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Pet Shop Girl
Neil Tennant, one half of the pop duo the Pet Shop Boys, is a self-confessed architecture fan. Back in 1998 they asked the, as yet unbuilt, architect Zaha Hadid to design the stage set for their Nightlife World Tour 1999-2000. Here he describes for uncube how the commission came about:
“Basically we decided to collaborate with Zaha because a book about her work had just been published and most of the projects in it were unrealised. We felt that she had an amazing dynamic sensibility that would work great for a stage set. We also found the idea of involving someone who was completely outside the music, or even the theatre, scene really interesting. I was impressed by what an incredibly strong woman she is, to be able to stand her ground in this very male-dominated profession. We were really proud that our opening show in Birmingham for the tour featured one of her very first ever built projects in the UK.” I (sl)
Photo courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects
Pet Shop Boys performing “It‘s a Sin” live during their world tour in 1999/2000. Video: excerpt from the documentary “Montage – The Nightlife Tour” (Parlophone/EMI, 2001).
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