Pet Shop Boys, Literally

The Pet Shop Boys stand as one of the most successful and distinctive bands of the last five decades. This pop duo demonstrates that pop music can be simultaneously modern, ecstatic, and playful, alongside being serious and intelligent, earning them legions of devoted fans worldwide.

In 1989, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe invited journalist Chris Heath and photographer Lawrence Watson to shadow them across Hong Kong, Japan, and the UK as they embarked on their inaugural tour. This book is the compelling result: an immersive portrait that grants access to the duo's inner sanctum, showing them in brilliantly observed detail as they work, relax, gossip, argue, and occasionally attempt to comprehend their unique profession.

The Independent on Sunday praised it as 'as clear a picture as could be wished for of the seething mass of elegant contradictions that is the Pet Shop Boys' on-the-road experience.' Laura Snapes further lauded the book, stating it 'transcends tired rock journalism cliché. It's about what it means to be a pop star, what it means to be a Pet Shop Boy, how to love pop, hold it to a higher standard and subvert its expectations.'