An interview with Neil and Chris will be broadcast on the BBC’s “Reporting Scotland” TV news bulletin this evening ahead of their Hogmanay show in Edinburgh tonight. Tune into BBC One Scotland at 5:35pm after the regular BBC news. Link below.
Pet Texts
Pet Texts archive: December 2022
We look forward to ringing in the new year at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay tonight! See you all very soon. Neil & Chris x
Photo: Mario Baumgartner
R.I.P. Pele. It was an honour to meet him in São Paulo, Brasil, in 2010.
The actress Taraneh Alidoosti who has publicly supported the protest movement in Iran has now been arrested. Iran’s fascist government has executed protestors recently which Taraneh has condemned. Full story at the links below.
We really enjoyed experiencing “Abba Voyage”, directed by our friend Baillie Walsh, in London last night!
We are very sad to learn that the composer and arranger Angelo Badalamenti has died. We first worked with him in 1987 when he made the orchestral arrangement for “It couldn’t happen here” on our “Actually” album. He subsequently arranged songs we produced for Dusty Springfield (“Nothing has been proved”) and Liza Minnelli (“Rent”), also two songs on our “Behaviour” album (“This must be the place…” and “Only the wind”), and in 2013 arranged our “Four songs in A minor” which Chrissie Hynde sang at the BBC Proms. He became famous for his collaborations with film director David Lynch including “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks”. Angelo had a uniquely eerie orchestral style and was a joy to work with. We send our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Premium and Enclosure tickets are now SOLD OUT for Pet Shop Boys’ Hogmanay concert in Edinburgh, but a limited number of tickets in the Gardens are available at the link below.
Tickets for Pet Shop Boys’ newly announced Dreamworld 2023 UK and European dates are now on sale at the link below.