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“Nobody ever asks Pet Shop Boys if they can play the piano”: Pop masterminds Saint Etienne have great news for anyone who can’t play an instrument

About to release their last album, the band reminisce on their 13-album career and why not being able to play is actually “an asset"

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‘The giant penis took shape easily, as I passed through a village called Three Cocks’: meet the artist athletes drawing with GPS

From the phallus on a Welsh hillside, to a huge portrait of Chappell Roan, these Strava runners, riders and skaters have been busy …

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Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant says copy of Smash Hits inspired him to go classical

Sleep Of Reason, which Tennant will release with Mark Springer, will see him sing over classical arrangements.

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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 obituary

Film director and producer who worked with Salvador Dalí and the Pet Shop Boys

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Taylor Swift soap, saucy socks and Pet Shop Boys tea sets: it’s the culture Christmas gift guide 2024

From a Snoop Dogg firepit to a sweater celebrating the brutalist genius of Preston bus station, here are 40 fabulous festive suggestions for the culture vulture in your life

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There is so much excitement swirling round: Strictly stars prepare for Blackpool

The special of the BBC dancing show will feature an appearance from Pet Shop Boys.

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Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter win big at MTV EMAs as Liam Payne receives emotional tribute

Liam Gallagher, Busta Rhymes, Pet Shop Boys too receive top prizes

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MTV Europe awards: Taylor Swift, Raye and Pet Shop Boys are big winners in Manchester

Swift wins best artist award for third time as Liam Gallagher, Calvin Harris and Sabrina Carpenter also triumph

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Stars to battle it out at MTV EMAs in Manchester

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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…

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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

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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

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