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Yesterday when I was on stage with Madness

Last Saturday the Pet Shop Boys made a short live appearance at ‘Can You Bear It?’, a benefit night held at Heaven for the family of Dainton, their assistant and friend who was killed in a car accident last year.

Madness also appeared at the event and the the two bands collaborated on a cover of Madness’ ‘My Girl’

Here’s a fan’s clip of the performance – Suggs seems suitably ‘refreshed’ – and if you look carefully you can see Neil giving Suggs subtle cues on when to start sing in this song’s new arrangement.

Neil and Chris have put their own demo of the track – with Neil on vocals – on their website. Here’s a clip…

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…and you can listen to the whole thing by going to Petshopboys.co.uk, clicking on ‘Product’, then choosing ‘Exclusive tracks’.