Pet Shop Boys to
release new album in spring

Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have spent the better part of 2005 working on an album set for release in April 2006, according to ChartAttack.com. Reuniting the duo with producer Trevor Horn, the still-untitled album will feature 10 new tracks, along with "Numb," a song written by popmeister Diane Warren for the 2003 PSB album PopArt but finally making its debut here. In the meantime, fans of the Boys can enjoy "It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas," a holiday track they recorded in 1997, which is featured on Elton John's Christmas Party, a compilation now available at Starbucks Coffee stores and on the company's Web site. Starbucks and Universal Music are donating $2 per CD sold to the Elton John AIDS Foundation. (Advocate.com)