Super Tour

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.

Super Tour

Tour by Pet Shop Boys
Location	Europe America South America Middle East Asia
Associated album	Super
Start date	20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)[1]
End date	2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)
Legs	2
Pet Shop Boys concert chronology

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

Encore

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

Encore

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 & 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

Pet Shop Boys

• Neil Tennant – vocals
• Chris Lowe – keyboards

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

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. "Pet Shop Boys – Tour". petshopboys.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
4. "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.