The??new single, "Method Of Modern Love / This Is Tomorrow" is out today. Thanks to??really devoted fans and easily bribed family members it's nearly sold out, but a limited number of copies are still available from Record Store. Alternatively, Rough Trade (East and West) will have a few signed copies as of today.

Sorry to overseas fans who have sent emails and messages, but an export edition IS coming soon with EVERYTHING on it and unique artwork. If you're desperate to own a non export copy and have a friend in the UK, perhaps they could buy for you?

Saint Etienne??be making a special announcement regarding a few shows later this week.
You'll be the first to know... read on!



Slightly short notice, but you can hear Bob, Pete & Sarah interviewed by Samanthi on Q radio tonight after 8pm. And hear??Saint Etienne??play some of their fave tracks interspersed with ribald comments on the same station on Saturday @ 6pm (repeated Tues 17th @ 9pm)

Unless something drastic happens in the capital tomorrow Bob and Pete will be chatting on Tuesday evening's BBC London News.

And there's an in-depth discussion with Bob on Pitchfork?
Want to read it? Click down here on "read more"!

Saint Etienne have offered to record the official anthem for the 2012 Olympics, which will
take place in London. Sarah Cracknell and co look set to approach the British team behind
the sporting extravaganza in a bid to be chosen.
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The pop trio have made no secret of their love of the UK capital, naming their forthcoming
greatest hits "London Conversations". Speaking about penning the anthem,
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Sarah Cracknell told the BBC: "We would be the ideal band to do a soundtrack for the Olympics."
Bob Stanley continued: "I'd love to do it. I'll drop Seb Coe a line, I'll send him an e-mail today."
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"London Conversations" is scheduled for release on February 16,
preceded by the new single "Method Of Modern Love" on February 9.

Parlophone/EMI have confirmed March 23rd as the release date for the new new Pet Shop Boys' album, "Yes", in a press release sent out to all media today.
The full text reads:

IN THE POP COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR, PET SHOP BOYS TEAM UP WITH PRODUCERS XENOMANIA FOR THEIR NEW STUDIO ALBUM “YES” WHICH WILL BE RELEASED ON PARLOPHONE ON MARCH 23. THE SINGLE “LOVE ETC” IS RELEASED ON MARCH 16.

In what is surely the pop collaboration of 2009, PET SHOP BOYS have teamed up with the hit production team Xenomania (Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Gabriella Cilmi etc) for their new studio album, “Yes”, which will be released on March 23rd.
Pet Shop Boys, who will receive the Outstanding Contribution To Music award at this years Brit Awards on February 18th, co-wrote three of the eleven new tracks on the album with Xenomania. The other tracks were written by Tennant/Lowe with a little assistance from Tchaikovsky on “All Over the world”. The album was produced by Brian Higgins/Xenomania.

Chris Lowe comments: "This album is amazing and it was great working with Xenomania!" Neil Tennant says: "It's a fantastic, wide-ranging, pop record."

Johnny Marr plays guitar on several tracks and orchestral arrangements on "Beautiful people" and "Legacy" are by Owen Pallett (Last Shadow Puppets, Final Fantasy).

The album track listing is as follows (* written by Tennant/Lowe/Xenomania):

Love etc * ?? All Over The World ?? Beautiful People ?? Did You See Me Coming? ?? Vulnerable ?? More Than A Dream * ?? Building A Wall ?? King Of Rome ?? Pandemonium ?? The Way It Used To Be * ?? Legacy

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Pet Shop Boys are currently planning a very special performance at the Brit Awards in February. They have also co-written with Xenomania the current Girls Aloud single “The Loving Kind"; the two groups met when both were recording at Xenomania’s studio in Kent.