Pet Shop Boys performed live at Maida Vale with the BBC Concert Orchestra as they bring the curtain down on Radio 2's Piano Room Month in style. Their Piano Room set features their 1988 hit Left To My Own Devices, and Loneliness, the opening track from Nonetheless, alongside All The Young Dudes, Mott The Hoople's 1972 classic, written by David Bowie.
Photo: Luke O'Shea Phillips

set list:

1. Left To My Own Devices (Radio 2 Piano Room) (feat. BBC Concert Orchestra)
2. Loneliness (Radio 2 Piano Room) (feat. BBC Concert Orchestra)
3. All The Young Dudes (Radio 2 Piano Room) (feat. BBC Concert Orchestra)

Composer Sven Helbig presents listeners of his weekly radio show ›Schöne Töne‹ on Berlin's Radio Eins with music he discovers on his musical adventures. Classical orchestral music meets electronica, ambient and experimental music in an original and effortless way. Together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Helbig will bring his ›Schöne Töne‹ live to the stage at the Haus des Rundfunks twice in the 2023/2024 season. Sven Helbig will host the evening, welcoming exciting musical guests and telling anecdotes from his seemingly endless treasure trove of music stories.
On November 10, Helbig welcomes Pet Shop Boys vocalist Neil Tennant for two live premieres: ›Cricket Wife‹, a piece written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant for voice and orchestra, and an orchestral version of ›Legacy‹, originally arranged by Owen Pallett for the 2009 album ›Yes‹. The evening also features solo cellist Rafaela Gromes, guitarist Jacopo Mastrangelo, as well as music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Johann Sebastian Bach, Matilde Capuis, Ennio Morricone, Arcangelo Corelli, John Adams, Sven Helbig and many others.

Artists:

Sven Helbig - Composition, Host

Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) - Vocals

Raphaela Gromes - Violoncello

Jacopo Mastrangelo - Guitar

Wilhelm Keitel - Conductor

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

set list:

1. Sven Helbig - Pocket Symphony ›Eisenhüttenstadt‹
2. John Adams - ›Loops and Verses‹ from ›Shaker Loops‹
3. Ryuichi Sakamoto - ›Andata‹ (Arrangement: Sven Helbig)
4. Matilde Capuis - ›Speranze‹ and ›Allegrezze‹ from ›Tre Momenti‹ for Cello ad Strings
5. Ennio Morricone - ›Arcate di archi. Meditatione in Re Maggiore‹
6. Tennant/Lowe (Pet Shop Boys) - ›Cricket Wife‹
7. Daníel Bjarnason - ›Emergence‹ from ›Emergence‹
8. Arcangelo Corelli - Introduction from the Sinfonia to the oratorio ›Santa Beatrice d’Este‹
9. Marie Jaëll - Cello Concerto in F major
10. Ennio Morricone- ›Deborah’s Theme‹ from ›Once Upon a Time in America‹
11. Tennant/Lowe (Pet Shop Boys) - ›Legacy‹ (Arrangement: Owen Pallet, Sven Helbig)

Pet Shop Boys' Dreamworld Tour started on May 10th 2022 in Milan, Italy. They perform classic PSB hits from over the past 30 years.

Pet Shop Boys headlined Live in Hyde Park and the whole concert was broadcast live on BBC4 TV and on Radio 2. Neil and Chris were joined on stage by Olly Alexander of Years & Years to perform the new single “Dreamland” for the first time and later by Beverley Knight for the duet “What have I done to deserve this?”

set list:

1. Suburbia
2. Burn
3. Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)
4. West End Girls
5. Dreamland (with Olly Alexander)
6. Vocal
7. Heart
8. It's a Sin
9. Left to My Own Devices
10. Go West
Encore:
11. Domino Dancing
12. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Beverley Knight)
13. Always on My Mind
14. The Pop Kids (Reprise)

Surprise! Pet Shop Boys played an exclusive Hyde Park warm-up concert at 229 Great Portland Street, London W1 on September 8, 2019. Tickets for the show were limited to two per person.

set list:

1. Suburbia
2. Burn
3. Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)
4. West End Girls
5. Dreamland
6. Vocal
7. Heart
8. It's a Sin
9. Left to My Own Devices
10. Go West
Encore:
11. Domino Dancing
12. What Have I Done to Deserve This?
13. Always on My Mind
14. The Pop Kids (Reprise)

Pet Shop Boys played a special concert in support of Teenage Cancer Trust. It took place at the Royal Albert Hall, London on April 2nd. They were joined by Johnny Marr and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. "This will be a very special night for us, performing with Johnny Marr and the Royal Philharmonic.” Neil and Chris revealed, “ We have often combined electronics with orchestrations on our records and now we’re going to do this in concert. Johnny has played on many of our albums and it will be a real thrill to have him on stage with us. The Teenage Cancer Trust is a wonderful organisation and we are delighted to be able to take part in this annual series of concerts which helps to fund their essential work.” Proceeds from all tickets sales went to Teenage Cancer Trust.

set list:

-Part One-

1. Left to My Own Devices (with Sally Bradshaw)
2. Tonight Is Forever
3. This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave (with Johnny Marr)
4. Rent
5. Later Tonight
6. New York City Boy
7. Miracles
8. The Survivors (with Johnny Marr)
9. Leaving (with Johnny Marr)
10. Jealousy (with Johnny Marr)
-Part Two-

11. Hold On
12. It Couldn't Happen Here
13. For All of Us (with Johnny Marr)
14. Can You Forgive Her?
15. Breathing Space (with Johnny Marr)
16. He Dreamed of Machines
17. Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin (with Johnny Marr)
18. Indefinite Leave to Remain (with Johnny Marr)
19. West End Girls (with Johnny Marr)
20. It's Alright (with Sally Bradshaw)
21. It's a Sin (with Johnny Marr)

Pet Shop Boys' Super Tour started on October,13 2016 in Santiago, Chile. This first leg of the tour visited Chile, Argentina, USA and Canada, Germany, Holland, Denmark and Russia. More dates, including the UK, were till 2019.

Pet Shop Boys performed four dates at the Royal Opera House in July 2016. The 'Inner Sanctum' series of concerts followe the release of a new album, SUPER, on 1 April and celbrated 30 years of the Pet Shop Boys. The show was staged by designer Es Devlin - who has worked extensively with both Pet Shop Boys and The Royal Opera - and choreographer Lynne Page. 'It's very exciting to take electronic music into the Royal Opera House - such a grand and beautiful venue', say the duo. 'These will be four very special nights for us and our only UK concerts this year.' All four concerts were sold out.

Set list:

1. Inner sanctum
2. West End girls (10-inch version)
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
9. Twenty-something
10. Love comes quickly
11. Love etc.
12. The dictator decides
13. Inside a dream
14. Winner (HappySad version)
15. Home and dry (ambient version)
16. The Enigma
17. Vocal
18. The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
19. It's a sin
20. Left to my own devices
21. Go West
-encore-

22. Domino dancing
23. Always on my mind
24. The Pop Kids (Offer Nissim drama version)

Pet Shop Boys performed the world premiere of “A Man From The Future”, their evocation of the life of computer pioneer Alan Turing, at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Pet Shop Boys performed in Hong Kong at the 2015 MNET Asian Music Awards on December 2nd. Their performance included a collaboration with the top K-Pop group, f(x). Boys also recieved the "Worldwide Inspiration" award.

Set list:

1. Vocal (intro)
2. Go West
3. Always On Mind
4. What Have I Done To Deserve This? (feat. f(x))
5. Vocal (feat. f(x))

Pet Shop Boys toured almost two years with Electric tour which has visited 45 countries with 104 shows.

Radio 2 In Concert with Pet Shop Boys and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, presented by Jo Whiley and recorded at the BBC's MediaCity UK headquarters in Salford. As part of the "BBC Philharmonic Presents" season, Pet Shop Boys performed a specially orchestrated show for Radio 2 at the BBC Philharmonic Studios in Salford on December 5th at 8.30 pm. Radio 2 gave away 65 pairs of free tickets. Neil and Chris were joined by Johnny Marr on guitar for some songs at the concert. Orchestrations were supervised by Sven Helbig who orchestrated "The Most Incredible Thing" ballet. The concert also featured the premiere of one piece from "A Man From The Future", a new Tennant/Lowe work inspired by the life and work of mathematician and computing pioneer Alan Turing.

Set list:

1. Tonight Is Forever (First time since 2004)
2. This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave (First time since 1991)
3. Can You Forgive Her?
4. Memory of the Future ('New Single Mix' version)
5. Miracles (Live debut)
6. Leaving
7. It Couldn't Happen Here (Live debut)
8. Breathing Space (Live debut)
9. New York City Boy
10. The Survivors (Live debut)
11. For All of Us (Live debut)
12. He Dreamed of Machines (Live debut)
13. Hold On
14. West End Girls
15. Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin

Pet Shop Boys performed at the end of the Olympic and Paralympic Athletes Parade in London presented by the Mayor of London in front of Buckingham Palace on September 10th. The event was broadcasted live in the UK.

Set list:

1. Winner
2. West end girls
3. Go west

Electronic Beats presented a very special short performance by Pet Shop Boys live in Berlin. The British pop duo played a selection of songs from their new album Elysium on 5 September, 2012, the first time songs from the album have been played live. The 30 minute show was held in the small and exclusive environs of Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany. Pet Shop Boys have especially selected the Hebbel am Ufer because of the theatre’s reputation as one of the most innovative event locations in Berlin for young, international and experimental art.

Set list:

1. Face like that
2. Leaving
3. Invisible
4. Winner (andrew dawson happysad mix)
5. Ego music
6. Memory of the future
7. Hold on
8. Requiem in denim and leopardskin
9. I Started A Joke