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Guardian Music — Readers' favourite photographs, songs and recipesSnapshot: Dad's pyramid schemeThere are good and bad things about being the child of an architect, and living in a series of interesting houses can be both. I was 13 when we moved into the last house m... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular storiesChris Brown denies his new tattoo depicts a beaten RihannaMercury prize 2012: the shortlist that might have beenClara Schumann: Google doodle celebrates life of pi... more info

Guardian Music — Three decades and 11 albums in, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe still feel like they are renting their place as unlikely pop starsOn the stage of HAU 1, a theatre in the Berlin hipster district of Kreuzberg, the Pet Shop Boys are performing a dress rehea... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Pet Shop Boys have been indelibly linked with their hometown of London since their mid-’80s synth-pop hit “West End Girls.” Earlier this year, though, singer Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe relocated to Los Angeles to record “Elys... more info

ContactMusic — The Pet Shop Boys and Katherine Jenkins serenaded athletes at the Olympic Parade in London yesterday 01 09 12 The parade saw British athletes who had competed in the Olympic and Paralympic Games transported through London to outside Buckingham Pala..... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — What do Dylan, ZZ Top, Billy Talent, Matchbox Twenty, Stars, Pet Shop Boys, the Avetts and Melissa Etheridge have in common? New albums. So let's stop the talk and start the rock. more info

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectPaul Sinclair is the founder and editor of SuperDeluxeEdition – a reissue and box set music blog.What was the first song you ever bought?Absolute Begi... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular stories1. Trolls game Taylor Swift competition in favor of school for the hearing impairedA web-campaign to get Taylor Swift to play at any school in the country has been... more info

ContactMusic — Pet Shop Boys think modern pop music has too much ego The Its a Sin hitmakers - who formed in 1981 - believe artists used to write poetry set to music but current chart acts use their lyrics to act as confessionals about themselve... more info