We are already sold out of 3-day passes, premium tickets, and several categories of youth tickets, and today the final headliner is announced – the iconic synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys [UK], who will play in Slottsskogen on Saturday August 9.
Pet Shop Boys, consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, have been listed in The Guinness Book of Records as the most successful duo in UK music history, having achieved 44 Top 30 singles in the UK alone, including 22 Top 10 hits and four number ones. In their live shows, Pet Shop Boys have created an original style of pop musical theatre, collaborating with directors, designers and artists including Derek Jarman, David Alden and David Fielding, Zaha Hadid, Sam Taylor-Wood, Es Devlin and Tom Scutt.
Pet Shop Boys first-ever greatest hits tour, Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live,now in its 4th year, kicked off in Milan in May 2022 and has subsequently toured arenas and festivals throughout the world to great acclaim. They previously headlined Way Out West in 2015, and on Saturday August 9 they will back for a highly sought after greatest hits set.
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have been listed in The Guinness Book of Records as the most successful duo in UK music history, having they have achieved 44 Top 30 singles in the UK, including 22 Top 10 hits and four number ones.
Their rich tour history includes headlining many of the World’s leading festivals, including Roskilde, Glastonbury, Corona Capital Mexico City, Electric Picnic Ireland, Sonar Barcelona, Primavera Barcelona, Madrid, Porto, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires, Latitude UK, and, of course, a headline performance at Way Out West in 2015, to name but a few.
In 2000 they received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music and at the 2009 BRIT Awards they were presented with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
As writers, producers and remixers, Tennant and Lowe have collaborated, remixed or written for a wide range of artists including Dusty Springfield, Lady Gaga, Liza Minnelli, Blur, Madonna, David Bowie, Yoko Ono, The Killers, Girls Aloud, Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher and the Sleaford Mods.
Nonetheless, Pet Shop Boys fifteenth studio album, produced by James Ford, was released in April 2024 and charted at number two in the UK and numerous Top 10 album charts around the world.
“Fabulous!” ***** – The Guardian
“Clever, stylish, sometimes poignant, often euphoric.” ***** – The Times
“A sleek, nostalgic treat.” ***** – The Telegraph
“An utterly joyous celebration.” ***** – Metro
“Colourful, bombastic, hit-packed and buckets of fun.” ***** – Evening Standard
“A two-hour joyous celebration … holding pop to a higher standard.” ***** – NME
“The finest British pop group of the past 40 years are in the form of their lives.” “…a life-affirming, soul-reviving joy of a show.” ***** London Metro
