Pet Shop Boys are playing the first of five sold-out shows at the Royal Opera House in London tonight. Each performance starts at 8pm. It’s going to be an exciting week!
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The third single from Pet Shop Boys’ “Nonetheless” album.
On this day
1990
Chris and Neil rehearse in Manchester for their upcoming shows in Los Angeles with Electronic.
1992
They begin a week of filling in for Simon Bates on his Radio 1 show.
2002
They meet Miyuki Motegi (who had already recorded and released their song ‘All or Nothing’) at the Fuji Rock Festival.
2005
Neil and Chris work in the studio on ‘Minimal’ and ‘The Sodom and Gomorrah Show.’
2007
The Pet Shop Boys perform at the Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk, U.K.
2011
Today they’re in Munich. Working in Chris’s hotel room, they make changes to the chorus of the song ‘Listening.’ Chris also composes a track that will much later serve as the basis for ‘The Pop Kids.’
2017
They appear in concert this evening in Rättvik, Sweden.
2018
The third date of the Boys’ four-night stand at the Royal Opera House in London.
2022
On a bit of a break following the conclusion of the 2022 leg of the Boys’ Dreamworld Tour, Neil attends a performance this evening by Martha Wainwright and her band at Cadogan Hall in the Chelsea district of London.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com
BABES
What’s the matter with you, girl?
SHELL
Haven’t you heard?
BABES
No! What?
SHELL
Of all the boys
in all the world
I had to choose this one
Where’d he come from?
Dumb and deluded
young and confused
suddenly gay
Who’d be in my shoes?
It had to be me
who found out the truth
after catching him
with the roughest youth
Now I’ve ripped away his mask
don’t turn to me and ask…
BABES
What’s the matter with you, girl?
SHELL
Isn’t it obvious?
BABES
What’s the matter with you, girl?
SHELL
Whaddaya mean what’s the matter with ME?
…
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The first of five nights of the Royal Opera House in London was quite exhilarating!
Photo: Holger Schwark
Thanks to everyone who came to the “Dreamworld” shows in Prague, Warsaw, Berlin, Barcelona and Pori, Pet Shop Boys had a wonderful time with you all! Next week they return to London for five consecutive shows at the Royal Opera House.
Photo by: cruillafest/IG
It was rainy but we still had a great night! Thanks, Pori. xx
Photo: Pori Jazz Festival
“A new bohemia” is currently number one in the UK’s Official Physical Singles Chart which includes sales of CDs, vinyl and other physical formats across a seven-day period. It is also number three in the Official Singles Sales Chart. Links below.