Veteran synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys played a hit packed set in London’s O2 Arena on Friday (June 19th).
Pet Shop Boys are a British institution. With their camp, arching lyrics and aching pop touch the band demolished competition in the 80s becoming one of the biggest groups of the decade with a series of massive hits.
Still going strong, Pet Shop Boys were recently honoured at the Brit Awards. Given the ‘Outstanding Achievement’ award, the band performed some of their biggest hits with the aid of Lady Gaga and The Killers’ singer Brandon Flowers.
The band’s most recent move was to record new material with pop production team Xenomania. Best known for crafting Girls Aloud’s recent hits, the songwriting partnership turned Pet Shop Boys inside out for their recent album ‘Yes’.
A thrilling pop collection the album was hailed by critics as their finest in some time. Touring heavily, Pet Shop Boys played to a sold out crowd at London’s O2 Arena blending their greatest hits with all new tracks.
Opening with ‘Heart’ the band played a series of new tracks before plunging into their massive hit ‘Go West’. Igniting the crowd Pet Shop Boys then moved through more of the greatest hits, to the delight of fans.
The band closed with ‘Suburbia’ before emerging for an encore. Pet Shop Boys returned to the strains of ‘Domino Dancing’ which then morphed into a disco beat. The duo then covered Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’ to the delight of fans.
The duo have previously flirted with rock stardom, having covered U2’s ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ back in 1991.
Pet Shop Boys finished with their 1986 number one hit ‘West End Girls’. The band played the following songs:
‘Heart’
‘Did You See Me Coming?’
‘Pandemonium’/’Can You Forgive Her?’
‘Love Comes Quickly’
‘Love, Etc’
‘Building A Wall’
‘Go West’
‘Two Divided By Zero’
‘Why Don’t We Live Together?’
‘Always On My Mind’
‘Closer To Heaven’
‘King’s Cross’
‘The Way It Used To Be’
‘Jealousy’
‘Suburbia’
‘All Over The World’
‘Se A Vida E’
‘Discoteca’/’Domino Dancing’
‘Viva La Vida’
‘It’s A Sin’
‘Being Boring’
‘West End Girls’
