On this page you will be kept up to date with all the very latest Pet Shop Boys news. Some of the news items on this page have been reproduced from
PetShopBoys.co.uk,
with the kind permission of Bill 'Redman' Goodin.
18th February 2010 - New UK Tour Dates
The Pet Shop Boys are very pleased to announce a new run of UK dates bringing their 'Pandemonium Tour' to areas of the UK not visited last year in July 2010. The dates are:
Tuesday 13th - Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
Monday 19th - The Brighton Centre, Brighton
Tuesday 20th - Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth
Wednesday 21st - International Arena, Cardiff
Friday 23rd - Metro Radio Arena Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 19th February 2010. Buy tickets at
Ticketmaster.
17th February 2010 - Primavera Sound Festival
The Pet Shop Boys have been confirmed as the headliners of the Primavera Sound 2010 festival
in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday 29th May 2010 which will be their first concert of the year.
Primavera Sound has six outdoor stages and one of the biggest auditoriums in Europe. With
events throughout Barcelona for the week surrounding the festival, it has been described as,
"more like a massive summer party than the usual festival". The huge festival line-up includes
The Pixies, Pavement, The XX, Liquid Liquid, The Fall and Grizzly Bear.
16th February 2010 - The One Show
Chris and Neil will be guests on 'The One Show' tomorrow night at 7pm on BBC1 in the UK.
16th February 2010 - Pandemonium Release Dates
The 'Pandemonium' DVD/CD is now released in most countries but EMI has given provided a list
of countries with a later release date:
Australia: Friday 26th February 2010
France: Monday 1st March 2010
Mexico: Tuesday 9th March 2010
USA: Tuesday 23rd March 2010
15th February 2010 - Out Today
Don't forget that 'Pandemonium Live, The O2 Arena, London, 21 December 2009' (that's the
full title) double-pack DVD and CD is released in the UK today. The DVD includes the full
Pandemonium show filmed by David Barnard who directed the 'Cubism' DVD. The sound has been
mixed for DVD by Dave Woolley. There are also seven DVD extra features: 'My Girl - Live At the O2' and
'It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas - Live At the O2'; the music videos for 'Love Etc.',
'Did You See Me Coming?' and 'All Over The World'; the complete 2009 Brits Awards performance,
featuring Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers; and an audio commentary by the Pet Shop Boys and
stage designer Es Devlin. The CD includes 17 songs from the show (the full show is too long to
fit on a single CD) and has been mixed by Stuart Price.
Buy 'Pandemonium Live, The O2 Arena, London, 21 December 2009':
UK DVD+CD.
2nd February 2010 - Pandemonium In A Fans Living Room
The Brit Awards have been sponsored by Mastercard for the last 12 years and to celebrate 30
years of the Brits they recently sponsored a competition for a member of the British public to
win a Brit Award winner playing live in their very own living room.
The winner, Lorraine Sands, a Project Manager from Twickenham, received the surprise of her
life when the Pet Shop Boys turned up on her doorstep. Neil and Chris, who received the
Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the 2009 Brit Awards, recreated part of their
spectacular 'Pandemonium Tour' production live in Lorraine's living room, performing,
'Suburbia', 'All Over The World', 'It's A Sin' and 'West End Girls'.
Neil said, "Reproducing part of our tour in someone's living room was surreal but very good
fun. The whole point of it was to recreate an arena production, or elements of it anyway, in
the intimate environment of a living room."
Footage from this show will be turned into a series of idents during the 2010 Brit Awards
which will be broadcast live on ITV1 on Tuesday 16th February 2010.
1st February 2010 - Oxfam Haiti Auction
The Vinyl Factory limited edition of 'Yes' which was actioned to raise funds for Oxfam's
emergency response in Haiti made £3,100.
23rd January 2010 - Vote For The Pet Shop Boys
Tonight at 10pm, ITV1 will broadcast 'The Brits Hits 30' which celebrates three decades of the Brit
Awards by showing some memorable performances from the last 30 years. You can then vote for
your favourite performance. In the competition will be Pet Shop Boys' 1994 performance of
'Go West' with two Welsh miners choirs and the show tonight will also include an interview
with Neil and Chris.
The voting will be opened during the show. Vote for the Pet Shop Boys, on the
ITV
website. The winner will be announced at the Brit Awards on Tuesday 16th February 2010.
22nd January 2010 - PSB Item In Oxfam Haiti Auction
The charity Oxfam has today launched an auction of music memorabilia which will raise funds
for Oxfam's emergency response in Haiti.
It includes a copy of the Vinyl Factory limited edition of 'Yes' which was recently rated the
number one 21st Century Collectible Product in 'Record Collector' magazine's annual round-up.
This copy (from the PSB's archive) is one of only 300 made by the Vinyl Factory and designed
by Farrow. The complete edition sold out in 72 hours when it was released in Spring 2009.
The bespoke artwork comprises a hand-made box with gold mounted metal tick containing the
album's eleven tracks pressed on eleven super-heavyweight 200-gram vinyl records, with
exclusive b-side instrumentals, housed in eleven specially coloured sleeves. The box also
houses a twelfth sleeve, which contains a fine art print, signed and numbered by the
Pet Shop Boys, plus a credit sheet.
To bid for this piece of Pet Shop Boys memorabilia, visit
eBay.
18th January 2010 - Record Collector
In the February 2010 issue of 'Record Collector' magazine, on sale now, there's a feature on,
50 21st Century Collectables. The Pet Shop Boys are at number 1, with The Vinyl Factory lavish
art boxed vinyl edition of 'Yes'.
14th January 2010 - Pandemonium Live DVD/CD
'Pandemonium Live, The O2 Arena, London, 21 December 2009' is the full title of
live double-pack DVD and CD which will be released by Parlophone on Monday 15th February 2010
(international release dates will vary slightly). The DVD includes the full Pandemonium show
filmed by David Barnard who directed the 'Cubism' DVD. The sound has been mixed for DVD by
Dave Woolley. There are also seven DVD extra features: 'My Girl - Live At the O2' and
'It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas - Live At the O2'; the music videos for 'Love Etc.',
'Did You See Me Coming?' and 'All Over The World'; the complete 2009 Brits Awards performance,
featuring Lady Gaga and Brandon Flowers; and an audio commentary by the Pet Shop Boys and
stage designer Es Devlin. The CD includes 17 songs from the show (the full show is too long to
fit on a single CD) and has been mixed by Stuart Price. Pre-order 'Pandemonium Live, The O2 Arena, London, 21 December 2009':
UK DVD+CD.
