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Monday, September 21, 2009

Last Night Pet Shop Boys' Pandemonium at the Moore

Posted by David Schmader on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:37 PM

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Last night brought the Pet Shop Boys' Pandemonium tour to the Moore, and it was glorious. Set against a sporadically cascading backdrop of white cubes (which also served as projection screens for the show-length video art), the show commenced with Chris and Neil entering the stage with boxes on their heads, alongside dancers who also had boxes on their heads. (See above photo by Stranger Flickr buddy evil robot 6.) I think the boxes were meant to symbolize individual pixels (pixelated imagery was a big theme) but mostly the various boxes just gave us all something to look at while the "band" (one man at a computer, one man a mic, four hilarious backup dancers) rolled out the hits, presented in state-of-the-art new Pandemonium mixes.

Personal highlight: "Two Divided by Zero," one of my earliest PSP faves, and one that I never, ever thought I'd get to hear live. (Runner-up: "Go West" and "King's Cross," for they are both so gorgeous.)

Personal lowlight: The swampy heat that steadily enveloped the packed room, which eventually became unbearable.

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I saw them at Dour festival this summer and loved them. As always.

Posted by Griet on September 21, 2009 at 1:53 PM

I have to say, though I loved the show... last time (Minimal tour) was a little better. And yes. The heat. Ugh.

Posted by Terry Miller on September 21, 2009 at 2:19 PM

OMG OMG. I Can Not Wait for their show down here tomorrow night at the Warfield!!! You all are so lucky to have already seen them. This album rocks.

Posted by SecretBYUBottomBoy on September 21, 2009 at 2:33 PM

Oh, and Terry-- tell your spouse that I never got his promised reply for my "no on 8" donation. Is he still working on those?

Posted by SecretBYUBottomBoy on September 21, 2009 at 2:37 PM

Such an awesome show. Definitely blew my expectiations and the sugarcube solid gold dancers were awesome!

Posted by joshua_james on September 21, 2009 at 3:03 PM

Absolutely incredible - they looked like they were having a ton of fun. The mixes and blends were fantastic - and omg, KINGS CROSS. Gorgeous. All in all though, I thought this performance was better than their last one in Seattle - it flowed more and I think the space was better than the Paramount.

But yes, the heat. Ugh. And the tiny tiny seats sucked too.

Posted by Donolectic on September 21, 2009 at 7:42 PM