Pet Shop Boys versus America
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4.8 • 6 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
No other pop group in recent history has faced fame with such intelligence, humour and shrewdness as the Pet Shop Boys. In 1991, the band toured North America for the first time shadowed by journalist Chris Heath and legendary rock photographer Pennie Smith. They visited fourteen cities in one month, confronting the American music industry and colliding with the likes of Liza Minnelli, Steven Spielberg and Axl Rose. This is more than a documentary of a tour; it is an unusually intimate portrait of two maverick British musicians always reluctant to compromise.
‘There was a time when the Pet Shop Boys seemed to exist entirely on radio, television and in magazines. This is the other world of the Pet Shop Boys in concert, travel and backstage, as they bring their art and glamour to America. It’s funny too.’
Johnny Marr
‘A brilliant book, to be read over and over again. How could anyone not love these men?’
NME
Customer Reviews
A great book....Houston fan
I read this book when it came out initially and loved the perspective of The Boys, and Chris Heath, documenting everything. He actually asked me several questions about why I was a fan and my quotes appear in the book as I sat in the front row at the AstroWorld concert in Houston. What a great show.
If you really would like to get a good perspective of what it was like to tour with Pet Shop Boys when they first toured America, here you go......