| "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. |
