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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Neil Tennant</span></h1>
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<p><b>Neil Francis Tennant</b> (* <a href="10._Juli" title="10. Juli">10. Juli</a> <a href="1954" title="1954">1954</a> in <a href="North_Shields" title="North Shields">North Shields</a>, <a href="Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a>) ist ein britischer <a href="Musiker" title="Musiker">Musiker</a>, <a href="Gesang" title="Gesang">Sänger</a>, <a href="Musikproduzent" title="Musikproduzent">Produzent</a> und <a href="Journalist" title="Journalist">Journalist</a>. Zusammen mit <a href="Chris_Lowe" title="Chris Lowe">Chris Lowe</a> gründete er 1981 in <a href="London" title="London">London</a> die Band <i>West End</i>, die kurz darauf in <a href="Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a> umbenannt wurde.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Frühes_Leben"><span id="Fr.C3.BChes_Leben"></span>Frühes Leben</h2></div>
<p>Neil Tennant wurde als Sohn von Sheila M. Tennant (1923–2008) und William W. Tennant (1923–2009), einem Außendienstmitarbeiter, in eine katholische Mittelstandsfamilie geboren. Er wuchs in einem Vorort von <a href="Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a> auf und besuchte als Kind das St. Cuthbert’s, eine traditionsreiche <a href="R%C3%B6misch-katholische_Kirche" title="Römisch-katholische Kirche">römisch-katholische</a> <a href="Schule" title="Schule">Schule</a> in Newcastle. Tennant beschrieb diese Zeit im Rückblick als schwierig.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Als Schüler interessierte er sich vor allem für Zeichnungen und Gedichte, spielte aber auch in einer Folkmusikgruppe namens <i>Dust</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Das autobiografische Lied <i>This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave</i> (1990) bezieht sich auf sein Leben in der Schule. Der internationale Hit <i>It’s A Sin</i> (1987) kritisierte das römisch-katholische Bildungswesen, das Tennant durchlaufen hat, explizit.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Karriere">Karriere</h2></div>

<p>1975 schloss Tennant ein <a href="Geschichtsstudium" title="Geschichtsstudium">Geschichtsstudium</a> an der <a href="London_Metropolitan_University" title="London Metropolitan University">North London Polytechnic</a> in <a href="London" title="London">London</a> mit einem <a href="Bachelor" title="Bachelor">Bachelor of Arts</a> ab. Anschließend arbeitete Tennant kurze Zeit als <a href="Redakteur" title="Redakteur">Redakteur</a> für den britischen Zweig von <a href="Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> und übertrug Dialoge der Comics aus dem <a href="Amerikanisches_Englisch" title="Amerikanisches Englisch">amerikanischen Englisch</a> in <a href="Britisches_Englisch" title="Britisches Englisch">britisches Englisch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er war zudem Redakteur des <i>Dairy Book Of Home Management</i>, das seit 1980 erschien, und von einem bekannten britischen Milchlieferanten an alle Haushalte verteilt wurde.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Von 1982 bis zu seinem musikalischen Durchbruch arbeitete er als Journalist für die Musik- und Teenagerzeitschrift Smash Hits, für die er Interviews mit Popstars führte und Musikrezensionen schrieb.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>1981 hatte er <a href="Chris_Lowe" title="Chris Lowe">Chris Lowe</a> in einem Elektrowarenladen kennengelernt. Die beiden Musiker bilden gemeinsam die <a href="Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a> und wurden Mitte der 1980er-Jahre weltweit bekannt. Neben den Pet Shop Boys arbeitete er als Gastsänger mehrfach mit der Band <a href="Electronic_(Band)" title="Electronic (Band)">Electronic</a> zusammen, war 1998 als Hintergrundsänger bei dem Hit <i>No Regrets</i> von <a href="Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a> zu hören und sang 2008 mit <a href="Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> bei dem Weihnachtslied <i>Joseph, Better You than Me</i> von <a href="The_Killers" title="The Killers">The Killers</a> mit. Er arbeitete auch als Mitproduzent für andere Künstler, so 2007 für <a href="Rufus_Wainwright" title="Rufus Wainwright">Rufus Wainwright</a> bei dessen Album <i>Release the Stars</i>.
</p><p>2018 veröffentlichte Neil Tennant einen Gedichtband unter dem Titel <i>One Hundred Lyrics And A Poem – 1979–2016</i>, in dem viele seiner für die Pet Shop Boys geschriebenen Songtexte enthalten sind.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Privates">Privates</h2></div>
<p>Der hinsichtlich seines Privatlebens zurückhaltende Neil Tennant <a href="Coming-out" title="Coming-out">bekannte sich</a> 1994 in einem Interview erstmals zu seiner <a href="Homosexualit%C3%A4t" title="Homosexualität">Homosexualität</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er lebt wechselweise in <a href="London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> und im <a href="County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855057/">Neil Tennant</a> bei <a href="IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/">Offizielle Pet Shop Boys Seite</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Evening Chronicle: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dream-fame-helped-star-survive-1530628"><i>Dream of fame helped star survive bullying.</i></a> 9.&nbsp;April 2006,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 6.&nbsp;April 2020</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ANeil+Tennant&amp;rft.title=Dream+of+fame+helped+star+survive+bullying&amp;rft.description=Dream+of+fame+helped+star+survive+bullying&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chroniclelive.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fnorth-east-news%2Fdream-fame-helped-star-survive-1530628&amp;rft.creator=Evening+Chronicle&amp;rft.date=2006-04-09">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-21575199.html"><i>MIT 17 HAT MAN NOCH TRÄUME&nbsp;: „David Bowie war die Rettung“ - Der Spiegel 3/2002.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 6.&nbsp;April 2020</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ANeil+Tennant&amp;rft.title=MIT+17+HAT+MAN+NOCH+TR%C3%84UME+%3A+%E2%80%9EDavid+Bowie+war+die+Rettung%E2%80%9C+-+Der+Spiegel+3%2F2002&amp;rft.description=MIT+17+HAT+MAN+NOCH+TR%C3%84UME+%3A+%E2%80%9EDavid+Bowie+war+die+Rettung%E2%80%9C+-+Der+Spiegel+3%2F2002&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fspiegel%2Fprint%2Fd-21575199.html">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-9089992.html"><i>Pop&nbsp;: Hauptfeind Rock'n'Roll – Der Spiegel 37/1996.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 6.&nbsp;April 2020</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ANeil+Tennant&amp;rft.title=Pop+%3A+Hauptfeind+Rock%27n%27Roll+%E2%80%93+Der+Spiegel+37%2F1996&amp;rft.description=Pop+%3A+Hauptfeind+Rock%27n%27Roll+%E2%80%93+Der+Spiegel+37%2F1996&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fspiegel%2Fprint%2Fd-9089992.html">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Martin Hossbach: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://spex.de/pet-shop-boys-interview/"><i>Pet Shop Boys im Interview über Elysium.</i></a> In: <i>SPEX.</i> 23.&nbsp;Oktober 2012,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 6.&nbsp;April 2020</span> (deutsch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ANeil+Tennant&amp;rft.title=Pet+Shop+Boys+im+Interview+%C3%BCber+Elysium&amp;rft.description=Pet+Shop+Boys+im+Interview+%C3%BCber+Elysium&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fspex.de%2Fpet-shop-boys-interview%2F&amp;rft.creator=Martin+Hossbach&amp;rft.date=2012-10-23&amp;rft.language=de-DE">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexis Petridis: <cite style="font-style:italic">Farewell to Smash Hits</cite>. In: <cite style="font-style:italic">The Guardian</cite>. 3.&nbsp;Februar 2006, <a href="Internationale_Standardnummer_f%C3%BCr_fortlaufende_Sammelwerke" title="Internationale Standardnummer für fortlaufende Sammelwerke">ISSN</a>&nbsp;<span style="white-space:nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zdb-katalog.de/list.xhtml?t=iss%3D%220261-3077%22&amp;key=cql">0261-3077</a></span> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/feb/03/pressandpublishing.popandrock">theguardian.com</a> [abgerufen am 6.&nbsp;April 2020]).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Neil+Tennant&amp;rft.atitle=Farewell+to+Smash+Hits&amp;rft.au=Alexis+Petridis&amp;rft.date=2006-02-03&amp;rft.genre=journal&amp;rft.issn=0261-3077&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Guardian" style="display:none">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.80s80s.de/musik/news/pet-shop-boys-neil-tennant-veroeffentlicht-gedichtband"><i>Pet Shop Boys: Neil Tennant veröffentlicht Gedichtband.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 18.&nbsp;Dezember 2018</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ANeil+Tennant&amp;rft.title=Pet+Shop+Boys%3A+Neil+Tennant+ver%C3%B6ffentlicht+Gedichtband&amp;rft.description=Pet+Shop+Boys%3A+Neil+Tennant+ver%C3%B6ffentlicht+Gedichtband&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.80s80s.de%2Fmusik%2Fnews%2Fpet-shop-boys-neil-tennant-veroeffentlicht-gedichtband&amp;rft.language=de">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://petshopboys-online.com/interviews/coming-out-neil-tennant-schamlos-ehrlich/"><i>Coming Out – Neil Tennant Schamlos ehrlich – Pet Shop Boys ONLINE.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 6.&nbsp;April 2020</span> (amerikanisches Englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ANeil+Tennant&amp;rft.title=Coming+Out+%E2%80%93+Neil+Tennant+Schamlos+ehrlich+%E2%80%93+Pet+Shop+Boys+ONLINE&amp;rft.description=Coming+Out+%E2%80%93+Neil+Tennant+Schamlos+ehrlich+%E2%80%93+Pet+Shop+Boys+ONLINE&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpetshopboys-online.com%2Finterviews%2Fcoming-out-neil-tennant-schamlos-ehrlich%2F&amp;rft.language=en-US">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li>Disco 2</li>
<li>Disco 3</li>
<li>Disco 4</li></ul>
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<li>The Most Incredible Thing</li></ul>
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<li>Pet Shop Boys Christmas</li>
<li>Agenda</li>
<li>Lost</li>
<li>Relentless</li></ul>
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<li>It Couldn’t Happen Here</li>
<li>Showbusiness</li>
<li>Highlights</li>
<li>Promotion</li>
<li>Videography</li>
<li>Performance</li>
<li>Projections</li>
<li>Various</li>
<li>Discovery</li>
<li>Somewhere</li>
<li>Montage</li>
<li>PopArt – The Videos</li>
<li>Cubism</li>
<li>Pandemonium</li>
<li>Ultimate</li>
<li>Inner Sanctum (Live at the Royal Opera House, 2018)</li></ul>
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<li><a href="Suburbia_(Lied)" title="Suburbia (Lied)">Suburbia</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>One More Chance</li>
<li><a href="It%E2%80%99s_a_Sin" title="It’s a Sin">It’s a Sin</a></li>
<li>What Have I Done to Deserve This?</li>
<li>Rent</li>
<li><a href="Heart_(Lied)" title="Heart (Lied)">Heart</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Always_on_My_Mind" title="Always on My Mind">Always on My Mind</a></li>
<li>Domino Dancing</li>
<li>Left to My Own Devices</li>
<li>It’s Alright</li></ul>
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<ul><li>So Hard</li>
<li>Being Boring</li>
<li>How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?</li>
<li>Jealousy</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DDE5EE; color:inherit;">Discography: The Complete Singles Collection</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even navbox-hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:99%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
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<li>Was It Worth It?</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Can You Forgive Her?</li>
<li><a href="Go_West_(Lied)#Die_Version_der_Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Go West (Lied)">Go West</a></li>
<li>I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing</li>
<li>Liberation</li>
<li>Yesterday, When I Was Mad</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Before</li>
<li>Se a vida é (That’s the Way Life Is)</li>
<li>Single-Bilingual</li>
<li>A Red Letter Day</li>
<li>Somewhere</li></ul>
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<ul><li>No Regrets</li></ul>
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<ul><li>I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Anymore</li>
<li>New York City Boy</li>
<li>You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Home and Dry</li>
<li>I Get Along</li>
<li>London</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DDE5EE; color:inherit;">PopArt – The Hits</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even navbox-hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:99%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Miracles</li>
<li>Flamboyant</li></ul>
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<ul><li>I’m with Stupid</li>
<li>Minimal</li>
<li>Numb</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Love etc.</li>
<li>Did You See Me Coming?</li>
<li>Beautiful People</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DDE5EE; color:inherit;">Ultimate</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd navbox-hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:99%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Together</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DDE5EE; color:inherit;">Elysium</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even navbox-hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:99%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Winner</li>
<li>Leaving</li>
<li>Memory of the Future</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Axis</li>
<li>Vocal</li>
<li>Love Is a Bourgeois Construct</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Inner Sanctum</li>
<li>The Pop Kids</li>
<li>Twenty-something</li>
<li>Say It to Me</li>
<li>Undertow</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DDE5EE; color:inherit;">Hotspot</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd navbox-hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:99%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Dreamland</li>
<li>Burning the Heather</li>
<li>Monkey Business</li>
<li>I Don’t Wanna</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DDE5EE; color:inherit;">Nonetheless</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even navbox-hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:99%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Loneliness</li>
<li>Dancing Star</li>
<li>A new bohemia</li>
<li>Feel</li>
<li>New London Boy / All The Young Dudes</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DDE5EE; color:inherit;"><small>Weitere Singles</small></th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd navbox-hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:99%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)</li>
<li>Absolutely Fabulous</li>
<li>Paninaro ’95</li>
<li>Break 4 Love</li>
<li>She’s Madonna</li>
<li>Love Life</li>
<li>Cricket Wife</li>
<li>Hymn (In Memoriam Alexei Navalny)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="padding:0"></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Featurings</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-even navbox-hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:99%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Purple Zone</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tourneen</th><td class="navbox-list navbox-odd navbox-hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:99%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Fundamental Tour</li>
<li>Pandemonium Tour</li>
<li>Progress Live</li>
<li>Electric Tour</li>
<li>Super Tour</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Pet_Shop_Boys/Diskografie" title="Pet Shop Boys/Diskografie">Diskografie</a></li></ul>
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