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Super Tour
Tour by Pet Shop Boys
Location
  • Europe
  • America
  • South America
  • Middle East
  • Asia
Associated albumSuper
Start date20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)[1]
End date2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)
Legs2
Pet Shop Boys concert chronology

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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 & Middle East[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
8 December 2016 Moscow Russia VTP Park Legend Arena
18 February 2017 Leeds England First Direct Arena
19 February 2017 Manchester Manchester Arena
21 February 2017 Glasgow Scotland Clyde Auditorium
22 February 2017 Edinburgh Edinburgh Playhouse
24 February 2017 Birmingham England Barclaycard Arena
26 February 2017 Bournemouth Bournemouth International Centre
10 June 2017 Tel Aviv Israel Yarkon Park
17 June 2017 Bergen Norway Bergenfest
21 June 2017 Blackpool England Empress Ballroom
22 June 2017 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
24 June 2017 Odense Denmark Tinderbox Festival
25 June 2017 Hanover Germany Swiss Life Hall
26 June 2017 Baden-Baden Festspielhaus
28 June 2017 Mainz Halle 45
29 June 2017 Dresden Filmnächte am Elbufer
1 July 2017 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
3 July 2017 Montreux Switzerland Montreux Jazz Festival
6 July 2017 Henley-on-Thames England Henley Music Festival
8 July 2017 Barcelona Spain Cruïlla Festival
10 July 2017 Madrid Teatro Real
17 July 2017 Bochum Germany RuhrCongress
18 July 2017 Amsterdam Netherlands Royal Theater Carré
22 July 2017 Turku Finland Tall Ships Races Music Festival
27 July 2017 Rättvik Sweden Dalhalla
28 July 2017 Östersund Storsjöyran Festival
31 July 2017 Lucca Italy Lucca Summer Festival
5 August 2017 Brighton England Preston Park
12 August 2017 Zadar Croatia Jazine Open Air
15 August 2017 Brussels Belgium Brussels Summer Festival
2 September 2017 Gateshead England Sage Gateshead
3 September 2017
5 September 2017 Dublin Ireland Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
6 September 2017
10 September 2017 Dorset England Bestival
Latin America[4]
15 September 2017 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rock in Rio
17 September 2017 Brasília NET Live Brasilía
19 September 2017 São Paulo Espaço das Américas
21 September 2017 Curitiba Live Curitiba
23 September 2017 Porto Alegre Pepsi on Stage
27 September 2017 Lima Peru Anfiteatro del Parque de la Exposición
1 October 2017 Monterrey Mexico Auditorio Pabellón M
3 October 2017 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
6 October 2017 Medellín Colombia Breakfest Festival
Europe[5]
6 July 2018 Tallinn Estonia Õllesummer Festival
7 July 2018 Töreboda Sweden Törebodafestivalen
18 July 2018 Marbella Spain Starlite Festival
21 July 2018 Benicàssim Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
25 July 2018 London England Royal Opera House
26 July 2018
27 July 2018
28 July 2018
2 August 2018 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
4 August 2018 Vaasa Wasa Open Air
24 August 2018 Szeged Hungary SZIN Festival
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

Personnel

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Pet Shop Boys

Live band

  • Afrika Green – percussion, backing vocals
  • Christina Hizon – keyboards, violin, backing vocals
  • Simon Tellier – percussion, keyboards, backing vocals

Directors

  • Stuart Price – music producer
  • Pete Gleadall – musical director and programmer
  • Es Devlin – creative director and set design
  • Lynne Page – stage director
  • Luke Halls – video content
  • Tal Rosner – video content
  • Ben Cash – lighting director
  • Rob Sinclair – lighting director
  • Robert Alsopp – masks and headpieces

References

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  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.