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“Electric” is Record Of The Issue in the summer edition of the super-cool German magazine, Spex. It goes on sale on June 27^th.

Enjoying a lovely cup of tea earlier today at Rothschild 12. X

Great **** review of Electric in the new issue of Q magazine.

The online magazine, Idolator, has just published an interview with us about “Electric”. Link below.

Thank you, Manchester. We had such a good time tonight! Neil x

Check out our “Electric” iPhone covers on sale from today’s Manchester show along with the other tour merchandise. There are sizes to fit both iPhones 4 and 5.

Very special show last night at the O2 in London with a guest appearance by Example and support slot by Jon Hopkins!

4 hours to show time!

Enjoying a day off from the tour back in London but looking forward to London and Manchester this week! Neil x

From Twitter.

I don’t agree with this comparison of Israel to apartheid-era South Africa. It’s a caricature. Israel has (in my opinion) some crude and cruel policies based on defence; it also has universal suffrage and equality of rights for all its citizens both Jewish and Arab. In apartheid-era South Africa, artists could only play to segregated audiences; in Israel anyone who buys a ticket can attend a concert. Neil x

Last night we played an “Electric” concert for competition winners and invited guests to celebrate the opening of the Sonar Festival in Barcelona. We’ll be back on Saturday night to play the full concert again. Neil x

At the “Pasolini Roma” exhibition in Barcelona about the life, work and death of the brilliant Italian poet and film director. Neil x

Pandemonium! N x

Watch out for this magazine available in print in Australia and online from July 1^st. The photograph was shot recently in São Paulo.

Brilliant audience in Paris tonight. Merci! Neil x

Hi. This is an eerily lifelike bust of the Roman Emperor Caligula which I saw at the fascinating Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen today. Yes, we had a day off! Neil x

Great show! Great tattoo! (“The samurai in autumn”) Neil x

Pet Shop Boys have signed a worldwide music publishing deal with BMG Chrysalis UK ahead of the release of their twelfth studio album, Electric, on July 15, 2013.
Alexi Cory-Smith, SVP of BMG Chrysalis UK, said, “Pet Shop Boys are pre-eminent songwriters and we are honored that that they have chosen BMG Chrysalis to represent their music.”
BMG Chrysalis A&R Director Hugo Turquet, who signed them alongside VP of A&R Ben Bodie, said, “It is a very rare band to still be so relevant at this stage in their career. Electric really is a classic Pet Shop Boys dance-floor album.”
Pet Shop Boys manager Angela Becker added: “Choosing BMG was an easy decision. Ben and Hugo’s passion and feel for Pet Shop Boys’ history alongside the company’s clear vision for their future make this an exciting partnership”.

We had a press conference yesterday right after arriving in Moscow. Concert here tonight! Neil x

Am I geting older or are our fans getting younger?! We’ve just had two great shows in Russia. Спасибо! Neil x

Gorgeous summer weather in St Petersburg for the start of the European leg of the “Electric” tour. Really enjoying being here. If you’re coming to the show tonight, we’ve just been told it starts early — at 19.15. Don’t be late! Neil x

Great audience tonight! (This is just a few of them.) Neil x

DJ Dave Pearce will be giving the first play of the radio edit of “Vocal”, the new single by Pet Shop Boys, tonight during his BBC Radio 2 show, “Dance Years”, which is broadcast at 10 pm. “Vocal” comes from the new PSB album, “Electric”, released in July.