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January 2009
On January 12 the Girls Aloud single, "The Loving Kind", is released and reaches the top ten. It is a song co-written by the Pet Shop Boys and Girls Aloud's regular producers, Xenomania, the British production team led by Brian Higgins, and was originally written in sessions for the next Pet Shop Boys album. When Chris expressed reservations about the song — "I didn't think it was breaking new ground for us" — Brian Higgins asked whether he could record it with Girls Aloud, an idea they eagerly encouraged. "Thrilled to pieces by that," says Chris.
On this day
1988: After the Boys help pay for an anti-Clause 28 newspaper ad, a spokesman tells the Daily Mirror that 'they support a variety of causes.'
2000: The Boys perform in Berlin.
2005: Neil finishes recording vocals for 'Fugitive.'
2007: The Pet Shop Boys had been nominated for two Grammy Awards—Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Dance Single—but lose out to Madonna and Justin Timberlake, respectively.
2008: Chris appears as a witness at St. Pancras Coroner's Court in London during the inquest into the death of PSB friend and assistant Dainton Connell in a automobile accident the previous October in Moscow. He testifies how he'd seen Dainton only shortly before the accident at a dinner celebrating his (Chris's) birthday.
2009: Despite the fact that he's suffering from a nasty bout of either food poisoning or stomach flu, Neil is interviewed via telephone for a radio show on various subjects, including the upcoming new album Yes, the Brits Awards, and submitting a song shortly before Christmas to Shirley Bassey, who's in the process of recording a new album of her own.
Releases
06 February 2012Format
A double-CD collection of 38 b-sides and bonus tracks originally released between 1996 and 2009. Released on February 6th, 2012.
Headlines
- 6 February 2012
- Format released
"Format" is released and Neil and Chris talk about the new b-sides album on a special website.
- 24 January 2012
- Format prize draw
Order "Format" now and you could win a Fundamentally fabulous jacket.
- 1 January 2012
- The Most Incredible Thing returns
To Sadler's Wells in the spring.
- 28 December 2011
- New Year's Eve in Sydney
Pandemonium returns for a New Year party in Australia.
- 23 December 2011
- Merry Christmas
Seasonal greetings to you all.