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Pet Shop Boys tonight headline the O Son Do Camiño Festival in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. They will be onstage at 10.30 pm and the whole concert will be broadcast live in Spain on the TV channel RTVE/LA2. Link below. 

Pet Shop Boys are headlining O Son do Camiño Festival in Santiago de Compostela this Friday! It’s the first European show on the Dreamworld 2024 tour, which takes PSB to arenas and festivals across the UK and Europe, before finishing with five sold-out shows at London’s Royal Opera House in July. All dates and tickets at the link below.

Great review of Sunday’s Koko club show in the FT. Link below.

What a wonderful start to the 2024 tour last night in Koko! A packed and beautiful old venue in London’s Camden Town. Great atmosphere and we enjoyed doing three new songs among the hits.
Photo: Chris Heath

Pet Shop Boys are kicking off their 2024 “Dreamworld” tour across the UK and Europe with an intimate club show at KOKO, London this Sunday, 26^th May. The concert starts at 6:30pm. See you all very soon! xx

Online magazine The Quietus has just published a new interview with Neil and Chris as well as a piece about “West End girls” 40 years on. Links below. 

Look out for these two magazines in UK newsagents now.

Pet Shop Boys are on the cover of this month’s Electronic Sound Magazine. This new issue includes an interview with Chris and Neil and comes with a gold seven-inch vinyl, featuring previously unreleased live versions of three PSB tracks.

The new London production of “Closer to Heaven” is now in rehearsals and tickets are selling fast! Link below.

“Where are they now, Les Petites Bon Bons?” A new article explores the history of the radical gay group mentioned in PSB’s song “A new bohemia”. Link below.

Photo: Francis Ford

Neil’s coat, as worn on the cover of Pet Shop Boys’ single “Loneliness”, is being auctioned as part of the “Spring Cleaning for War Child” initiative. The coat has been signed by Neil and all funds raised will help War Child protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children living through conflict around the world. The auction runs until this Thursday, 16^th May 12pm BST at the link below.

“Dancing star” is number one in this week’s Official Singles Sales Chart in the UK.

Pet Shop Boys’ fifteenth studio album “Nonetheless” has entered the UK Official Albums Chart this week at number 2, the highest-charting PSB album since “Very” in 1993. And in the UK Vinyl Albums Chart “Nonetheless” is number one.

The album is also number 2 in Switzerland, number 3 in Germany and number 3 in Australia, their best album performance there since 1996. Additionally, it charted at number 5 in Belgium, number 16 in the Netherlands and number 24 in France.

Thanks to everyone who has supported the record so far! x

Looking for a new Bohemia in Margate! We had a wonderful day there shooting the video for our next single with director Andrew Haigh. Thanks to everyone who took part. xx

The cast of the new London production of “Closer to Heaven” has just been announced. Full details and ticket information at the link below.