Our dreams for Obscure after the 5 shows at EB

[Parkol]

Since YouTube didn't allow me to publish this video, I uploaded it to another site, RuTube. It should be available in the UK. Here are excerpts from the concert and Russian tourists' overall impressions of London, based on the New London Boy.

https://rutube.ru/video/98193698cc9b7b1 ... 9a6e4821c/

[Parkol]

Someone with sense. It's a great chorus with a meandering verse. But more importantly, it's Pet Shop Boys in 2026 - nothing they do is going to be a hit, even if it was the best song they've ever written.

You know, I haven't been to London for 18 years, especially since it's quite difficult for Russians to get to England these days, but I made it. So I walked around Soho and went to Edinburgh, wandered around Eastbourne, and asked about PSB's popularity in every record store. Everywhere they told me they were very popular. At one record store, I was told that their records sell better than those of many artists. They are incredibly popular in Britain. A salesperson at the HMV store on Oxford Street told me they're more popular than Blur, for example. Their book is being advertised in Westfield Shopping Center. The latest album is selling really well.

A few photos from April 9th. Maybe someone will recognize themselves in the photos.

[Parkol]

Someone with sense. It's a great chorus with a meandering verse. But more importantly, it's Pet Shop Boys in 2026 - nothing they do is going to be a hit, even if it was the best song they've ever written.

You know, I haven't been to London for 18 years, especially since it's quite difficult for Russians to get to England these days, but I made it. So I walked around Soho and went to Edinburgh, wandered around Eastbourne, and asked about PSB's popularity in every record store. Everywhere they told me they were very popular. At one record store, I was told that their records sell better than those of many artists. They are incredibly popular in Britain. A salesperson at the HMV store on Oxford Street told me they're more popular than Blur, for example. Their book is being advertised in Westfield Shopping Center. The latest album is selling really well.

A few photos from April 9th. Maybe someone will recognize themselves in the photos.

[Parkol]

double

[richwill]

Loved it!! You really communicated the excitement and the atmosphere.

[NOBODY75]

I Dream of a Better Tomorrow.

Who told Tennant this song wouldn't be a hit?

Someone with sense. It's a great chorus with a meandering verse. But more importantly, it's Pet Shop Boys in 2026 - nothing they do is going to be a hit, even if it was the best song they've ever written.

Definitely not as Pet Shop Boys.
A collaboration with a current top artist? I'd see it as very difficult, though not impossible.
However Tennant - Lowe with a song written for a current mainstream artist like The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles... In that situation, I do see the possibility of a huge hit for the simple reason that, for me, they are still the best pop songwriters in the world, and in recent years we've seen many pop songs, even those with 80s sounds, topping the charts.

[jasonjohn]

nice video, Parkol

[Dog]

I Dream of a Better Tomorrow.

Who told Tennant this song wouldn't be a hit? Before the song, he said at the concert that it was written for Andersen's new musical and that they wanted to release it as a single, but he was talked out of it.

Are we sure about this? Which night did Neil say he wanted it to be a single but he was advised against it? Has something maybe been lost in translation?

[Parkol]

Who told Tennant this song wouldn't be a hit? Before the song, he said at the concert that it was written for Andersen's new musical and that they wanted to release it as a single, but he was talked out of it.

Are we sure about this? Which night did Neil say he wanted it to be a single but he was advised against it? Has something maybe been lost in translation?
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Neil's speech before the song.
This might not be in this speech, but I specifically recorded Neil's words before the song. I was at the concert on April 9th, and now, being in St. Petersburg, I'm trying to remember where I heard him talk about the hit.

I specifically found the words on my iPhone and posted them on YouTube right now, Dog.

By the way, I was surprised that the fans in line barely interacted with each other. Apparently, it's an English mentality to distance ourselves from each other.

By the way, I had a really nice chat with some fans from Chicago in line. I felt sorry for the Asian-Canadian woman; she's not very tall, and it was really hard for her to see Chris and Neil behind the tall guys.
https://youtu.be/dlLu22vfn88?si=adB7XIDYurfXXxvj

[Parkol]

Who told Tennant this song wouldn't be a hit? Before the song, he said at the concert that it was written for Andersen's new musical and that they wanted to release it as a single, but he was talked out of it.

Are we sure about this? Which night did Neil say he wanted it to be a single but he was advised against it? Has something maybe been lost in translation?

Neil's speech before the song.
This might not be in this speech, but I specifically recorded Neil's words before the song. I was at the concert on April 9th, and now, being in St. Petersburg, I'm trying to remember where I heard him talk about the hit.

I specifically found the words on my iPhone and posted them on YouTube right now, Dog.

By the way, I was surprised that the fans in line barely interacted with each other. Apparently, it's an English mentality to distance ourselves from each other.

By the way, I had a really nice chat with some fans from Chicago in line. I felt sorry for the Asian-Canadian woman; she's not very tall, and it was really hard for her to see Chris and Neil behind the tall guys.
https://youtu.be/dlLu22vfn88?si=adB7XIDYurfXXxvj
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[Parkol]

Who told Tennant this song wouldn't be a hit? Before the song, he said at the concert that it was written for Andersen's new musical and that they wanted to release it as a single, but he was talked out of it.

Are we sure about this? Which night did Neil say he wanted it to be a single but he was advised against it? Has something maybe been lost in translation?

Neil's speech before the song.
This might not be in this speech, but I specifically recorded Neil's words before the song. I was at the concert on April 9th, and now, being in St. Petersburg, I'm trying to remember where I heard him talk about the hit.

I specifically found the words on my iPhone and posted them on YouTube right now, Dog.

By the way, I was surprised that the fans in line barely interacted with each other. Apparently, it's an English mentality to distance ourselves from each other.

By the way, I had a really nice chat with some fans from Chicago in line. I felt sorry for the Asian-Canadian woman; she's not very tall, and it was really hard for her to see Chris and Neil behind the tall guys.
https://youtu.be/dlLu22vfn88?si=adB7XIDYurfXXxvj

[Dog]

Thanks for sharing. In this clip Neil just says that in Naked the song is a hit as part of the plot.

[Parkol]

Who told Tennant this song wouldn't be a hit? Before the song, he said at the concert that it was written for Andersen's new musical and that they wanted to release it as a single, but he was talked out of it.

Are we sure about this? Which night did Neil say he wanted it to be a single but he was advised against it? Has something maybe been lost in translation?

Neil's speech before the song.
This might not be in this speech, but I specifically recorded Neil's words before the song. I was at the concert on April 9th, and now, being in St. Petersburg, I'm trying to remember where I heard him talk about the hit.

I specifically found the words on my iPhone and posted them on YouTube right now, Dog.

By the way, I was surprised that the fans in line barely interacted with each other. Apparently, it's an English mentality to distance ourselves from each other.

By the way, I had a really nice chat with some fans from Chicago in line. I felt sorry for the Asian-Canadian woman; she's not very tall, and it was really hard for her to see Chris and Neil behind the tall guys.
https://youtu.be/dlLu22vfn88?si=adB7XIDYurfXXxvj

Maybe I imagined it and misunderstood something. But am I the only one who somehow remembered the words about this pension? Maybe I saw it somewhere on Facebook.

[Parkol]

double post

[Dog]

Who told Tennant this song wouldn't be a hit? Before the song, he said at the concert that it was written for Andersen's new musical and that they wanted to release it as a single, but he was talked out of it.

Are we sure about this? Which night did Neil say he wanted it to be a single but he was advised against it? Has something maybe been lost in translation?

Neil's speech before the song.
This might not be in this speech, but I specifically recorded Neil's words before the song. I was at the concert on April 9th, and now, being in St. Petersburg, I'm trying to remember where I heard him talk about the hit.

I specifically found the words on my iPhone and posted them on YouTube right now, Dog.

By the way, I was surprised that the fans in line barely interacted with each other. Apparently, it's an English mentality to distance ourselves from each other.

By the way, I had a really nice chat with some fans from Chicago in line. I felt sorry for the Asian-Canadian woman; she's not very tall, and it was really hard for her to see Chris and Neil behind the tall guys.
https://youtu.be/dlLu22vfn88?si=adB7XIDYurfXXxvj

Maybe I imagined it and misunderstood something. But am I the only one who somehow remembered the words about this pension? Maybe I saw it somewhere on Facebook.

On the night I was there he intimated that Naked wouldn’t be appearing anytime soon, if at all.