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Twentieth Century Blues - The Songs Of Noel Coward

06 September 1998

Executive Producer: Neil Tennant & Tris Penna

Tracks

Introduction by Neil Tennant

Parisian Pierrot by Texas

I've Been To A Marvellous Party by The Divine Comedy

A Room With A View by Paul McCartney

Sail Away by Pet Shop Boys

I'll See You Again by Bryan Ferry

Mad About The Boy by Marianne Faithfull

Mad Dogs And Englishmen by Space

Poor Little Rich Girl by Suede featuring Raissa

I'll follow my heart by Sting

London Pride by Damon Albarn w/ Michael Nyman

Don't Put Your Daughter On The Stage Mrs. Worthington by Vic Reeves

Twentieth Century Blues by Elton John w/ intro & outro vocals by Neil Tennant

 

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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.

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10 February 2012
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