Pet Shop Boys are the most successful duo in UK music history, as listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Since signing to Parlophone in 1985, they have shaped a unique and timeless sound that has defined the course of pop music. With 44 singles in the UK Top 30, including 22 Top 10 hits and four number ones, and 15 studio albums, all of which reached the UK Top 10, their global impact on pop culture remains unparalleled.
Alongside their recorded output, Pet Shop Boys have redefined the live experience, creating a distinctive form of pop musical theatre and collaborating with directors, designers and artists such as Derek Jarman, Zaha Hadid, Es Devlin and Tom Scutt. Live review quotes for Pet Shop Boys – DREAMWORLD – The Greatest Hits Live,
“The finest British pop group of the past 40 years are in the form of their lives.” “…a life-affirming, soul-reviving joy of a show.” ***** London Metro
‘an ecstatic presentation of 40 years of brilliance’ (Evening Standard).
“Clever, stylish, sometimes poignant, often euphoric.” ***** – The Times
“An utterly joyous celebration.” ***** – Metro
“Colourful, bombastic, hit-packed and buckets of fun.” ***** – Evening Standard
“A two-hour joyous celebration … holding pop to a higher standard.” ***** – NME
while The Independent has noted that “their career has shown that pop music and high art cannot only coexist but surpass supposedly superior musical forms.”
The Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live tour —the first greatest hits tour of their career— quickly established itself as one of the most successful live projects of recent years. Now in its fifth year, it has visited 31 countries, featuring headline appearances at the world’s leading festivals and most prestigious venues including Glastonbury, numerous Primavera’s, Madison Square Garden, The Hollywood Bowl and London’s massive Hyde Park, to name but a few, reaffirming their enduring power as a live act.
Recipients of Ivor Novello and BRIT Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music, with a remarkable range of collaborations spanning Dusty Springfield, Madonna and David Bowie, and a body of work that extends from musical theatre and ballet to film music, Pet Shop Boys have consistently operated beyond the boundaries of pop — redefining it as an art form that can be at once accessible, radical, intelligent and powerful.
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