Super Tour

2016–19 concert tour by Pet Shop Boys

  • Europe
  • America
  • South America
  • Asia
Associated albumSuperStart date29 October 2016 (2016-10-29)[1]End date2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)Legs2Pet Shop Boys concert chronology
  • Electric Tour
    (2013–15)
  • Super Tour
    (2016–19)
  • Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live
    (2022–24)

The Super Tour was synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys' 2016–19 world tour in support of their album Super. The tour started as a four-night residency entitled Inner Sanctum at the Royal Opera House in London, and visited North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Concept

For the first time in many years, Pet Shop Boys have a full band playing with them onstage (mostly consisting of keyboardists, vocalists and percussionists).

Critical reception

Joe Lynch from Billboard described the New York City concert as "There was a stark white-and-black arcade game aesthetic, a picturesque sunset paired with smoky wide-beam lasers, concentric circles rendered in vibrant greens, blues and pinks, and glowing, multi-colored balloons at the close of the show."[2]

Set list

The following set list corresponds to their Berlin, Germany, concert on 1 December and reflects the typical set list of the tour.

2016
  1. Inner Sanctum
  2. West End Girls
  3. The Pop Kids
  4. In the Night
  5. Burn
  6. Love Is a Bourgeois Construct
  7. New York City Boy
  8. Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)
  9. Twenty-something
  10. Love Comes Quickly
  11. Love Etc.
  12. The Dictator Decides
  13. Inside a Dream
  14. Winner (Andrew Dawson HappySad Remix)
  15. Home and Dry (Ambient Mix)
  16. The Enigma
  17. Vocal
  18. The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
  19. It's a Sin
  20. Left to My Own Devices (New Version)
  21. Go West
  22. Domino Dancing (New Version)
  23. Always on My Mind
  24. The Pop Kids (Reprise)
2017
  1. Inner Sanctum
  2. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
  3. The Pop Kids
  4. In the Night
  5. Burn
  6. Love Is a Bourgeois Construct
  7. New York City Boy
  8. Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)
  9. Love Comes Quickly
  10. Love Etc.
  11. The Dictator Decides
  12. Inside a Dream
  13. West End Girls
  14. Home and Dry (Ambient Mix)
  15. The Enigma
  16. Vocal
  17. The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
  18. It's a Sin
  19. Left to My Own Devices (New Version)
  20. Go West
  21. Domino Dancing (New Version)
  22. Always on My Mind
  23. The Pop Kids (Reprise)

The set list includes 4 songs from the album Super, 3 songs from their albums Please, Introspective and Electric each, 1 from Actually, Very, Bilingual, Nightlife, Release, Fundamental, Yes and Elysium each and 1 non-album song.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe[3]
20 July 2016 London England Royal Opera House
21 July 2016
22 July 2016
23 July 2016
South America[3]
13 October 2016 Santiago Chile Espacio Riesco Convention Center
15 October 2016 Buenos Aires Argentina BUE Festival 2016
North America[3]
21 October 2016 Las Vegas United States The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
22 October 2016 Salt Lake City The Complex
24 October 2016 Vancouver Canada Queen Elizabeth Theatre
25 October 2016 Portland United States Keller Auditorium
27 October 2016 Oakland Fox Oakland Theatre
28 October 2016
29 October 2016 Los Angeles Microsoft Theater
1 November 2016 Austin Long Center for the Performing Arts
2 November 2016 Houston White Oak Music Hall
4 November 2016 Nashville Tennessee Performing Arts Center
5 November 2016 Chicago Civic Opera House
6 November 2016 Toronto Canada Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
9 November 2016 Boston United States Orpheum Theatre
10 November 2016 Morristown Mayo Performing Arts Center
11 November 2016 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre
12 November 2016 New York City Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden
14 November 2016 Atlanta Symphony Hall
15 November 2016 St. Petersburg Mahaffey Theater
16 November 2016 Miami Beach Fillmore Miami Beach
19 November 2016 Mexico City Mexico Corona Capital Festival
Europe[4]
26 November 2016 Leipzig Germany Arena Leipzig
27 November 2016 Cologne Palladium Köln
28 November 2016 Tilburg Netherlands 013
30 November 2016 Hamburg Germany Mehr! Theater am Goßmarkt
1 December 2016 Berlin Tempodrom
2 December 2016 Frankfurt Am Main Jahrunderthalle Frankfurt
4 December 2016 Copenhagen Denmark Copenhagen Opera House
5 December 2016
Russia[4]
8 December 2016 Moscow Russia VTP Park Legend Arena
Europe[5]
25 July 2018 London England Royal Opera House
26 July 2018
27 July 2018
29 July 2018
Asia[3]
26 March 2019 Singapore Singapore The Star Performing Arts Centre
28 March 2019 Hong Kong Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Expo Hall 10
1 April 2019 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
2 April 2019 Osaka Festival Hall

References

  1. ^ "Tour dates".
  2. ^ "Pet Shop Boys Illustrate the Reenergizing Power of Dance Music As Super Tour Hits New York City". Billboard. 14 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Pet Shop Boys – Tour". petshopboys.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Pet Shop Boys announce Super Tour dates, share video for "Twenty-something" – watch". consequence.net. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – Inner Sanctum". roh.org.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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