Swedish female Pop duo back
What, you might be wondering, has happened to Swedish pop warblers West End Girls?
Well, they’ve been making their second album and, as a departure for the band, it won’t all be Pet Shop Boys hits. The new single is ‘What Have I Done To Deserve This?’ and the girls do not sing the song to each other. They are joined on vocals by a special guest called Magnus Carlson. He is in a band called Weeping Willows.
The single will be out in February or March, followed by two singles, both written by the Pet Shop Boys, before the album drops. One of the songs is ‘Little Black Dress’, which sounds ‘like a mixture between Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls and Depeche Mode’.
The album will be called ‘Shoplifters’. Do you see what they have done there. There is some other stuff about the album, too, involving songs contributed by other people. The Girls’ version of ‘What Have I Done To Deserve This?’ won’t disappoint fans of the first album, and there are some great melodic tricks added to the vocals which make it a bit different from the original song while still being the same. All thanks to the magic of pop. We’ll play you a clip in a week or so if you like.
Source: http://www.popjustice.com
Tony Wadsworth deja EMI
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7183089.stm
Quien puede ser considerado como ‘el padrino’ de los PSB deja EMI luego de 26 años de trabajo en la Compania.
Los PSB declararon al respecto :
‘Quisieramos expresar nuestro sincero reconocimiento por la larga relacion laboral y personal que disfrutamos con Tony Wadsworth, Presidente de EMI UK, quien deja EMI hoy luego de 26 años. El nos estimulo cuando lo necesitabamos y siempre tenia un buen consejo a mano, creando un entorno donde la creatividad podia prosperar. Asi como otros artistas de EMI, estamos muy tristes de verlo partir y le deseamos los mejor para su futuro.’
BBC Concert Orchestra & Battleship Potemkin (07 January 2008)
El 11 de Enero a las 9pm, Pet Shop Boys y la BBC Concert Orchestra, conducidas por Jonathan Stockhammer, tocaron la musica que compusieron para la pelicula ‘Battleship Potemkin’ mientras era proyectada la pelicula en una pantalla gigante en el Barbican Hall de Londres.
‘Battleship Potemkin’ fue originalmente estrenada en Trafalgar Square en 2004 y el CD con la musica fue editado en 2005.
http://www.barbican.org.uk/…t-detail.asp?ID=6870
BBC Concert Orchestra & Battleship Potemkin
On January 11th at 9 pm, Pet Shop Boys with the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer, will be performing their music for the classic film ‘Battleship Potemkin’ at a screening of the film in the Barbican Hall, London. The concert is part of the Barbican’s Only Connect series which ‘explores the boundaries where music, film and art meet’. Click on the link below for ticket details.
‘Battleship Potemkin’ was originally premiered in Trafalgar Square in 2004 and the CD of the music was released in 2005.
Link: http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=6870
*Text copied directly from Official Site.
PSB to perform in Sweden 30 Dec
This ‘show’ is called ‘Våra eldsjälar’ and will also be shown on Swedish TV.
http://www.expressen.se/noje/1.959771/pet-shop-boys-till-globen
Info thanks to Pertan.