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30 April 2021

"Discovery" out now

Pet Shop Boys today release on DVD and 2-CD their classic concert, “Discovery: Live in Rio 1994”, which is available to purchase now at the link below.

The DVD and CDs document a show very different in feel to the two ground-breaking tours that preceded it in 1989 and 1991. Following on from the release of their albums “Very” and “Disco 2”, Pet Shop Boys decided to focus this two-hour set largely on uplifting songs with a party vibe, taking inspiration from visits to the New York underground house club, the Sound Factory Bar. “Discovery” saw Pet Shop Boys with four dancers, backing singer Katie Kissoon and two Latin percussionists embrace spontaneity in a way they never had before.

A new booklet is packaged with the DVD and CDs, featuring candid on-tour photographs, an interview by Chris Heath conducted during tour rehearsals and an exclusive on-tour diary by Neil Tennant. Full track listings below.

DVD track listing

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16 July 2021

"Cosmic Fringes" remix out now

Pet Shop Boys’ remix of Paul Weller’s song “Cosmic Fringes” is now available on vinyl and in digital format at the link below. The PSB “Triad Remix” is twelve minutes long and features Chris Lowe’s keyboards with vocals by Neil Tennant alongside Paul Weller’s original vocals.

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8 July 2021

Bilbao BBK Live 2022

Pet Shop Boys are delighted to confirm that they will be headlining next year’s edition of Bilbao BBK Live festival, which is now taking place between 7th and 9th July, 2022. In light of the continued uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, further details on the event will be released in due course. Full promoter statement below.

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29 June 2021

6 Music Artist Collection

All seven PSB programmes, which aired as part of the BBC Radio 6 Music Artist Collections series this week, are now available on BBC Sounds at the link below.

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New release

Discovery: Live in Rio 1994

Previously only available on VHS, this is the first time that fans will be able to experience this classic concert on DVD and listen to the audio on CDs.

Tour Dates

Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live

May 12th, 2022
Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
May 14th, 2022
Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
May 17th, 2022
Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
May 18th, 2022
AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 20th, 2022
Arena, Manchester, UK
May 22nd, 2022
The O2, London, UK

More tour dates

History

On This Day

1984

The Boys' first live concert performance in the U.K. takes place in London. Neil later describes it as their 'first proper live gig' because, for the first time, they actually performed live as opposed to merely miming to pre-recorded tracks.

1990

'So Hard' is released as a single.

1998

Chris and Neil write 'Screaming' with Tom Stephan.

2009

They fly down from San Francisco to Los Angeles, where they perform this evening in the open air at the legendary Greek Theater.

2013

The Pet Shop Boys perform the first of their four Canadian Electric Tour shows this evening in Montreal.

2014

They appear in concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—their first time ever performing in that nation.

2015

Neil and Chris, accompanied by their manager Angela, visit a newly opened museum in Los Angeles, The Broad. (Note: It rhymes with 'road.')

Facts collated by geowayne.com

Lyrics

Everything means something

You said: You're over-reacting
You're reading too much into this
If you think this is important
your sense of proportion has gone
I said: Really?

Everything means something
and something has occurred
Everything means something
although the meaning can be blurred

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