Electric Tour

Electric Tour

Tour by Pet Shop Boys
Associated album	Elysium Electric
Start date	22 March 2013
End date	15 August 2015
Pet Shop Boys concert chronology

The Electric Tour is synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys' 2013-2015 world tour in support of their two albums Elysium and Electric. The first leg started on 22 March^[1] and ended in October in Mexico.^[2] The second leg of the tour was announced in January 2014, starting at the Coachella festival in California in April. A third leg of the tour was announced in February 2015, starting at the Festival Contempopranea in Badajoz, Spain. Notably, the tour was announced on 5 December 2012 even before the announcement of Electric, the album bearing the same name with the tour.^[3]

Concept

The show consists of the band along with two dancers performing in front of a huge screen.

The screen often projects the silhouettes of band members Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe morphing into different colors or shapes according to each song, but it also projects other types of videos, such as visiting places of the world via Google Earth during Somewhere.

The show starts with Axis and ends, on most dates, with Vocal, which are respectively the opening and closing tracks of their Electric album.

The set list has some short interludes or extended instrumental parts to allow the band to go offstage, change costumes and come back. Those moments could also be considered as links between one act and another in the show.

The dancers always have their faces covered in some way. They appear for the first time during the interlude preceding I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing and finish off on Vocal, both times wearing big minotaur masks.

Setlist

2013 

1. Axis (Intro)
2. One More Chance / A Face Like That
3. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (contains a sample from In The Night)
4. Memory of the Future
5. Fugitive
6. Integral
7. The Rite Of Spring (Interlude)
8. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing
9. Suburbia
10. I'm Not Scared
11. Invisible (May–July shows) or Fluorescent (Added August)
12. The Last to Die (replaced by West End Girls in August)
13. Somewhere
14. Leaving
15. Thursday (feat. Example)
16. Love Etc.
17. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) / Rent
18. Miracles
19. It's a Sin
20. Domino Dancing
21. Go West
22. Love Is a Bourgeois Construct (exceptionally in Santiago on May 13th instead of Go West)
23. Always on My Mind
24. West End Girls (May–August shows)
25. Vocal

2014 

1. Axis (Intro)
2. One More Chance / A Face Like That
3. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (contains a sample from In The Night)
4. Love Is a Bourgeois Construct (only on select dates)
5. Fugitive
6. Integral
7. The Rite Of Spring (Interlude)
8. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing
9. Suburbia
10. I'm Not Scared
11. Fluorescent
12. West End Girls
13. Somewhere
14. Leaving
15. Thursday (feat. Example)
16. Love Etc.
17. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) / Rent
18. Miracles
19. It's a Sin
20. Domino Dancing
21. Always on My Mind
22. Being Boring (only on select dates)
23. Go West
24. Vocal / It's Alright

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[4]
22 March 2013	Veracruz	Mexico	Cumbre Tajín Festival
South America[5]
13 May 2013	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena
16 May 2013	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Luna Park
18 May 2013	Asunción	Paraguay	Conmebol Bourbon Convention Center
22 May 2013	São Paulo	Brasil	Credicard Hall
25 May 2013	Bogotá	Colombia	Centro de Eventos Bima
Europe & Middle East[6][7]
3 June 2013	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall
5 June 2013	Moscow		Crocus City Hall
9 June 2013	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falconer Salen
11 June 2013	Paris	France	Grand Rex
15 June 2013	Barcelona	Spain	Sónar Festival 2013
18 June 2013	London	United Kingdom	The O2 Arena
20 June 2013	Manchester		Manchester Arena
23 June 2013	Tel Aviv	Israel	Nokia Arena
29 June 2013	Stockholm	Sweden	Cirkus
1 July 2013	Dortmund	Germany	Music Week Festival
3 July 2013	Karlovy Vary	Czech Republic	KV Arena
5 July 2013	Tallinn	Estonia	Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
7 July 2013	Turku	Finland	Ruisrock
9 July 2013	Freiburg	Germany	ZMF
10 July 2013	Munich		Tollwood Festival at Musik Arena
13 July 2013	Byblos	Lebanon	Byblos Festival
16 July 2013	Athens	Greece	Ejekt Festival
Asia[8]
3 August 2013	Sentosa	Singapore	Resorts World Convention Centre
6 August 2013	Manila	Philippines	Araneta Coliseum
9 August 2013	Tokyo	Japan	Makuhari Messe
11 August 2013			Summer Sonic Festival
14 August 2013	Seoul	South Korea	Supersonic Festival
17 August 2013	Jakarta	Indonesia	Jakarta Conference Centre
20 August 2013	Shanghai	China	Shanghai Grand Stage
22 August 2013	Beijing		MasterCard Center
24 August 2013	Bangkok	Thailand	Impact Arena
Europe[9]
4 September 2013	Gdańsk	Poland	Ergo Arena
6 September 2013	Berlin	Germany	Berlin Festival
North America[10][11]
12 September 2013	Miami Beach	United States	Jackie Gleason Theater
13 September 2013	Saint Petersburg		Mahaffey Theater
14 September 2013	Atlanta		Atlanta Symphony Hall
16 September 2013	New York City		Beacon Theatre
17 September 2013
19 September 2013	Bethesda		Strathmore
21 September 2013	Boston		House of Blues
22 September 2013	Philadelphia		Mann Center for the Performing Arts
24 September 2013	Montreal	Canada	Olympia Theatre
25 September 2013	Toronto		Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
27 September 2013	Windsor		Caesars Windsor
28 September 2013	Chicago	United States	Auditorium Building
2 October 2013	Seattle		Paramount Theatre
3 October 2013	Vancouver	Canada	Queen Elizabeth Theatre
4 October 2013	Portland	United States	Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
5 October 2013	Oakland		Fox Theatre
7 October 2013
8 October 2013	San Diego		Copley Symphony Hall
11 October 2013	Las Vegas		Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
12 October 2013	Los Angeles		Shrine Auditorium
15 October 2013	Mexico City	Mexico	Mexico City Arena
Europe[12]
31 December 2013	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	Hogmanay at the Gardens
North America[13]
8 April 2014	Oakland	United States	Fox Theater
11 April 2014	Ventura		Ventura Theater
12 April 2014	Coachella		Coachella Festival
15 April 2014	Dallas		The Majestic Theatre
16 April 2014	Austin		ACL Live at the Moody Theater
18 April 2014	Phoenix		Comerica Theatre
19 April 2014	Coachella		Coachella Festival
23 April 2014	Asheville		Moogfest
25 April 2014	Atlantic City		Revel Casino Hotel - Ovation Hall
26 April 2014	New York City		Terminal 5
Australia
6 June 2014	Sydney	Australia	Carriageworks[14]
7 June 2014
8 June 4014
Europe[15]
13 June 2014	Birmingham	United Kingdom	LG Arena
15 June 2014	Cardiff		Motorpoint Arena
16 June 2014	Blackpool		Empress Ballroom
4 July 2014	Vienna	Austria	Jazz Fest Wien
7 July 2014	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Park
10 July 2014	Novi Sad	Serbia	Exit Festival
12 July 2014	Liepaja	Latvia	LMT Summer Sound
14 July 2014	Zurich	Switzerland	Live At Sunset Festival
18 July 2014	Pori	Finland	Pori Jazz Festival
25 July 2014	Turin	Italy	Traffic Festival
30 July 2014	Marbella	Spain	Starlite Festival
1 August 2014	Gijon		Plaza La Laboral
3 August 2014	Girona		Cap Roig Festival
7 August 2014	Skanderborg	Denmark	Smukfest Skanderborg
9 August 2014	Lokeren	Belgium	Lokerse Festival
10 August 2014	Utrecht	Netherlands	TivoliVredenburg
11 August 2014
13 August 2014	Prague	Czech Republic	Forum Karlin
15 August 2014	Copenhagen	Denmark	Smukfest Copenhagen
29 August 2014	Stradbally	Ireland	Electric Picnic
25 August 2014	Borchester	United Kingdom	Loxfest on The Archers
31 August 2014	Bingley		Bingley Music Live Festival
2 September 2014	Gateshead		The Sage
3 September 2014
5 September 2014	Glasgow		Clyde Auditorium
7 September 2014	Portmeirion		Festival No. 6
Asia[16]
20 September 2014	Singapore	Singapore	Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix
24 September 2014	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Negara
26 September 2014	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Asiaworld Expo Hall 10
28 September 2014	Taipei	Taiwan	Linko Dome
South America[17]
22 November 2014	Punta Del Este	Uruguay	Conrad Resort and Casino
Africa
12 December 2014	Johannesburg	South Africa	Sandton Convention Centre
15 December 2014	Cape Town		Good Hope Centre
19 December 2014	Durban		Moses Mabhida Stadium
Europe
5 June 2015	Badajoz	Spain	Festival Contempopranea
8 June 2015	Barcelona		Festival Jardins De Pedralbes
25 June 2015	Rome	Italy	Auditorium Parco della Musica
27 June 2015	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Flow Festival Ljubljana
14 August 2015	Slottsskogen	Sweden	Way Out West
15 August 2015	Helsinki	Finland	Flow Festival

References

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2. "Pet Shop Boys October 2013 tour dates". petshopboys.co.uk. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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14. http://www.carriageworks.com.au
15. http://www.petshopboys.co.uk/tour/201408
16. http://www.petshopboys.co.uk/tour/201409
17. http://petshopboys.co.uk/news/5921/201410