTube for the first time. Link to watch below.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a remarkable and heartfelt speech recently. Link below.
We had a great club concert tonight in Barcelona, everyone singing along and enjoying being together. See you in Madrid. Neil x
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I love the cover of “Twelve-Thirty”(originally recorded by The Mamas and The Papas) on Rufus Wainwright’s new album, “Folkocracy”. It sounds like summer to me! Link below. Neil x
The new HD version of the classic “Being boring” video is now available to watch on the official PSB YouTube channel. A previously unused American edit of the video had been mistakenly upgraded and uploaded — this has now been deleted. The video won Music Week’s award for Video of the Year in 1990 even though it was banned by MTV in America.
“Council Skies”, the new album by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, is released today. The deluxe edition includes Pet Shop Boys’ remix of “Think of a Number” which you can hear now at the link below.
A new HD video for the extended version of “Domino dancing” is now available to watch on the official PSB YouTube channel. Link below.
We had a wonderful night in Barcelona playing the opening concert of the Primavera Sound festival. Our first concert of the summer!