Pet Shop Boys at dead of night, older brief news

Older brief news

Top 40 from PSB on VH1 on Feb 19 (today) at 20:00 (GMT) - VH1 schedule

First UK concerts announced - Manchester Apollo (June 18), London O2 Arena (June 19) - presales link

PSB have an official profile on Facebook - link

PSB wrote one-minute sequence for a new work "Music And Chance" (12 composers wrote each one minute). It will be performed during BBC Concert Orchestra concert on Feb 17 - broadcast on BBC Radio 3!

In late 2008, three PSB collaborations appeared - Neil wrote and sung a verse in The Killers' "Better You Than Me, Joseph" single, PSB made two remixes of the song "Kids" by The MGMT and co-wrote "The Loving Kind" for Girls Aloud

Cubism (concert recording, 2006) - edit on 3sat TV (Germany) on January 1, 2008, 5:00 a. m. (morning!) CET (playlist)

Signing in Berlin (Catalogue & CDs) - May 7 (Monday), 17:00 - 18:00, Kulturkaufhaus Dussmann, Friedrichstraße 90

Neil narrated about Andy Warhol on BBC Radio 2

Many new concerts in Europe were announced, as well as two other gigs in Australia; UK tour schedule will follow later

PSB didn't win any of two Grammy Awards they had been nominated for (Dance Recording & Electronic Album)

A new concert in Germany was announced; the European tour gigs will take place also in the UK, Scandinavia, France and other countries

"She's Madonna", a song on which Robbie Williams worked with PSB, should be released in March; watch the video on YouTube

A recording of the current Fundamental tour (as filmed on 11/14 in Mexico) should be released on DVD in spring 2007.

Double CD Concrete, a recording of PSB concert with the BBC Orchestra and guests, is #61 in the UK albums chart

Numb single reached #23 in the UK singles chart

Vote for "Always On My Mind" in the "best cover version" poll (the vote is sent directly by clicking on the link)

The third single from Fundamental should be Numb, out October 2

During Madonna's concert in the UK on 07/30, Neil's vocal featured (pre-recorded) in introduction to "Sorry" (Neil sung additional vocals in PSB remix of this song)

"Minimal": #19 in the UK singles chart

You can listen to the yesterday (07/27) show with PSB on BBC 6 here

On August 1, PSB will appear on Resonance FM (14:00 - 15:00 BST)

You can listen to the yesterday (07/26) PSB interview on BBC Radio 2 here

Various remixes of Minimal created with U-myx software (included on one of CDs) can be found on the Umyx site - there's one by Chris Lowe near the end!

Tomcraft's mixes of "In Private" - listen to samples or order a vinyl here

Song "Numb" was used by BBC for a montage of UK football team appearance at the World Cup

You can pre-order Pet Shop Boys Catalogue book now (336 pages). It is a pictorial presentation of PSB's design, "the definitive collection of twenty years of visuals".

Tour of North America has been announced - more

The "Minimal" videoclip can be seen on the official website (Product / Singles / Minimal / Watch) now

Order "Minimal" now: CD1, CD2, DVD

The world tour: America in autumn, Europe in spring 2007

"Fundamental" will be released in the United States on Rhino label on June 27 ("Fundamentalism" will be available, too)

30 seconds long samples (external link) of all "Fundamental" songs