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Yesterday when I was on stage with Madness

  • May 8, 2008
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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.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjrmYeTMgK0

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

[audio:psbmadness.mp3]

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

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