Pet Shop Boys to release Alan Turing concept album

The Pet Shop Boys are set to release a new version of their concept album, ‘A Man from the Future’, on October 9, 2026. The work explores the life and legacy of mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing.

Before the official release, the complete recording will receive a world premiere via two BBC global radio broadcasts on Sunday, October 4. The album will be featured on BBC Radio 6Music during Stuart Maconie’s ‘Freak Zone’ at 8pm UK time, followed by a broadcast on BBC Radio 3 during Elizabeth Alker’s ‘Unclassified’ programme at 11:30pm. These broadcasts will include interviews with Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, and Turing biographer Andrew Hodges regarding the creative process of blending electronic and orchestral music.

The reworked album, which originally debuted for the BBC Proms in 2014, features collaborations with the Manchester Camerata Octet, the Manchester Grammar School choir, and narrator Juliet Stevenson. An album listening party is also scheduled for October 8 at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester.