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Synth-pop duo, the Pet Shop Boys are in Margate filming a video for a new single.
Vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, who launched the Pet Shop Boys in 1981, have been filming by Turner Contemporary, the Lido and the Kings Steps.
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The duo have sold more than 50 million records worldwide and released newest album Nonetheless on April 26 through Parlophone Records.
“Nonetheless” features ten tracks with deluxe editions including a bonus four-track EP, “Furthermore.”
Latest single from the album, Dancing Star, is due out on May 3.
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The Pet Shop Boys are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history in the 1999 edition of The Guinness Book of Records.
Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1984 they have achieved 42 top 30 singles, 22 of these being top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: “West End Girls,” “It’s a Sin.” a synth-pop version of “Always on My Mind” and “Heart.”
The duo are embarking on Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live tour this Summer.