The Pet Shop Boys are in the Holy Land as we speak and getting ready for tonight’s show at the Exhibition Grounds (Ganei Tarucha), Tel Aviv. There should be a sizable crowd for this one, the first 1000 tickets were snapped up within hours. Hopefully shouldn’t be too much of an echo…
The Pet Shop Boys arrived in Israel on Sunday, and you can see their initial impression of Israel on their Twitter account: “We’re in Israel. It’s hot.” They were also featured on last night’s Israeli version of “A Star is Born”, so, say what you like, a little respect goes out to the boys for their efforts on leaving an impression (one way of guaranteeing a connection with an Israeli crowd is to call Israelis “Party People!” – great work guys!). We aren’t so naive to think it’s anything but a little bit of extra marketing, but, hey, at least they put themselves out there, unlike other bands that flit in and out of the Holy Land without so much as a picture of them eating a falafel…
I don’t have tickets, but want to catch this one. If somebody fancies coming along to hold my hand, drop me a line in the comments…
Don’t forget to check out our guide to who else is coming to perform in Israel during 2009.
And here’s their latest hit “Love, etc”, which has just hit the top spot in the Billboard Dance Chart, not bad at all for “old has-beens”…