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I just watched this very thought-provoking video by Lea Cetera, currently on show on the Phillida Reid Gallery in London as part of an excellent “Group Portrait” show. Neil

Bank holiday weekend walk in the Long Mynd, Shropshire. Neil x

“The Electronic Killers”, a new BBC programme in which Neil presents a playlist of his favourite songs by The Killers, is now available to hear on BBC Sounds. Link below.

Pet Shop Boys continue their series of classic live performances with “Suburbia (Live in Birmingham 1991)”. The full video, which was filmed during the “Performance” tour in 1991, is now available to watch on YouTube. Link below.

Today Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day. While Russia’s gangster leader continues to order murder and terror, we salute Ukrainians’ bold and brave defence of their country’s independence. Slava Ukraini! (Links below to President Zelensky’s statement and United 24.)

More Dreamworld tour merchandise, including a windbreaker, a tee shirt and a water bottle, is now available in the official Pet Shop Boys store. Link to order below.

We are today launching a series of classic live performances of some of Pet Shop Boys’ most famous songs. Originally filmed during the 1991 “Performance” tour, “West End girls (Live in Birmingham)” is now available to watch on YouTube at the link below.

I loved visiting Charleston House in East Sussex today, both a refuge and a workplace of the Bloomsbury Group. Information at the link below. Neil x

I just enjoyed seeing Paul McCartney’s photographs of the view from within Beatlemania, recently rediscovered and now splendidly exhibited at the newly-reopened National Portrait Gallery in London. (Link below.) Neil

It looks like a giant bear is floating in the sky! Neil

Tickets for Pet Shop Boys’ Dreamworld shows in Santiago de Chile and Lima are now on sale at the links below.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was today sentenced to a 19-year prison sentence in a trial reminiscent of the Soviet era. Navalny has already suffered poisoning and is still serving a nine-year prison sentence for his opposition activities which include producing a film about Putin’s corruption. Link to the film below.