Pet Shop Boys Share “New London Boy,” Close MTV EMAs With “All The Young Dudes” Cover

Pet Shop Boys Share “New London Boy,” Close MTV EMAs With “All The Young Dudes” Cover

The 2024 MTV EMAs — that’s Europe Music Awards — went down in Manchester Sunday night. Pet Shop Boys won the inaugural Pop Pioneers Award, which recognizes a significant “contribution to the world of pop music, including the groundbreaking sonic and visual spectacles they create for their fans.” They celebrated the award by performing a medley of their classic “West End Girls” and a cover of the David Bowie-penned Mott The Hoople hit “All The Young Dudes.”

Pet Shop Boys were accompanied by the local chamber orchestra Manchester Camerata. Their studio version of “All The Young Dudes” — which they played for BBC Radio 2 earlier this year — came out last Friday along with a new song called “New London Boy” (which also has a Boy Harsher remix). Listen to those and watch Pet Shop Boys’ EMAs performance below.

UPDATE: PSB have now also released a studio recording of the orchestral Stuart Price-produced medley along with an alternate mix.

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