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27 June 2022

New “Dreamworld” dates announced

Pet Shop Boys are pleased to announce new 2023 UK dates for their critically acclaimed and sold-out tour, “Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live”, with tickets available now at the link below. The new tour dates kick off with a show at London’s OVO Arena Wembley on 17 June before taking in Aberdeen and Liverpool and then closing in Leeds on 24 June. “Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live” is Pet Shop Boys’ first ever greatest hits tour and has seen them play shows in the UK and across Europe.

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25 June 2022

Pet Shop Boys at Glastonbury

Pet Shop Boys are headlining the Other Stage at Glastonbury Festival this Sunday! The show will be broadcast live on BBC Four tomorrow from 10pm BST. Link to watch below.

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23 June 2022

Glastonbury weekend

Pet Shop Boys play at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, London, tomorrow, Friday June 24, in a benefit concert supporting “independent grassroots venues” whose survival was threatened by the Covid pandemic. They’ll be performing an intimate version of their “Dreamworld” festival set list.

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20 June 2022

Pet Shop Boys on BBC Radio

Memorable Pet Shop Boys moments on BBC Radio, including their 2002 Peel session, standing in for Simon Bates in 1991 and an interview with Jo Whiley in 2016, will be aired on BBC Radio 6 Music at midnight tonight. 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

June 30th, 2022
Release Athens Festival, Athens, Greece
July 6th, 2022
Budapest Park, Budapest, Hungary
July 9th, 2022
Bilbao BBK Live Festival, Bilbao, Spain
July 14th, 2022
Campo de fútbol "El Peñón", Tenerife, Spain
July 16th, 2022
Gran Canaria Arena, Gran Canaria, Spain
September 17th, 2022
Budweiser Stage, Toronto, Canada

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History

On This Day

1989

The Pet Shop Boys kick off their MCMLXXXIX Tour in Hong Kong.

1997

The Boys perform at Finland's Turku Festival.

2011

This evening in London, Neil and Chris attend the English National Opera's acclaimed premier production of the opera Two Boys by composer Nico Muhly and librettist Craig Lucas.

2013

They bring their Electric Tour show to Stockholm.

2017

The German leg of the Super Tour continues this evening with the Boys performing in Dresden.

2019

Taped on June 23, the guest appearance of Neil, Jonathan Harvey, and Frances Barber airs on Graham Norton's BBC Radio 2 show (the last one before his summer break) to talk about the Boys' new cabaret stage show Musik, starring Ms. Barber. Later this same evening, attendees at The Killers' headlining performance at the Glastonbury Festival receive a huge surprise when the Pet Shop Boys suddenly appear onstage as previously unannounced special guests to duet with the headliners on two songs: 'Always on My Mind' and The Killers' own 'Human.'

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Lyrics

For all of us

There are people who think I lead
a kind of charmed life
with everything I need
but no pain or strife
If only they knew
the absolute truth

The secrecy and lies
The bitters tears I've cried
The days when I can't hide
from hopelessness inside
The mad humiliation
…