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===Solo appearances=== In 1993, he wrote and produced the track "Do the Right Thing" for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] footballer [[Ian Wright]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Wyman|first=Ed|date=27 October 2011|title=Footballers Trying to Be Pop Stars |url= https://bleacherreport.com/articles/911547-footballers-trying-to-be-pop-stars-paul-gascoigne-clint-dempsey-and-more|magazine=Bleacher Report|access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> The song featured backing vocals by long-time Pet Shop Boys backing singer [[Sylvia Mason-James]], and the single featured remixes by [[Rollo Armstrong|Rollo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/126642-Ian-Wright-Do-The-Right-Thing|title=Ian Wright β Do the Right Thing|website=Discogs|date=1993 |access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> Two years later, Lowe had a cameo in the Australian soap opera ''[[Neighbours]]''. His appearance was filmed while Pet Shop Boys were touring Australia in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504594/reference/ |title=Neighbours (TV Series) Episode #1.2320 (1995) |website=IMDB |access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people=Taunton, Sam (interviewer); Lowe, Chris (interviewee)|date=25 April 2024|title=The Project|type=television production|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxd6Yuhh3Xg|time=3:40|location=Australia|publisher=Network 10|quote=I had this mad idea when we were going to Australia, I thought, d'you know, wouldn't it be great to have a cameo role in Neighbours.}}</ref> In 2004, he was commissioned to do music for an advertisement for the sunscreen brand Blockhead. The song ended up in a remixed version on a "CafΓ© Mambo" compilation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://petshopboys.co.uk/news/2004-07-01/chris-lowe-blockhead |title=Chris Lowe: 'Blockhead' β Pet Shop Boys β News |website=Petshopboys.co.uk |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref> Lowe wrote the music for the song "Streets of Berlin", featured in the 2006 revival of ''[[Bent (play)|Bent]]'' at the [[Trafalgar Studios]] in Whitehall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://petshopboys.co.uk/theatre-film/bent#1 |title=Bent β Pet Shop Boys β Theatre & Film |website=Petshopboys.co.uk |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Nathan|first=John|date=11 August 2006|title=Full Cast Announced for London's ''Bent'' Revival|url= https://playbill.com/article/full-cast-announced-for-londons-bent-revival-com-134253|magazine=Playbill|access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> In 2011, Lowe appeared as featured vocalist on Stop Modernists' cover version of the [[New Order (band)|New Order]] song "[[Sub-culture (song)|Subculture]]". It was the first time he had appeared as a vocalist on a non-Pet Shop Boys project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/stopmodernists/posts/218858608142366 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/147583071977293/218858608142366 |archive-date=26 February 2022|url-access=limited|title=Stop Modernists Official Facebook Page |publisher=Facebook.com |date=12 May 2011 |access-date=27 January 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2011-06-13/subculture-released |title=Subculture released|website=petshopboys.co.uk |date=13 June 2011|access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref>
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