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In the last days I recognise some emails about Tickets for PSB@ROH which I THINK could be a money trap. After we have to hold this email open for user requests and alerts via the contact link (at the...
I know yesterday (13th March) was the first time a new PSB track had been played in ages, but (as per the long standing forum rules) in future all public requests for copies of any new track, PSB or otherwise, will be deleted and/or threads containing requests closed. We will officially...
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Thank you for the link leesmapman. I was already aware of them and found the last one does not include the first song they played (the Blur song Girls and Boys (PSB Remix)). For some reason it has been omitted from the youtube recording hence why I asked if anyone has their own recording.
Please post times, dates, channels, etc here so forum users don't miss out.
Please try not to drift into conversation in this thread as key posts may get missed.
Ta,
Dave :D
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Jarvis Cocker played Your Funny Uncle and read the accompanying extract about the song from Neil's book on his Someday Service 6Music show the Sunday after the Obscure gigs. You can listen back on BBC Sounds, it's in the last hour of the show that day. Good man Jarv!
Yeah, I don't think it was a cynical move - these shows were surely added as an afterthought. It's just the effect is the same: imperfect knowledge with which to make a choice - should one wish to choose. For others, of course, this is just more of a good thing and choice doesn't come into it: "Too...
NOTE - I posted this same question on the InDepth podcast thread as a suggestion for a future episode.
How is the PSB live set-up configured?
Using Obscure as a reference (but my question applies to Dreamworld too):
- How were the recorded studio tracks reworked for a live performance?
- Which...
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Yeah, much of the keyboard playing is live. The Dreamworld set up has Simon, Clare and Chris Lowe on keys.
It is interesting to look at Chris' hands to see what parts he's playing.
Sometimes he'll be playing a part of the song that I tend to ignore, which makes me notice it more and in turn...
This thread is for daily discussion of a Pet Shop Boys track, selected in chronological order, from studio albums starting with Please – including Further Listening – to the new album. The idea is to allow a 24-hour period of discussion for each track – then we move on to the next one. The first 11...
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but you don't programme drums to sound like real drums... you just don't...
Myself (Graham) and Dog (Chris) have made the brave (or foolish!) move to record a series of Pet Shop Boys fan podcasts.
Prior to recording, we had only met once ‘on a wet Wednesday night’ in a pub near where we both live in West Yorkshire in the north of England. But we thought it might be fun...
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Hello Graham and Chris - Posting this here as a suggestion for a future podcast episode, but anybody here on the forum can offers answers to this too. My main question is this: How is the PSB live set-up configured?
Using Obscure as a reference (but my question applies to Dreamworld too):
It's interesting (and by the time I'd got towards the end of the thesis, moving) to read this bachelor's thesis by Ada Palin of the University of Turku.
Looks like the rest of the bands catalogue up to Elysium is getting reissued in May in the same gatefold soft packs as the previous bunch.
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This is getting VERY nerdy now but is this the first release of Nightlife where that unusual high-gloss finish isn't part of the artwork? It seems weird not to have it - even the fanclub postcard for the album was gloss varnished, albeit not to quite the same standard as the...
We all love the boys but sometimes ( rarely) they record songs that just ain’t up to their normal standards, so which do you dislike, skip etc can be album tracks singles
Mine are
Winner ,
I absolutely detest this song , it’s just cheesy and makes me cringe
You only tell me you love me when...
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Love is a bourgeois construct???? One of the best tracks!!! :shock:
It's usually around this time we start to hear from the Boys about Annually for the next year, so thought I'd start the thread.
Be nice to get more info on AMFTF, Naked and maybe some teaser of work on a new album.
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So, have we all got our books yet? Is it time to go full book club on this bad boy? Because I have opinions about people climbing on hotel furniture armed with sticking plaster in the middle of the night.
Or maybe that's one for the "how much further can two go" thread. :mrgreen:
Everyone remembers the mistake made in Smash blu ray. Being boring being censored. Some of you, not me, might have received that replacing BR with the uncensored version.
But I wonder, are new copies now sold with the uncensored version, if you buy them through the mayor providers?
Like, if I buy...
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You see his face plenty. Perhaps your memory is playing tricks on you because something else caught your attention.
On Discogs, it shows that PSB are producers on the official The Crying Game Soundtrack. There are 15 tracks on the album - does anyone know how many of the tracks on the album were actually produced by the Boys?
I dont want to read the threads because I don't want any set list spoilers. But I do want to know in advance what merch there is please, if anyone could help?
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This is the key chain thingies for £15. 20260406_234704.jpg
Why wasn't CTH that good in the end? Well, the creation of more or less two albums at the same time (NF and R) and the story.
They should've waited with the musical until they had a great story. The "Young Irish man coming to London to perform, realising he's gay" isn't very unique story. Creating...
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It's not as if they didn't fail before CTH.
It Couldn't Happen Here (the film) was a failure as well.
Mind you, there was nothing wrong with making a film in 1988. It's just that it was done in the wrong way.
There was nothing wrong with a musical in 1999-2001, it's just that they failed with the...
Ed Sheeran played four shows in one night in 2011 while Elbow, Biffy Clyro, Snow Patrol, The Strokes, Kasabian, Sam Fender The Pet Shop Boys and Maroon 5 were among the acts tipped for big things who earned their stripes on the Barfly stage.
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The writer oif the piece was old enough to know that PSBs already were 'big things'.....
Indeed - I was hoping someone would pick up on that!
Sadly I missed the Barfly gig, due to low energy that day didn't even rock up there with the hope of getting a tickets on the pavement....
No dishing, just some interesting background. Apologies for any scanning/transcription errors.
From Chapter 8 of Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
And Now, for Something Completely Different...
As "The Ultimate Event" rolled into London in early 1989, I took a musical leap into synth-pop that some...
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I expected more about the studio sessions, hitting the clubs, meeting SDJ and FS, being on Wogan etc.
Who's the author of the book again, cos it ain't Tennant or Lowe.
You're aware Liza was slightly famous before she met PSB and knew SDJ and FS from childhood?
Hello!
Who has ever appeared in one of the group's concert films?
I’ve appeared in two of them: eight times in the film 'Pandemonium: Live at the O2 Arena, London' and six times in 'Pet Shop Boys: Inner Sanctum'.
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I appear several times on the Dreamworld Blu-ray - two times, although briefly, front and center.
Is that you in the Erasure T-Shirt?
No, that’s not me. I seem to remember that forum-member Disco. claimed responsibility for that incident. :D
I was looking for a relevant existing thread and couldn't find anything.
Taking a lead from Wayne's wonderful list of celebrity PSB fans (link here - I've long thought that many well known people were less keen to come forward as PSB fans earlier in their careers - my supposition that the Boys...
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And is that THE Lloyd Cole in the comments underneath?
Wouldn’t it be great if Angela (PSB Manager) was to to advise some sort of update on what’s in the pipeline. I really enjoyed the interview she did a few years ago and gave us a few crumbs about what could develop. Neil has said they don’t look that far ahead and I’m not demanding a daily itinerary...
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I forgot they've mentioned an album in the works.
The exact quote is:
Interviewer: After Nonetheless, is there any new music coming from Pet Shop Boys?
Neil Tennant: Yes, we've written some new songs. We also have an album coming out later this year, although it's not really a pop album. It's a...
He was one of the most popular Dj's in the history of Spain. His name was Joaquín Luqui (the man with long hair of the second pic). People loved him, he had a peculiar personality and full of anecdotes (also with PSB). Very charm and sweet and a big supporter of new musicians.
There will be a special preview screening of Sergei Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin” with music by Pet Shop Boys at the Max Linder cinema in Paris, France on Friday, 5th June. First released in 1925, the newly restored centenary edition of...
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It was amazing to see this opus in theater. It was full, with most people watching it for the first time.
Very great evening with psb music, it's really a fantastic work did.
In light of recent government advice in relation to the ongoing situation and threat of COVID-19 globally, Pet Shop Boys’ Dreamworld tour can no longer commence as planned in May 2020 and the dates are being rescheduled. The European leg of the tour was...
Chris celebrated Arsenal's Premier League championship today with an Instagram post set to a PSB remix of Louis Dunford's "Angel", aka Arsenal's latest terrace anthem.
Never heard of the chap before today but now I'm down a rabbit hole with Billy Flynn of Bethnal Green! :dance:
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He should do a version of the Birds of a Feather theme tune.
Hehe, Birds of a Feather Pet Shop Boys Caged mix...
If they were to release a new B-sides album, which song should they use to promote it?
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They should release the 3rd b-sides compilation in order not to lose momentum. And maybe reissue the 2 previous ones.
Not keen on the Obscure name, the setlist also included album tracks so it won’t be accurate at all. Leave it for a future concert release, my bet is that it could be very wellcomed!
Composer Richard Niles has brought out a book titled "Hits & Happiness: A Musical Memoir".
Covered is his involvement with PSB, with first hand anecdotes of how his contributions came about.
Richard Niles worked on Left To My Own Devices, Can You Forgive Her, Go West and Overture To Performance....
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Richard Niles is a good musicians and it would be nice if they wanted to work together again.
I just got the christmas cards I ordered from the PSB store. They come in a red box with a logo printed on it. The back of the christmas cards also have this logo. It says "Pet Shop Boys since 1984":
Does this mean next year will be a festive year? 40 years of Pet Shop Boys?
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When I placed an order for the sweat shirt I got that message during check out and wouldn't let me proceed. That was the first time I have had trouble purchasing from the UK store. I have always got my Annually from the UK as well as other assorted items.
This has been touched on in other threads but let's put this together a bit:
I'd hope for:
A repeat week next year
At least one presentation of this in a more comfortable venue (a theatre)
Maybe a mini tour.
An official release either from these shows or at least of the tracks which have beefed...
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I have my ticket!!
Thanks for your successful wish :mrgreen:
PSB are excited to announce “Obskur Pet Shop Boys”, two exclusive live concerts at Huxleys Neue Welt in Berlin on 12th and 13th July 2026. Tickets go on sale this Friday, 29th May at 11 am local time via the link below.
In contrast to the duo’s “Dreamworld” show at Waldbühne Berlin on 11th July,...
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I'm delighted that my publisher has given me the go-ahead to provide details about my upcoming books. I've written two books in Fonthill Media's excellent "Song by Song" popular music series. Past "Song by Song" books have focused on such artists as ABBA, Bruce Springsteen,...
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I also recommend Blackwells. I was able to order Vol 1 and 2 from them. I received Vol 1 a few months ago and Vol 2 yesterday.
I've been thinking for a while that Neil and Chris should back to their roots and get Stephen Hague, Julian Mendelson, Trevor Horn, Harold Faltermeyer or even Bobby Orlando to produce their next album.
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I wonder whether Neil Hannon would do it if asked. He's a busy man but this could sound terrific...
Would love that! I also thought about Bob Stanley/Pete Wiggs now that Saint Etienne are splitting up.
On this forum, we have many fans of PSB all over the world. I'd like to know if you consider PSB are still recognizable in your country.
I mean, when you talk with people from your country and say you are a fan of PSB, you see they don't usually know who are them or they more or less recognize...
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I’m from Germany, and everyone I know in their fifties and older knows PSB. But when I fly to England for a concert, I hear people ask suprised, ‘Are they still going?’ When I tell them they’re still releasing new albums and playing big concerts, many look at me in disbelief.
"Next time you’re in a bookshop, look out for “Mighty Real” by Barry Walters, an excellent history of LGBTQ music, its artists and audiences, which includes a chapter on Pet Shop Boys, Dusty Springfield and Liza Minnelli. It was published this week. Neil x"
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I've just read the chapter in question - it's excellent. Barry Walters is a great journalist and also a fan boy for the Pets, This quote from Neil is on the back of the dust jacket:
''Barry Walters has been writing about music from an American queer perspective for five decades. This is his...
I've found this on Youtube and I think it could be an interesting way to go deeply on the movements that made PSB a non successful pop duo in US:
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That's essentially it. They're not nearly *as* successful in the States as in Europe and various other countries, and their big success with singles (at least outside the dance charts) ended after "Domino Dancing." But, yes, they certainly do have a large and loyal American fanbase. It's not just...
Apologies if already mentioned (I searched but couldn't see anything) and I'm sure a lot of you might already know about it but Petheads who love 80s Italo disco, enjoyed HRH Princess Julia's Monday set, like the French language version of I'm not scared, etc might want to investigate the Histoire...
Madonna has a new album coming in July, Confessions II produced by Stuart Price. Today the full tracklist has been announced and the last song seems to be a nod to West End girls: it's called Lower East Side Girl and reportedly it will be about her early days in NYC.
Also there's a rumor that a veteran male...
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'I Feel So Free' got heaps of suspciously glowing comments in the media, but I just don't get it. When Madonna sings in that teeny-voice it's an immediate sign to me she's phoning it in. Best thing about 'I Feel So Free' is the disco elements taken from 'I Feel Love'.
Go on then, which of us "wins" for most PSB minutes for 2025?
26,748 minutes for me, putting me in top 0.001% of global fans. This doesn't include the times I switched to YouTube music and the downloaded versions when my data was getting a bit low on holiday ;)
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I asked Google AI who that is in case anyone else is curious:
Probably not the best discussion to have but does anyone else ask themselves "how much further will Pet Shop Boys continue?". We have had periods (not many thankfully) that Neil & Chris have probably thought about calling it a day ; "Pet Shop Boys to close shop" was headlines in a tabloid paper...
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There are so many bands and artists carrying on into their 80's now. Maybe a few who need the money, many who don't, they just enjoy it. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, this week Paul Simon... what's to say they won't still be making great music in 10-15 years? I truly...
Pet Shop Boys today announce the forthcoming publication of “Volume”, a 592-page hardback book published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the release of their 1986 debut album, “Please”. The book will be published by distinguished art publishers Thames & Hudson on April 7th 2026 and is...
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As of 3:24pm on Friday (15th May) there are 9 signed copies left in Dover Street Market.
I think they lost an opportunity when they didn't release "Somewhere" as a single from Nightlife and they didn't choose Kylie for a single potential song.
I know they wanted to promote concerts that had the same name of the song but I think there was no need and they could have saved Somewhere...
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Track listing
1) Radiphonic ("In the air...)
2) Closer to Heaven
3) I Don't Know...
4) Silver Age
5) You Only Tell Me You Love Me
6) Boy Strange
7) The Only One
8) Footsteps.
9) Being Boring 1999
And that's it. Happiness is an Option, Vampires, In Denial, For Your Own Good and New York City Boy...
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