Pet Shop Boys to release 'Did you see me coming?'

Pet Shop Boys release their new single 'Did you see me coming?' on Parlophone Records on June 1st. The track is the second to be taken from the top 5 album 'Yes’.

The formats of 'Did you see me coming?' feature brand new tracks 'After the event', 'The former enfant terrible' and 'Up and down' which do not feature on the album. There is also a new mix of album track 'The way it used to be' by Richard X. The Brits medley, produced by Stuart Price, which was originally performed in February when Pet Shop Boys received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, is also released in one of the digital bundles due to popular demand.

The album 'Yes’ has been a top 5 hit across Europe, and has been released in the USA this week. USA Today in its review of the album says: 'Pet Shop Boys 'Yes’ just affirms their greatness'.

Pet Shop Boys kick off their world tour in Russia on June 10th. They play Manchester Apollo on June 18th and London’s O2 Arena on June 19th. Both UK dates are sold out. They will be headlining Latitude festival on July 17th. Pet Shop Boys are also headlining the main stage at Roskilde, Europe’s biggest festival, on Saturday, June 4th and playing other European concerts and festivals across the summer.

The Prodigy added to Norway’s Hove Festival line-up

Norway’s Hove Festivalen is proud to announce that The Prodigy will be smashing out their seminal hits as they take prime position at this year's festival. The groundbreaking UK band have sold over 17 million albums since starting up in 1990, and are reckoned to be one of the pioneers in modern electronic dance music.

Almost twenty years after the group formed, The Prodigy are back with a new album (#1 in the U.K) with their accompanying tour absolutely sold out. Invaders Must Die confirmed the bands position as one of the premier groups in the world, and contained, among other things, a special guest performance by Foo Fighter, Dave Grohl.

'This is probably the 20th festival they have done for me so they are clearly a favourite and this year they play Reading and Leeds as well as Hove. The band have come back stronger than ever, and the show will epitomize mayhem. Miss it at your peril! ' says Melvin Benn.

Hove Festival takes place between 22nd and 25th of June 2009 at idyllic Tromøya on the Norwegian south coast. Confirmed acts so far include Faith No More, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Slipknot, Q-Tip, The Ting Tings and many others. For more information about Hove Festival visit www.hovefestival.com

Madness play free London date

Camden Town’s hugely iconic ska pop / 2 tone band, Madness, celebrate the release of their new album, 'Liberty Of Norton Folgate’, with a free show and signing session at HMV’s flagship store, on Oxford Street in London’s West End on Tuesday 19th May 2009.

Showtime starts at 1.00 pm, after which the band will remain in the store to meet fans and sign copies of the new album which is officially released the previous day, Monday 18th May through Lucky 7 Records.

The new album has already begun receiving critical acclaim in the music press. The Word magazine reviewed the album as, 'Norton Folgate is Peter Ackroyd writing for The Kinks, it’s Sherlock Holmes in Albert Square, it’s a Mike Leigh movie of Parklife, it’s Passport To Pimlico meets Brick Lane, and it is Madness’s masterpiece.'

The band are set to play this years Glastonbury Festival and the first Madstock of this century at London’s Victoria Park on Friday July 17th.