Pet Shop Boys

I did not even dream that such spectacular lighting design and theatrical environments for concerts existed until I saw the Pet Shop Boys show for their 2013 album Electric. Es Devlin was the director of the stage and costume design for this tour and given her credentials and diversification "she has worked on plays (Batman, American Psycho) operas (Faust), dance productions (Northern Ballet Theatre) and pop concerts (Miley Cyrus, Kanye West: Yeezus tour )" it is no wonder this show was so visually captivating.
This performance pushed the audiences senses in to overdrive. The paralyzing visuals were brilliantly coupled with the sophisticated elecro-pop for which the Pet Shop Boys are renowned. Their music was so impeccably delivered it seemed as if they could perform it in their sleep. In fact they did perform one of their songs "Love etc." lying in a bed which acted as a sort of scrim on which images of their contorting bodies were projected giving the illusion that Neil and Chris were experiencing a restless night. On other songs such as the classic " I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" performers with cow skulls on their heads engaged in a bizarre tribal dance bursting into wild fits of tantrums which soon stabilized into a meticulously choreographed routine. Their closing track was a cover of the Village People's anthem "Go West" in which the two visual performers disguised as spiders pranced around on stilts. In case you didn't get the gist the performances of the Pet Shop Boys are exploding with excitement and innovative technical theatrics and are absolutely worth seeing.
Considering the Pet Shop Boys have over 40 top 30 singles you better believe their setlist is going to be a crowd pleaser. They had every one in the theatre exuberantly dancing to "West End Girls" and passionately singing along to the serpentine ballad "It's a Sin". The Pet Shop Boys' cover songs are treat to hear as well. They are handled with such finesse and ingenuity that they rival the original recordings. They can take a slow country song like Brenda Lee's "You are Always on My Mind" and turn it into a club hit or take two songs of completely different styles like "Where the Streets Have No Name" and Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" and seamlessly meld them into a coherent idea. Taking influence from Broadway and following in the path of the great performing artists (Frank Sinatra and Dusty Springfield) it is without certainty you will be entertained.