Pet Shop Boys have signed a worldwide music publishing deal with BMG Chrysalis UK ahead of the release of their twelfth studio album, Electric, on July 15, 2013.
Alexi Cory-Smith, SVP of BMG Chrysalis UK, said, “Pet Shop Boys are pre-eminent songwriters and we are honored that that they have chosen BMG Chrysalis to represent their music.”
BMG Chrysalis A&R Director Hugo Turquet, who signed them alongside VP of A&R Ben Bodie, said, “It is a very rare band to still be so relevant at this stage in their career. Electric really is a classic Pet Shop Boys dance-floor album.”
Pet Shop Boys manager Angela Becker added: “Choosing BMG was an easy decision. Ben and Hugo’s passion and feel for Pet Shop Boys’ history alongside the company’s clear vision for their future make this an exciting partnership”.
To mark the centenary of Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary silent film, “Battleship Potemkin”, a restored version made by Deutsche Kinemathek, featuring the celebrated score by Tennant and Lowe of Pet Shop Boys, will be released for the first time in cinemas and on a two-disc Blu-ray and CD package by the BFI.
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Nice to be back in Italy! Concert in lovely Lucca tomorrow. Neil x
Pet Shop Boys’ summer tour continues at Starlite Occident Festival in Marbella tonight, with further “Dreamworld” shows scheduled in Italy, Spain, Wales, Belgium, Sweden and England throughout July and August. The Cardiff Castle show is sold out now and details on all other PSB dates are available at the link below.
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Looking forward to our show in sunny Marbella tomorrow! xx
Pet Shop Boys’ remastered score for “Battleship Potemkin” will be released on CD and, for the first time, on double vinyl via Parlophone on 5 September.
A special bundle, available from the official Pet Shop Boys store, includes the double vinyl along with the BFI’s two-disc edition, featuring a Blu-ray of the newly restored film and a CD of the remastered score.
All formats are available to pre-order now.
Wishing Neil a happy 71st birthday today!
The first six PSB studio albums, “Please”, “Actually”, “Introspective”, “Behaviour”, “Very” and “Bilingual”, have been updated on CD from jewel case to gatefold card sleeves for the first time since their original release. Featuring 2018 remastered audio, all of them will be made available in the official Pet Shop Boys store this Thursday, 10th July.
Pet Shop Boys enjoyed a beautiful start to their summer tour with festival shows in Seville, Lisbon and Madrid over the past week. After a short break, the “Dreamworld” tour is set to continue in Spain, Italy, Wales, Belgium and Sweden, before finishing in England at the end of August. All details at the link below. Photo: sirbermejo/Instagram