Pet Shop Boys have shared their cover of ‘All the young dudes’ and electro-pop single ‘New London boy’.The double-A side single is available in two digital bundles, and forthcoming CD singles are set for release on November 15.
You can pre-order and pre-save here.The first five-track format includes a new radio edit of ‘New London boy’ and the synth-legends’ version of the David Bowie-penned ‘All The Young Dudes’, which they originally performed in a performance for BBC Radio 2 in February.The lyrics of ‘New London boy’ are about Neil Tennant moving to London in its 1970s glam-rock heyday when Bowie’s track was a hit – “Follow the style, plastic and showy / Everyone’s dancing to Roxy and Bowie” – broadly linking the two songs.A post shared by Pet Shop Boys (@petshopboys)The bundle also includes a different ‘Delinquent’ version of ‘All The Young Dudes’ produced by Pet Shop Boys, as well as an extended remix by Richard X and previously unreleased song, ‘Beauty Has Laid Siege To The City’.The second four-track format features a Richard X edit and I.
JORDAN remix, a Boy Harsher remix and the track ‘Clean Air Hybrid Electric Bus’, originally written and recorded in 2015 and included as a bonus track on the Japanese deluxe edition of the ‘Nonetheless’ CD.Last month, they released a new fine bone china tea set to celebrate four decades since their first release.
As well as the tea set, Pet Shop Boys also announced a special expanded edition of their 15th studio album ‘Nonetheless’.The James Ford-produced album originally arrived in April, and included singles ‘Loneliness’, ‘Dancing Star’, ‘A new bohemia’ and ‘Feel’.
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