While on tour in the USA, Neil and Chris agreed to sign a Fender Bullet Mustang HH guitar for a charity auction in aid of the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund which provides financial assistance to music industry professionals in need of mental health services. Auction details below.
Pet Texts
Pet Texts archive: November 2022
Claptone and Pet Shop Boys are delighted to announce a special “Queen of Ice (Pet Shop Boys Remixes)” vinyl release for this year’s Record Store Day. The transparent twelve-inch with splatter effect will only be available to buy at participating record stores from this Friday, 25th November 2022. More details at the link below.
Soundwaves Art Foundation have released the last remaining copies of the “Can you forgive her?” limited edition print, which was created by artist Tim Wakefield from the audio of the PSB song and signed by Neil and Chris earlier this year. The soundwaves artwork is available to order at the link below. All proceeds go to the charity, Children In Conflict.
Delighted to see Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys’ joint single “Purple zone” reaching No. 1 in this week’s UK Vinyl Singles chart. Thanks to everyone who bought a copy!
Congratulations to our long-term designers Farrow on their Grammy nomination for their artwork for Spiritualized’s album, “Everything was Beautiful”.
Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys’ joint single, “Purple zone”, is finally released on vinyl today and will start arriving in the mail for all those who pre-ordered it. Thank you all for your patience!
A few copies of the twelve-inch single are still available to order at the link below.
A powerful and inspiring statement by a distinguished Iranian actress. Link to the full story below.
I happened to walk past a gallery in London yesterday and discovered the photographer Kevin Cummins about to sign copies of a book of his historic photographs of Joy Division. It was great to see his work and talk with him about it and also about our recent Unity Tour with New Order. Neil x
Photo: Kevin Cummins