Pet Shop Boys

Chris and Neil are going to be working with Chris Heath soon on the next issue of the PSB yearbook, Annually, and would like to answer some of your questions in it. If you have a question, send it in an email by Friday, December 14th, to [email protected] (Alternatively, you could leave a question on Facebook or Twitter.) Details of how to pre-order your copy of Annually will be on this site soon. #PetText

Go to the link below to discover what Neil has been printing... http://smarturl.it/NeilPrinting #PetText

Pet Shop Boys are excited to announce that the #SUPERtour will be heading to Asia in 2019. The tour has so far seen Neil and Chris perform 90 shows in 25 countries since 2016 and next year will visit Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Osaka before concluding in Bangkok. Pre-sale dates and ticket information can be found at the link below. http://smarturl.it/PSBSuperTourAsia March 26th - The Star Theatre, Singapore March 28th - AsiaWorld-Expo, Hall 10, Hong Kong April 1st - Budokan, Tokyo April 2nd - Festival Hall, Osaka April 4th - Impact Exhibition Hall 5, Bangkok Pet Shop Boys are currently working on a new album planned for release in the second half of 2019.

A rare screening of Pet Shop Boys’ surreal 1988 film, “It Couldn’t Happen Here”, will take place at the Regent Street Cinema in London on December 14th, followed by a Q&A with the film’s director, Jack Bond. More information and ticket details below. Regent Street Cinema: http://smarturl.it/ICHHinfo Book tickets: http://smarturl.it/ICHHtickets #PetText

Read at the link below about Neil’s pre-PSB stint at Marvel Comics, meeting rock star Marc Bolan and the late Stan Lee. #PetText

Thirty years after its original release, The Quietus online magazine examines “Introspective”. Link below.

Faber & Faber have made a Spotify playlist of the songs in Neil's book 'One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem'. Listen at the link below. http://smarturl.it/OLplaylist

“The Thing” is a new series of eight short films from frieze magazine in which various artists each choose a single object of significance and discuss what makes it special. Neil reflects on a Bryan Ferry poster he saw in 1974 in a short film called “Sophis”. Link below. Created by Jacqui Edenbrow Directed by Peter Strickland #PetText

Neil's book 'One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem' is out today from all good bookshops, price £14.99. Links below. Photo by @samuelburgess on Instagram LRB: http://smarturl.it/OHLaaPLRB RoughTrade: http://smarturl.it/OHLaaPRoughTrade Amazon: http://smarturl.it/OHLaaPAmazon Waterstones: http://smarturl.it/OHLaaPWaterstones

Neil’s book, “One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem”, is published in the UK tomorrow and should be available in all good bookshops as well as online stores. We have 20 copies of the signed limited edition for sale. The rest of the edition is sold out. Link below. UPDATE: These 20 copies have now sold. http://smarturl.it/PSBOHL Photo: David Walliams

I’ve signed a lot of books today! It’s available in bookshops (in the UK) from Thursday. Neil x (Link below to shops which have ordered some signed books.) http://smarturl.it/BookSigning #PetText

These shoes were worn by Neil while performing “The Pop Kids" on The Graham Norton Show in 2016. You can bid to buy them in a celebrity shoe auction to benefit the Small Steps Project which supports children around the world who live on rubbish dumps and survive from scavenging. The online auction starts on November 1st. Link below. smallstepsproject.org #PetText

The full recording of last night’s book discussion between Neil Tennant and Michael Bracewell at EartH Hackney is now available as a downloadable podcast from The Quietus at the link below. Apologies to anyone who had difficulty streaming the live event yesterday but heavy demand caused the server to crash. #PetText

Thanks to everyone who came to the book event last night. Some excellent questions from the audience! Hope you enjoy reading the book and you can listen to a recording of the interview with Michael Bracewell at The Quietus website. Neil x The Quietus: http://smarturl.it/PSBQT Order “100 Lyrics and a Poem” at Amazon: http://smarturl.it/100LyricsAmazon #PetText

There’s an interview in The Guardian with Neil discussing his forthcoming book. Link below. #PetText

Beautiful day in London! Neil x https://www.peoples-vote.uk/march #pettext

To mark the forthcoming publication of his book 'One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem', Neil will be in conversation with writer Michael Bracewell on Monday night at a special event at EartH in Hackney. The event is sold out but The Quietus will be exclusively live-streaming it from their Facebook page at 20:00 that night. Link below. http://smarturl.it/100LyricsStreaming

‘Introspective’ is 30 today. Buy / stream here: https://lnk.to/IntrospectiveMP

Thanks to everyone who sent me birthday wishes. Much appreciated. Love, Chris xx #PetText

A short essay about PSB has been published in the latest issue of the monthly art magazine frieze. Link below. #PetText

It's Chris's birthday on October 4th. If you would like to leave him a message, follow this link. http://smarturl.it/HBChrisLowe

Nice to attend the Tate Britain annual party and view of the Turner Prize show. Amazingly, it's 20 years since I was a Turner Prize judge! Neil x #PetText http://smarturl.it/TateBritain

Just received an advance copy of my book! Neil x #PetText http://smarturl.it/PSBPO

The fourth and final batch of the 'Catalogue' series of remastered and repackaged album reissues is out now. Click below to buy or stream: Behaviour/Further listening: 1990-1991 - lnk.to/PSBBehaviourMP Very/Further listening: 1992-1994 - lnk.to/PSBVeryMP Bilingual/Further listening: 1995-1997 - lnk.to/PSBBilingualMP #PSBcatalogue

Enjoying the end of summer. Hope you are too! Neil x #PetText