“Battleship Potemkin” with music by Pet Shop Boys opens in selected cinemas in the UK and Ireland for the first time today. To mark its centenary, Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary silent film was restored by Deutsche Kinemathek. A full list of UK cinema dates is available on the BFI website at the link below.
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Pet Texts archive: August 2025
Nice review in The Times newspaper for “Battleship Potemkin” and the PSB score. The film is showing in selected UK cinemas from today.
We had a brilliant night at the Hardwick Festival in County Durham. Thanks to all who came along and sang so enthusiastically! x
Photo: Instagram/@barwickmrs
We really enjoyed last night’s show in Sandringham. And it was such fun getting to duet with Jake Shears of the fabulous Scissor Sisters! x
Photo: J. Robbins
Pet Shop Boys had the pleasure of playing more spectacular festival venues in Spain, Italy, Wales, Belgium and Sweden over the past few weeks. The “Dreamworld” tour continues in the UK this week, before finishing in Warwick at the end of August. Thanks to all who came and danced with us so far this summer! xx Neil & Chris
Photo: Lucca Summer Festival
Punk Rock Cartoons artist David Worth decided to make an animated video for the Soft Cell/Pet Shop Boys 2022 collaboration, “Purple Zone”. We like it and so do Soft Cell! You can watch it now on Vimeo at the link below. xx Neil & Chris
Scottish singer/songwriter Hamish Hawk has just released an EP of covers which includes an excellent version of “So hard”. You can hear it on streaming services now.
Nice to be back in Belgium. Here’s an aerial shot of us on stage last night at the Lokerse Festival. Impressive! Special thanks to our crew for putting together a great production after some technical problems during the day.
Photo: Lokerse Festival
A beautiful show at Cardiff Castle last night. Great singing from the audience! Thank you, Cardiff. x