|
Eminem Tryst Imagined In New Pet Shop Boys Song
04/12/2002 1:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Brett Anderson
(4/12/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Eminem is the subject of a gay romantic fantasy in a new song by British synth-pop duo, the Pet Shop Boys. Titled "The Night I Fell In Love," the song is first-person fiction by Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant--told from the point of view of a young man--about meeting the hip-hop star, being charmed by him, and then the pair becoming "secret lovers," the group's Chris Lowe tells the Calgary Sun.
Eminem has long angered the gay community with the homophobic lyrics in his songs. Lowe says that the openly gay Tennant wrote "The Night I Fell In Love" "to turn the tables on the rapper," the newspaper reports.
The track can be found on the Pet Shop Boys' latest album, Release, which arrives in the U.S. on April 23.
The Pet Shop Boys kick off a North American tour in support of the album in Miami on May 14.
Pet Shop Boys tour dates (subject to change):
May 14 - Miami, FL - Jackie Gleason Theatre May 15 - Melbourne, FL - Maxwell King May 16 - Atlanta, GA - DeKalb Atlanta Center May 18 - Washington, D.C. - Nation May 19 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre May 21-23 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom May 25 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory May 26 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall May 27 - Detroit, MI - State Theatre May 28 - Chicago, IL - Rivera Theatre May 30 - Denver, CO - Auditorium Theatre June 1 - Dallas, TX - Bronco Bowl June 2 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre June 4 - San Diego, CA - Copley Symphony Hall June 5 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint June 7 - Los Angeles, CA - Universal Amphitheatre June 8,9 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
-- Neal Weiss, Los Angeles
For more news at LAUNCH, click here.
Got news tips, comments, or questions? Send them to launchnews@yahoo.com.
|
