The Pet Shop Boys burst onto the scene in 1984 with this dark track, which was influenced by hip hop music and a TS Elliot poem. The song was written about class and the pressures of inner-city life.

After they called out Drake's unauthorized use of "West End Girls" on For All the Dogs last year, synthpop legends Pet Shop Boys are doing... Sleaford Mods have shared a cover of the Pet Shop Boys ...

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Inside a conference room at their record label Parlophone’s head office in London, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of synthpop deities Pet Shop Boys are ... for Best Hip-Hop/Rap/Grime Artist this ...

On the eve of the release of their 15th studio album Nonetheless, English synth-pop legends the Pet Shop Boys are anything but being boring. Vocalist Neil Tennant, 69, and keyboardist Chris Lowe ...

The Pet Shop Boys will never make a bad album. They’re too clever, too charming, too in love with pop while being aware of its innate ridiculousness. But they do have their own high standards to ...

On the occasion of the duo’s 15th album, ‘Nonetheless,’ we’re reminded that pop music is an open invitation Where had the Pet Shop Boys been all my life? Honestly, everywhere. I remember ...

While the disco end of their spectrum is lavishly furnished – “sexy sexy sexy,” sings Tennant alarmingly on The Schlager Hit Parade – their melancholic strain is most potent here. New London Boy’s ...

“Why am I dancing/ When I’m so alone?” asks Neil Tennant over the disco beats of Pet Shop Boys’ 15th studio album, Nonetheless. No prizes for guessing this record was written during lockdow ...

The Pet Shop Boys’ vocalist Neil Tennant has criticised Taylor Swift’s music following the release of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department. Swift’s latest record is already the UK ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Back with new album “Nonetheless,” recorded during the pandemic, the Pet Shop Boys discuss finding joy ...