We received a very interesting and thought-provoking email today regarding the new video for “Winner”:
“Thank You to the Boys for their Winner Video which so positively showed the Transgender Community who has been much maligned and battle worn for so long. Many in the Trans community have been buoyed and even moved to tears by the theme of the video. The transgender community has faced great sorrow and pain in our daily lives just trying to be accepted and ‘fit in” because we look different, many are forced to “Go Stealth” and disappear and hope no one ever finds out because being uncovered can mean the loss of family, friends, a job, a home, and even one’s life. Please pass along if you can, this anonymous ‘Thank You.’ to all involved in the production.”
Pet Shop Boys today release “SMASH — The Singles 1985–2020” – the complete collection of their singles in chronological order.
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More Dreamworld tour merchandise, including a windbreaker, a tee shirt and a water bottle, is now available in the official Pet Shop Boys store. Link to order below.
We are today launching a series of classic live performances of some of Pet Shop Boys’ most famous songs. Originally filmed during the 1991 “Performance” tour, “West End girls (Live in Birmingham)” is now available to watch on YouTube at the link below.
I loved visiting Charleston House in East Sussex today, both a refuge and a workplace of the Bloomsbury Group. Information at the link below. Neil x
Tickets for Pet Shop Boys’ Dreamworld shows in Santiago de Chile and Lima are now on sale at the links below.
I just enjoyed seeing Paul McCartney’s photographs of the view from within Beatlemania, recently rediscovered and now splendidly exhibited at the newly-reopened National Portrait Gallery in London. (Link below.) Neil
It looks like a giant bear is floating in the sky! Neil
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was today sentenced to a 19-year prison sentence in a trial reminiscent of the Soviet era. Navalny has already suffered poisoning and is still serving a nine-year prison sentence for his opposition activities which include producing a film about Putin’s corruption. Link to the film below.
There’s nothing like an English summer! Neil x