Pet Texts

My father, Bill Tennant, was born in Gateshead 100 years ago today. This photo of him was taken in 1945 when he was serving in the Royal Air Force. He was a loving and resolute man who died in 2009. Happy centenary, Dad! Love, Neil xx

This week’s classic PSB performance is “Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)”, recorded live during the “Nightlife” tour in 1999. Available to watch on YouTube now at the link below.

“Always on my mind” by Pet Shop Boys features in the new film “All Of Us Strangers”, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy due to be released in January. The song is also in the trailer. Watch it at the link below.

Filmed during Pet Shop Boys’ “Performance” tour, “Where the streets have no name (I can’t take my eyes off you) (Live in Birmingham 1991)” is now up on YouTube. Watch the classic performance at the link below.

Looking forward to seeing the 30^th anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey’s classic play, “Beautiful Thing”. When we first saw this play in the Nineties we decided we wanted to work with the author and we did (on “Closer to Heaven”). Link below to the new production. Neil x

“Minimal (Live in Mexico 2006)”, the latest of Pet Shop Boys’ classic performances, is now available on YouTube. Link to watch below.

Lovely to celebrate the publication of Jérôme Soligny’s new biography of David Bowie, “Rainbowman”, with the author and friends of Bowie including Tony Visconti, Hermione Farthingale and George Underwood.

(Photo by Chris.)

I attended Rufus Wainwright’s two brilliant BBC Prom concerts with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Albert Hall in London yesterday. He played his albums “Want 1” and “Want 2” with lavish orchestral arrangements and the added bonus of Jake Shears singing in the final encore. Bravo! Neil

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