We’re in a very busy phase of the tour. Stuttgart on Sunday, Paris last night, Amsterdam tonight. Then the British tour starts in Newcastle-Gateshead on Thursday. The show in Paris got off to a late start last night because one of the trucks carrying our equipment crashed en route from Stuttgart. Thankfully the driver wasn’t hurt but, as a result, nothing arrived at the Grand Rex theatre until 5 pm and the staging was still being constructed while the audience were waiting outside! Sorry for the delay if you were waiting on the Boulevard. The show turned out really well anyway. Neil x
Pet Shop Boys announce their new double A‑side single, “New London boy / All the young dudes”, and an accompanying remixes single, both of which are now available to pre-order on CD at the link below.
Recent Pet Texts
I saw a wonderful concert by Arooj Aftab in Berlin tonight. She has the most beautiful voice and is accompanied by brilliant musicians who play with a rare delicacy. I’ve been listening to her album “Night Reign” which I highly recommend! Neil x
Happy Birthday, Chris!
The Hidden Cameras’ 2009 album, “Origin: Orphan”, is re-released tomorrow, October 4, including Pet Shop Boys “organic” remix of the song, “Colour of a Man” which has never been properly released before. Video and streaming links below.
We are starting work early this year on the 2025 edition of “Annually”, which, as always, will include a selection of your letters answered by Chris and Neil. So if you have a question for them, email it to info@beckerbrown.com with “Annually letters” in the subject line by next Monday, 7th October. (Alternatively, you can leave a question on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter). Details on how to pre-order your copy of Annually 2025 will be available on this site soon.
Pet Shop Boys’ latest single “Feel” is released on CD today and available to order at the link below. Artwork photo by Corbin Shaw. This is PSB’s fourth CD single release this year — the others are still available at our online store. Will there be a fifth?
“Feel” has just been added to the BBC Radio 6 Music playlist. The “Feel” CD single will be released next week Friday, 27th September. Link to pre-order below.
Neil will be appearing as a special guest vocalist for “Great Movie Songs with Anne Dudley & Friends” at The Roundhouse, London on Tuesday, 25th March 2025, as part of the London Soundtrack Festival. Full details and ticket information at the link below.
On this day 20 years ago, Pet Shop Boys premiered their new score to Eisenstein’s classic 1925 Russian silent film “Battleship Potemkin” in front of an estimated audience of 20,000 at London’s Trafalgar Square. PSB performed behind gauze with the Dresdner Sinfoniker conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer, playing orchestrations by Torsten Rasch while the movie is projected on a giant screen above the performers. Listen to the score at the link below. Photo: Open Culture