As part of the “BBC Philharmonic Presents” season, Pet Shop Boys will be performing a specially orchestrated show for Radio 2 at the BBC Philharmonic Studios in Salford on December 5th at 8.30 pm.
Radio 2 have 65 pairs of free tickets (two per household) to give away from the link below from now until Monday, November 19th.
Neil and Chris will also be joined by Johnny Marr on guitar for some songs at the concert. Orchestrations are being supervised by Sven Helbig who orchestrated “The Most Incredible Thing” ballet. The concert will also feature the premiere of one piece from “A Man From The Future”, a new Tennant/Lowe work inspired by the life and work of mathematician and computing pioneer Alan Turing.
BBC Philharmonic Concert
The re-recorded version of “West End girls” by Pet Shop Boys first entered the UK Official Singles Chart on November 16, 1985, at number 80. It entered the Top 40 the following week, and eventually reached number one on January 11, 1986. The single was originally released in 1984 but only became a club hit in the US before being re-recorded and re-released in late 1985, becoming a major global success. It is being celebrated by BBC Radio 2 as part of “Pet Shop Boys, Forty” from 8pm GMT this evening. The DJ presenting the show, Gary Davies, gave the hit version of “West End girls” its first play on the BBC back in 1985.
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