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“You could do a medley of It’s a Sin with The Final Countdown by Europe; in fact, I don’t know why we haven’t done that”: How the Pet Shop Boys took on the church with their most iconic, most “heavy metal” song

Hi-NRG meets Catholic orthodoxy - we analyse the Pet Shop Boys' masterwork

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“Grown men were coming up to him with tears in their eyes, saying how he would never fully understand what the song had done for them over the years”: Producer Stephen Hague tells us how he made “the best English football record” with New Order

Producer Stephen Hague shares how he helped New Order top the charts - and turned John Barnes into a rap icon - with the iconic 1990 English football anthem World in Motion

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Take That were turned down by Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken and Waterman turned down working with Take That because their management at the time offered "derogatory" terms.

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"Our song about a guy angry after a break-up is really about Putin and the former Soviet republics": The Pet Shop Boys' Russian lament - Neil Tennant talks war and more

As one of the biggest Western bands in Russia, and as an ex-Editor himself, Tennant’s new Russian reminiscences make remarkable reading

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‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’: Neil Tennant’s love affair with Russia – before the ‘cancer of Putin’

They played Red Square, launched MTV Russia and got driven home from a gay club by the police. But the freedoms witnessed by Pet Shop Boys have been crushed. Singer Neil Tennant relives those heady days – and calls for a revolution

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Jack Bond, cult British director and Pet Shop Boys collaborator, dies aged 87

Bond worked on avant garde films with Jane Arden in the 1960s and 70s and went on to work with 80s pop stars from Neil Tennant to Adam Ant

The Guardian - UK

Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson's former City home on sale for £6m

This secret warehouse conversion in the City has an illustrious past, featuring film-makers and the Pet Shop Boys

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Rita Ora pays tearful tribute to Liam Payne at MTV EMAs: He brought so much joy

Tributes have poured in since the former One Direction star died in October.

The Independent UK

Rita Ora pays tearful tribute to Liam Payne at MTV Europe Music Awards: 'He brought so much joy'

Tributes have poured in since the former One Direction star died in October

Evening Standard

Pet Shop Boys review – still never being boring

Royal Opera House, LondonNeil Tennant and Chris Lowe deliver hits and new songs with their trademark bittersweet ambivalence, theatrical staging and imperviousness to fashion

The Guardian - UK

A meeting with Liza Minnelli, 1989

Promoting her album with the Pet Shop Boys, the actor and singer was in a liberated mood when she granted the Observer an audience in Athens

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"If you want to write a classic pop song, use these chords: Ab, Bb, G minor 7th, C minor. You can’t go wrong with that": How to make a track that sounds like The Pet Shop Boys

The Pet Shop Boys have just released a new album, Nonetheless, so it’s a great time to show you how to create some of their signature sounds for free

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“I just think that the one disappointing thing is the music”: The Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant questions whether Taylor Swift has released her Billie Jean - “where are the famous songs?”

Shake It Off is “all sung one or two notes going up and down,” he says

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Olly Alexander: Dizzy review – it’s a sinful ripoff from the UK’s Eurovision entry

You could easily believe the prosaic Dizzy to be the work of AI: what if the Pet Shop Boys did Eurovision?

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‘Music has ceased to be ageist’: Pet Shop Boys on 40 years of pop genius – and their hopeful new album

The pandemic was but a minor blip in Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s four decades of arch observation, artful imagery and playful theorising. ‘You’ve got to stay interested,’ they say

The Independent UK

Isle of Wight festival announces all-male headliners for 2024

The Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys and Green Day will all headline next year’s festival

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Pet Shop Boys still charm a crowd 42 years on at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena

The Pet Shop Boys proved why they are true legends of the industry as they performed at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena

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Pet Shop Boys admit they've 'given up chasing hits in the charts' after 30 years

The Pet Shop Boys have spoken about how they found fame relatively late and why, despite the longevity of their career, they’ve given up on having hits in the charts

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