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Pet Shop Boys star Neil Tennant slams current popular music as 'narcissistic and processed' as he throws shade at Oasis and Taylor Swift and insists 1980s were 'the golden age of pop'


On Sunday night, the English singer, 70, and his bandmate Chris Lowe, 65, were honoured with the inaugural Pop Pioneers Award at the MTV European Music Awards in Manchester.

And after picking up the gong, they celebrated by performing a mash-up of their song West End Girl and a cover of David Bowie and Mott The Hoople's hit All The Young Dudes in front of an audience of huge pop stars, including Raye and Tyla. And after picking up the gong, they celebrated by performing a mash-up of their song West End Girl and a cover of David Bowie and Mott The Hoople's hit All The Young Dudes (pictured) in front of an audience of huge pop stars, including Raye and Tyla. He added that even massive bands like Oasis - whose frontman Liam Gallagher won the MTV EMA for Best Rock Act on Sunday - couldn't compare to what he and his contemporaries achieved in 'golden age of pop music'.

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