Q4Music — Duo are requested to help promote animal rights via a name change. more info

NME — Animal rights group wanted pop duo to highlight to the plight of cats and dogs more info

Guardian Music — Would you buy records from the Rescue Shelter Boys? Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe admit that the issue is worth thinking aboutHow far would you go for charity? It used to be considered gallant to sit in a bath of baked beans to raise money, but Pet Sho... more info

Gigwise — They were asked by animal rights group PETA... more info

BBC News - UK — The Pet Shop Boys turn down a request by animal rights group Peta to rename themselves the Rescue Shelter Boys. more info

ContactMusic — The PET SHOP BOYS have refused to change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys to aid an animal rights group campaign aimed at discouraging people buying cats and dogs from... more info

Quick Before It Melts — It only take a few bars before you recognize the spare, meticulous sound of Hamilton, Ontario’s Junior Boys.  Taking the approach that sometimes, less truly is more, Jeremy Greenspan and Matthew Didemus have been building a reputation as two of ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — These days, Pet Shop Boys appear to have a new motto: Just say yes. So far, it's paying off handsomely for the British synth-pop icons. more info

CNN Showbiz — Twenty-five years after the hit single "West End Girls," can the Pet Shop Boys pull off songs that make you want to dance like it's 1984, but still reflect a social consciousness of 2009? The answer is the title of their latest album: "Yes." more info

Allmusic Blog — Sweden’s West End Girls have a pretty unassailable gimmick. The duo of Isabelle Erkendal And Emmeli Erkendal cover the songs of the Pet Shop Boys, giving them a glitchy, glitzy ’00s pop overhaul. It sounds like some kind of novelty nightmare, but... more info