The most successful music duo in the UK history is coming to Croatia this summer!
The electronic dance duo Pet Shop Boys will perform in Croatia for the first time in their long music career. They will hold a concert in the city of Zadar on the 12th of August 2017 as part of the Jazine Open Air 2017 music festival. It will be the band's only concert in the region during their European tour and they will play tunes from their career as well as from their recent album ''Super''.
From 1981 when Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe began their carrier in London, Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide and are listed as the most successful duo in the UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved forty-two Top 30 singles and twenty-two Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones such as "West End Girls", "It's a Sin", and "Heart". Other hit songs include a cover of "Go West", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in a duet with Dusty Springfield.
At the Brit Awards in London in 2009, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2016, Billboard magazine named Pet Shop Boys the No. 1 Billboard Dance duo/group over the 40 years from the chart's beginning in 1976. In addition, the duo received NME's Godlike Genius Award in 2017.
Source: www.bing.com
