Pet Shop Boys played Atlantic City (pics, setlist), wrap up tour at Terminal 5 tonight

April 26, 2014

PSB @ Revel Casino Hotel, Atlantic City 4/25/2014

When you get right down to it, the Pet Shop Boys — Tennant and his partner in sonic crime, keyboardist Chris Lowe — are basically two guys in their late 50s with a synthesizer. So playing up the visual experience goes a long way in energizing such familiar hits as “West End Girls,” “Rent” and “Domino Dancing.” “We know the fans want to hear those hits,” Tennant says, “and we comply. We enjoy playing those old songs.” 

There’s also a batch of great new songs from their 2013 album, Electric, which didn’t get the critical attention it deserved. But then, that’s the way of things: The Pet Shop Boys have been ahead of their time for years. And what strikes people is just how well their songs continue to hold up a generation after they were penned.  - [Atlantic City Weekly]

Synthpop legends Pet Shop Boys brought their Electric tour to the states again, surrounding their appearances at Coachella 2014. The tour hit Altlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel last night (4/25), which gave an extra dash of winking irony to their hit “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)” which they played early in their lengthy, hit-packed, costumed set. Photos and setlist from the show are in this post.

The tour concludes tonight (4/26) in NYC for a sold-out show at Terminal 5. More pics from last night’s Atlantic City show below…

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Pet Shop Boys

SETLIST: Pet Shop Boys @ Revel Casino Hotel, Atlantic City 4/25/2014
Axis
One More Chance / A Face Like That
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
Love Is a Bourgeois Construct
Fugitive
Integral
I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing
Suburbia
I’m Not Scared
Fluorescent
West End Girls
Somewhere (Leonard Bernstein)
Leaving
Thursday
Love Etc.
I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
Rent
Miracles
It’s a Sin
Domino Dancing
Always on My Mind (Brenda Lee)