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Tour Photographs
Check out the gallery section to see photographs from the Liverpool Summer Pops show and T4 Party on the
Beach at Weston-Super-Mare. I also attended the first Tower of London show but left my camera in the cloakroom! More photographs
will be taken at the Thetford show on 21st July.
Summer shows
Pet Shop Boys are currently playing a series of summer open air concerts and festival shows across Europe.
The set is designed by Es Devlin who worked on the Closer to Heaven show and features 2 dancers and 3 backing singers. The
crowd reception at the Tower of London show and most notably the Liverpool show have been amazing and the setlist features
a mix of PSB classics and tracks from "Fundamental".
Setlist:
God willing
Psychological
Left to my own devices
I'm with Stupid
Suburbia
Minimal
Shopping
Rent
Always on my mind
Where the streets have no name (I can't take my eyes off you)
Home and dry (acoustic)
Before (acoustic) Numb performed instead at Liverpool
Dreaming of
the Queen
West End girls
The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)
Integral
Encore:
So hard (David Morales Red Zone version without Neil)
It's a sin
Go West
Minimal
Pet Shop Boys release "Minimal" as a single on July 24th. The single is currently "A-Listed" on BBC Radio
2 and the video is being playlisted on UK Music TV channels "The Hits" and "The Box". The single will be commercially released
on 4 formats: 2 track CD, 3 track Maxi CD, 3 track DVD and a limited edition clear disc 7" vinyl a week
later. Remixes for the single have been produced by M Factor, Tiga, Superchumbo, Telex and Tocadisco
although many of these are likely to be download-only tracks and issued on promo-only 12" vinyls. On the Maxi CD you
also have the facility to remix the track yourself!
CD1/7":
1. Minimal (radio edit)
2. In private (Performed by Pet Shop Boys and Elton John) (Stuart
Crichton 7")
CD2:
1. Minimal (radio edit)
2. Minimal (Tocadisco's Sunday at Space Remix)
3. Minimal (M Factor
Remix)
4. Minimal (U-Myx)
DVD:
1. Minimal (Telex Hell mix)
2. Blue on blue
3. No time for tears (Unreleased 7-inch mix)
4. Minimal (video)
It's Fundamental!
Pet Shop Boys returned on May 22nd with new album "Fundamental", produced by Trevor Horn and consisting
of 12 tracks. The album reached number 5 in the UK album chart and spent 4 weeks in the top 75. The album was
also a success across most European countries and was number 1 in the I-Tunes chart in most countries. The album
has received mainly positive critical reviews with the general consensus that it is their finest work since 1993's "Very". A
special edition of the album included a bonus dance album, "Fundamentalism", containing seven remixes and the rather amazing
Richard X produced "Fugitive".The album was released on standard cd, limited edition 2cd and vinyl LP. The most likely
3rd single is "Numb" and a full World Tour commences in North America in October reaching the UK early next year.
Tracklisting:
1. Psychological
2. The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
3. I made my excuses and left
4. Minimal
5.
Numb
6. God willing
7. Luna Park
8. I'm with Stupid
9. Casanova in Hell
10. Twentieth Century
11. Indefinite
leave to remain
12. Integral
Fundamentalism:
1. Fugitive (Richard X extended mix)
2. Sodom (Trentemøller remix)
3. Psychological (Alter
Ego remix)
4. Flamboyant (Michael Mayer remix)
5. I'm with Stupid (Melnyk mix)
6. In private (Stuart Crichton club
mix)
7. Minimal (Lobe remix)
8. Gomorrah (Dettinger remix
New Pet Shop Boys Fanzine in Production
| I am currently producing a new Pet Shop Boys printed fanzine that will
be released in late 2006. This is my second attempt at a Pet Shop Boys fanzine following the less than successful ‘Fanatically’
in late 2001. After selling only a handful of copies and with me studying at university at the time, I decided to leave the
venture to a solitary issue. With few fanzines remaining and the majority of those operating as webzines I felt it was time
to make a new Pet Shop Boys fanzine. The fanzine will be available to purchase online via this site or by post in
the near future. If you want further information or have anything you would like to contribute, email me. |
Battleship Potemkin Live
Pet Shop Boys successfully played Wallsend Shipyard, Newcastle on 1st May accompanied by the Northern Sinfonia
for their "Battleship Potemkin" soundtrack. The 14,000 capacity open-air concert was full and it was a great night (apart
from being really, really cold). On 5th September, Pet Shop Boys released their 'Battleship Potemkin' soundtrack on CD
via EMI Classics. The album received positive reviews and prior to it's release they played 4 concerts in Germany with
the Dresden Sinfoniker. For this release they decided to use the name 'Tennant/Lowe' rather than 'Pet Shop Boys' for the first
time. Despite the acclaim, the album failed to reach the Top 75 UK Album Chart although it did chart in Germany. More
performances are planned for later this year.
Tracklisting:-
- Comrades!
- Men And Maggots
- Our Daily Bread
- Drama In The Harbour
- Nyet
- To The Shore
- Odessa
- No Time For Tears
- To The Battleship
- After All (The Odesa Staircase)
- Stormy Meetings
- Night Falls
- Full Steam Ahead
- The Squadron
- For Freedom
Neil Records Guest Vocals
Neil has recorded vocals for the track "Throw" taken from the forthcoming
Dan Fresh album, due for release on May 22nd. The Drum N' Bass star co-produced the 2003 single 'Miracles' with Adam
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