Interviews - PET SHOP BOYS AWARDED
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"OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH MUSIC" AT THE IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS ON 25/5/00 PET SHOP BOYS have been awarded the most prestigious award, for outstanding contribution to British music, at this year's Ivor Novello Awards ("The Ivors") held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel, today, Thursday May 25th. Neil and Chris join an illustriuos list of previous winners, including Pink Floyd, Queen, The Who,

the Rolling Stones, Morrissey, Elvis Costello and Chrissie Hynde. They were presented with the award by Elton John, who said of them; "Neil and Chris, quite simply, write superlative pop songs - beats that make you want to dance, melodies that hook you and go spinning around inside your head, coupled with wonderful ironic lyrics, all crowned by Neil's fabulously sardonic delivery. They are two of the best British songwriters and I think they're timeless". Pet Shop Boys are currently working on new songs and on their first musical,

which they have written with playwright Jonathan Harvey. Since signing to Parlophone Records in 1985, Pet Shop Boys have had 4 UK No 1 singles, more than 30 Top 20 hit singles, and have sold well over 35 million albums. They have collaborated with many other artists, including Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, Suede and Liza Minnelli.


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