Organisers announced today that pop legends Pet Shop Boys will headline the Edinburgh Hogmanay ‘Concert in the Gardens’ on Saturday 31 December.

The duo will welcome the arrival of 2023 with a greatest-hits show, performed to an audience gathered in Edinburgh from around the world. Scotland’s capital is the undisputed ‘Home of Hogmanay’ and Pet Shop Boys, acclaimed as the most successful pop duo in the world, return to this hugely prestigious show with their latest tour production, nine years after they played the sold-out event in 2013.

Pet Shop Boys have toured extensively this year and have seen their music embraced by new generations of music fans around the world. Their Glastonbury headline slot received rave reviews everywhere, including the following: “simply one of the best collections of songs in the whole of pop music” (The Guardian); “a life-affirming, era-straddling set” (The Independent); and “a spectacular, hits-packed showcase, one that underscored that Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are behind some of Britain’s finest ever pop songs” (Rolling Stone UK).

The duo has recently returned home from North America where they played a sold-out co-headline tour with New Order. This tour saw them play to capacity crowds in venues like Madison Square Garden in New York and two nights at the Hollywood Bowl in LA.

Performing beneath the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle amidst one of the world’s greatest New Year firework displays, Pet Shop Boys will once again help make Edinburgh the biggest New Year party on the planet.

PSB said today: “2022 has been an incredible year, when we have loved being able to perform again after the restrictions arising from the pandemic. We can’t think of a better way to round off this year than by celebrating the start of 2023 in Edinburgh.”

from 10am this Friday 28 October from edinburghshogmanay.com. Subscribe to the Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Newsletter at edinburghshogmanay.com to access a 24-hour pre-sale from 10am Thursday 27 October. Ticket prices start at £70 for Garden Tickets including booking fees, £85 for Enclosure Tickets, and Premium Viewing Area tickets for £150. ‘Concert in the Gardens’ with Pet Shop Boys and special guest DJs takes place on Saturday 31 December 2022 in West Princes Street Gardens, from 9pm to 12.55am.

For almost 30 years Edinburgh has welcomed the world to celebrate New Year in spectacular style at the famous ‘Edinburgh’s Hogmanay’ festival. After a three year absence, the city will once again entertain party people from around the world at three days of free and ticketed events from Friday 30 December 2022 to Sunday 1 January 2023, featuring incredible live music, spectacular fireworks and the world renowned Street Party. It is for this reason that Edinburgh is known globally as the ‘Home of Hogmanay’.