BBC Radio 6 Music’s “Pet Shop Boys Artist Collection”, including a PSB playlist and various live performances, radio appearances and interviews with Neil and Chris is now available to hear on BBC Sounds. Link below.
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Pet Texts archive: May 2023
Pet Shop Boys are kicking off the 2023 run of their acclaimed “Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live” tour at Primavera Sound Barcelona today! The tour will then continue with further shows across Europe and the UK throughout June and July. All dates and tickets are available at the link below.
Great to be part of Primavera Sound this year. Looking forward to starting our 2023 tour in Barcelona. x
The official video for Pet Shop Boys’ 1991 medley “Where the streets have no name (I can’t take my eyes off you)” is now available to watch in high definition on YouTube. Link below.
Tina Turner was a magnificent singer, an inspirational woman and a beautiful, warm human being. We felt privileged to work with her and send our sincere condolences to her family and her husband, Erwin. Her music will live forever. Love, Neil & Chris xx
Exciting to see vinyl copies of SMASH!
My mother, Sheila, was born 100 years ago today. She left the world in 2008 but I’m still going to wish her a happy centenary! This photograph was taken in the nineteen-forties. Love, Neil x
Mikhail Krieger, another brave critic of Vladimir Putin and his brutal invasion of Ukraine, has been sentenced to jail in Russia. His inspiring statement in court can be read at the links below.
Ahead of BBC2’s PSB evening on Saturday, Neil and Chris are on the cover of the latest issue of Radio Times magazine in the Uk.
A new HD upgraded version of the official video for “Yesterday, when I was mad”, which was directed by Howard Greenhalgh, can now be seen on the official PSB YouTube channel. Link below.
BBC Two in the UK will be broadcasting a special Pet Shop Boys night this Saturday, 20th May from 7:35pm. It starts with a new compilation show, “Pet Shop Boys at the BBC: 1985–2020”, and continues with “Reel Stories: Pet Shop Boys” featuring Neil and Chris in conversation with host Dermot O’Leary. After a new episode of “Later… with Jools Holland”, Pet Shop Boys’ triumphant 2019 Hyde Park concert will be broadcast. Full schedule and further details at the links below.
If you’re interested in pop history, I recommend this new book which explores in fascinating detail the dizzy, competitive, lost world of nineties and noughties “manufactured” pop. Neil x
Chris and Neil sit down with host Dermot O’Leary to watch and discuss four decades of their TV appearances in “Reel Stories” to be broadcast on BBC2 in the UK on May 20th. Link to trailer below.
Photo: Sarah Jeynes
The official video for Pet Shop Boys’ “Single-Bilingual”, featuring Neil as a glib businessman and Chris as an airport security officer, is now available to watch in a new HD version at the link below.
Pet Shop Boys most recent song, “Living in the past”, inspired by the political philosophy of Vladimir Putin, can be heard in two versions on You Tube: the original home demo with video and Pete Gleadall’s mix. Links below.
A new HD upgraded video for “You only tell me you love me when you’re drunk” is now available to watch on the official Pet Shop Boys YouTube channel. Link below.