Night to remember for Pet Shop Boys fan from Chch

PRESS RELEASE: April 2, 2007

Night to remember for Pet Shop Boys fan from Christchurch

It was a night to remember for Matt Fleet of Christchurch, winner of a New Zealand AIDS Foundation charity auction on Trade Me to meet the Pet Shop Boys.

Matt emerged victorious from a flurry of last-minute bidding online, paying $900 for a prize package including double passes to the Pet Shop Boys only New Zealand concert and an opportunity to meet with the British electropop duo backstage after the show.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” he says. “I found them thoroughly professional. Neil Tennant made me feel special - he and Chris Lowe both signed my CD collection, gave us plenty of time, nothing was a problem!”

Matt has been a big fan of the Pet Shop Boys since their first hit in 1985. “Being a favourite group of mine and knowing my bid was going to such a worthy cause made it well worth it,” he says. “I’d like to thank the New Zealand AIDS Foundation for making this opportunity possible.”

Money raised in the auction will go towards the Foundation’s work with preventing the transmission of HIV, particularly among gay and bisexual men, and supporting all those living with or affected by HIV in New Zealand.

“We’d like to extend our congratulations to Matt for winning the Pet Shop Boys charity auction, and a sincere thank you for supporting NZAF - our work wouldn’t be possible without the ongoing generosity of the public,” says NZAF Executive Director Rachael Le Mesurier. “Big thanks also to Dorrell Management, de Launay Enterprises, Trade Me, and of course the Pet Shop Boys themselves for making this event happen.”

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