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27 September 2006

The Numb photograph

We have been asked by several fans about the photograph on the cover of the next PSB single, "Numb". The image was taken by Sam Taylor-Wood in November 2003 and features Chris and Neil seated in a pub (The Jerusalem Tavern in Clerkenwell, London) wearing "Doctor of the Plague" masks bought in Venice.

Originally, "Numb" was going to be on the PopArt album, released at the end of 2003, and the song was planned for a single release early in 2004. Chris and Neil decided, however, to keep "Numb" for their next studio album and stored the photograph for future use. Its time has now come.

Sam Taylor-Wood first collaborated with Pet Shop Boys in 1997 on their "Somewhere" series of shows at the Savoy Theatre in London.

Sam Taylor-Wood

Headlines September 2006

30 September 2006: American tour/PopArt USA release
Pet Shop Boys and their singers and dancers have been rehearsing all week for their tour of Canada, USA and Mexico which begins on October 10 in Montreal and finishes on November 16 in Monterrey. Three years after its release in the rest of the world, PopArt is finally released in the USA.
27 September 2006: Numb on the A List
The third single from Fundamental has just been A-listed by BBC Radio2.
27 September 2006: The Numb photograph
The photograph on the cover of the next PSB single has aroused curiosity.
21 September 2006: Chris goes back to school
Earlier this week Chris Lowe opened the new music centre of his old school in Blackpool.
20 September 2006: Concert is Concrete
The name of the PSB live album has changed.
19 September 2006: Numb Video
New video available in the PRODUCT section
15 September 2006: Pethead 2006 T-shirt
04 September 2006: The next single
Parlophone Records will release the third Pet Shop Boys' single from "Fundamental" on October 16.