PET SHOP BOYS announce details of their new studio album, ‘Hotspot’ released on 24th January 2020

PET SHOP BOYS announce details of their new studio album, ‘Hotspot’ released on 24th January 2020 1

Pet Shop Boys today announce details of their highly anticipated new studio album, ‘Hotspot’, which will be released on 24th January 2020 on x2 Records/Kobalt.

‘Hotspot’ was mostly written and recorded in Berlin and Los Angeles and produced and mixed by Stuart Price. It features 10 brand new Tennant/Lowe tracks including previous single ‘Dreamland’ featuring Years & Years, released earlier this year, and new track ‘Burning the heather’ – which features Bernard Butler on guitar.

Pet Shop Boys say:

“We’ve written much of our music over the last ten years in Berlin and it was an exciting experience to work on this album in the legendary Hansa studios there and add a new dimension to our sound.”

Watch the lyric video for ‘Burning the heather’ – BELOW:

The album is the third instalment in the series of PSB albums produced by Stuart Price, following ‘Electric’ in 2013 and ‘Super’ in 2016. It will be available on CD, vinyl and digitally and is available to pre-order now.

Track-listing for ‘Hotspot’:

1. Will-o-the-wisp
2. You are the one
3. Happy people
4. Dreamland (featuring Years & Years)
5. Hoping for a miracle
6. I don’t wanna
7. Monkey business
8. Only the dark
9. Burning the heather
10. Wedding in Berlin

Hotspot

The duo will also play seven UK shows for their first-ever greatest hits tour – Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live – in May/June 2020. Beginning on Thursday, May 28th at London’s O2, the tour will see PSB perform at arenas across the country, ending at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro on Saturday, June 6th. Tickets available here.

Full tour schedule below:

Thursday May 28th – The O2, London
Friday May 29th – Manchester Arena, Manchester
Saturday May 30th – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham
Tuesday June 2nd – BIC Arena, Bournemouth
Wednesday June 3rd – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Friday June 5th – Utilita Arena, Newcastle
Saturday June 6th – SSE Hydro, Glasgow

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