“It doesn’t often snow at Christmas”, originally recorded by Pet Shop Boys for their free 1997 Club Christmas card has been included on a fund-raising album, “Elton John’s Christmas Party”, a collection of Elton John’s favourite Christmas party songs. The album is available exclusively at Starbucks Company-operated stores in the U.S. and Canada and online at starbucks.com. (At present only buyers in the USA and Canada can buy the album online.)
The new compilation contains 21 songs, and Starbucks and Universal Music Group will donate $2 for every CD sold to support the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Other artists featured on the album include U2, Rufus Wainwright, Outkast and Kate Bush. Visit the official Elton John site for details of how to buy the album online.
A gay man in Russia, Andrei Kotov, arrested for running a gay travel agency and then tortured, has died in pre-trial detention. Organising any activity in Russia involving LGBTQ+ people is defined as “extremist”. We send our condolences to Andrei’s friends and family and to all LGBTQ+ people in Russia. Link to full story below.
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“Pet Shop Boys Annually 2025” will be published on April 4th, 2025 and is available to pre-order now at the link below. A brand new exclusive “Annually 2025” T‑shirt is also available to pre-order now.
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A new lyric video for Pet Shop Boys’ “It doesn’t often snow at Christmas” is now available on YouTube.
Pet Shop Boys today release the expanded edition of their acclaimed new album, “Nonetheless”.
A new studio recording of the “All the young dudes” / “West End girls” medley, performed by PSB and the Manchester Camerata, and produced by Stuart Price with strings arranged by Anne Dudley, is available to stream now at the link below. The medley was performed at the MTV EMAs last night. It’s accompanied by a different “orchestral” mix by Stuart Price.
Kicking off the weekend which will see Pet Shop Boys performing at the EMAs in Manchester, the official video for their new version of David Bowie’s “All the young dudes” is now available to watch on YouTube at the link below.
Pet Shop Boys’ new double A‑side single, “New London boy / All the young dudes”, and an accompanying remixes single, are out now on CD and digitally at the link below.
Pet Shop Boys are pleased to announce that they will be performing at this year’s MTV EMAs in Manchester, where they will also receive the inaugural “Pop Pioneer Award” celebrating their 40 years in pop music. They will be performing with a local orchestra, the Manchester Camerata.