Pet Shop Boys pay tribute to computer pioneer Alan Turing

LONDON — In the summer of 2014, the Pet Shop Boys took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall. But instead of playing hits like “West End Girls,” “Suburbia” or “Go West,” the British pop duo presented the story of mathematician Alan Turing as a musical narrative. Twelve years later, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have reworked the piece and recorded it as a concept album.

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