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Stars to battle it out at MTV EMAs in Manchester

Charli XCX, Raye and Dua Lipa are among the nominees.

Evening Standard

Is this the most English piece of band merch of all time?

Pet Shop Boys now have their own fine bone china tea set

MusicRadar

Brew were always on my mind: Pet Shop Boys release new tea set

As part of a new line of merchandise marking 40 years of Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe celebrate the humble cuppa

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Pet Shop Boys set for special performance with orchestra at MTV EMAs

Pet Shop Boys, LE SSERAFIM, Tyla and Peso Pluma are the new names added to the line-up for the MTV EMAs 2024.

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How the Trump-Harris debate played out on social media: ‘Maga mad libs’

Users react to viral moments as Democratic and Republican candidates face off in presidential debate

The Guardian - US

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

Pet Shop Boys' 10 greatest songs ranked, from It’s a Sin to West End Girls

The legendary British pop duo are playing a string of concerts at the Royal Opera House this week

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Closer to Heaven review – Pet Shop Boys musical is still hellish

Adequate songs are not enough to fill out Jonathan Harvey’s flimsy clubbers’ romance, though Frances Ruffelle provides some welcome razzle dazzle

The Guardian - UK

"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

MusicRadar

Issue 335 of Computer Music is on sale now

Computer Music 335 issue is out now! With features including:• Creative time effects guide • FREE CableGuys TimeShaper3 software • FREE sample packs including exclusive Song Athletics and LoopMasters packs • INTERVIEWED: Kasbo, Peel, Helado Negro • Make a track in the style of Pet Shop Boys • REVIEWED: Modalics…

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From Challengers to Pet Shop Boys: the complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist find themselves in a love triangle on centre court in Luca Guadagnino’s tennis romance, while the synthpop veterans return with album number 15

The Guardian - UK

Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless review – a great, fan-pleasing album

The duo’s first LP in four years finds them refining and updating their late-80s heyday sound, with a new producer in tow

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Are we still boring from Covid? Let's start dancing again in our great city of London

I’m not being funny but… we can’t start this week without a tribute to Stephen Linard, truly one of London’s greatest players in fashion. Stephen was one of the original Blitz Kids and influenced everyone from U2 and Pet Shop Boys to David Bowie. In 1983, the American press dubbed…

Evening Standard

‘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

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Magnetic Skies: "Everything starts off in Logic with stock synth plugins, but most of what you hear on this album will be the Juno-106"

Fusing the chilly intensity of darkwave with the melodic sensibilities of ’80s synthpop, four-piece outfit Magnetic Skies have just dropped their debut album. We sat down with frontman Simon Kent to find out more

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

The Independent UK

Pet Shop Boys accuse Drake of singing West End Girls on his new album without their permission

Drake’s song ‘All the Parties’ includes the lyrics: ‘East End boys and West End girls’

Evening Standard

Only one kind of music makes clubbers dress up like this

The influence of 1980s gay disco on modern popular culture is incalculable. As a new box set celebrating the sounds of that era is released, Paul Flynn looks back on the music that shaped him — and so many others

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Girls, boys, art, pleasure! Italy’s paninaro subculture rides again

Hymned by Pet Shop Boys, paninari dressed expensively, ate fast food, loved pop music – and some flirted with the far right. Now middle-aged, its scenesters explain its appeal

The Guardian - UK

What links Factory Records and the Bosnian war? The Saturday quiz

From Italian desserts to Pet Shop Boys, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Leeds Live

Pet Shop Boys Dreamworld review at Leeds First Direct Arena

Pet Shop Boys brought their Dreamworld greatest hits tour to Leeds First Direct Arena on Saturday evening

Liverpool Echo

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

Liverpool Echo

Pet Shop Boys set list and stage times for M&S Bank Arena gig in Liverpool

Pet Shop Boys will perform in Liverpool on Friday

The Guardian - UK

Pet Shop Boys’ 30 greatest songs – ranked!

As pop’s greatest double act release a collection of all their singles, we pick their best tracks – from yuppie satires to finely detailed portraits

The Guardian - US

Queer sounds: our writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ songs

For Pride month, Guardian writers have singled out their favourite LGBTQ+ songs, from Pet Shop Boys to Frank Ocean

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