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Artist News
PSB change their legacy for Chinese market
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 22 May 2009
The Pet Shop Boys have apparently been forced to censor their latest album prior to its release in China because the government there objected to the line in the track ‘Legacy’ which goes: “Governments fall/ Glaciers melt/ Hurricanes bawl…/ Resentment remains/ both east and west”. Commenting on the edit, Neil Tennant told reporters: “Does the Chinese government really fear the power of a song to bring about change?”
