BACK ON THE STARTING GRID
PET SHOP BOYS IN THE ZONE
Wave Goodbye, Say Hello: Marc Almond and Dave Ball return with two new incarnations of their last studio album plus a 6CD boxset of classic debut, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
In addition to writing new music for Soft Cell, Dave Ball is also reviving The Grid, his duo with Richard Norris of Beyond The Wizards Sleeve. They enjoyed six Top 40 hits in the 90s, including Swamp Thing, Crystal Clear and Texas Cowboys.
The new expanded edition of *Happiness Now Completed includes two remixes by Pet Shop Boys of their joint single with Soft Cell, Purple Zone.
The dance duo returned in 2018 for new LP One Way Traffic, before releasing a joint album, Leviathan, with prog rock legend Robert Fripp in 2021.
Originally intended solely as a song for *Happiness Not Included, the collaboration came about when PSB attended the Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret tour at Hammersmith Apollo in 2021. “Chris Lowe asked me, ‘What was that song you did at the end of the show, is it called Purple Zone?’” remembers Dave.
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