Pet Shop Boys at Funny Girls, Blackpool. Sep 6th, 2024

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Re: Pet Shop Boys at Funny Girls, Blackpool. Sep 6th, 2024

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eastendboy wrote: Sun 08 Sep 2024, 6:06 pm This will be the 7th time I’ve either seen dreamworld live or on TV and as y3potential said he’s over it and to be honest I am as well. Guess a special guest will maybe perk it up a bit. How about soft cell? Something they rehearsed privately. Chris did say they hadn’t found anyone but he was possibly winding us up.
Weird how the tour is "Dreamworld" but it's only gone to Europe, South America, and in condensed form (Unity) North America.

I know Neil spoke of taking it to Asia/Pac and maybe properly North America, but even though I've seen it only once, (in it's Unity iteration) I'm kind of done with it too.

As a fan, hearing the hits over and over is a bit boring tbh. I'd love to hear some deeper cuts live.

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The mix on iPlayer seems to be much better. Didn't think my vpn would work for it on my pc, but hey, enjoying the show now.

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I am quite hardy but that was a really tough day.

My friend noticed on Friday and I listened tonight, skipped the 'contact magazine' verse from So Hard.

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Vintage Youth wrote: Sun 08 Sep 2024, 11:09 pm I am quite hardy but that was a really tough day.

My friend noticed on Friday and I listened tonight, skipped the 'contact magazine' verse from So Hard.
Well done, lass, and thank you for your service! Now go put your feet up and take some ibuprofen. :)

Were they trying to condense the running time for the show schedule?

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Vintage Youth wrote: Sun 08 Sep 2024, 11:09 pm I am quite hardy but that was a really tough day.

My friend noticed on Friday and I listened tonight, skipped the 'contact magazine' verse from So Hard.
Well done to all of those who braved that today ! It looked like there were a lot more people there than I thought there would be when I watched it on tv. I think there gets a point where you are so wet that you cant get any wetter !

I don't think they have played the 2nd verse of So Hard at any of the shows.

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Pinhead44 wrote: Sun 08 Sep 2024, 11:28 pm I think there gets a point where you are so wet that you cant get any wetter !
How wet can you let a wet Pethead get? :mrgreen:

Just finished listening to OJ Borg's Afterparty on Radio 2 Sounds and it sounded as though a) the dancers were the surprise guests and b) it was hard to take song OUT of the set to fit the running time because so many of them are medleyed up together.

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petshopgrrl wrote: Sun 08 Sep 2024, 11:18 pm
Vintage Youth wrote: Sun 08 Sep 2024, 11:09 pm I am quite hardy but that was a really tough day.

My friend noticed on Friday and I listened tonight, skipped the 'contact magazine' verse from So Hard.
Well done, lass, and thank you for your service! Now go put your feet up and take some ibuprofen. :)

Were they trying to condense the running time for the show schedule?
Ah cheers. I'm flying back tomorrow with only hand luggage so I'm going to have to put a lot of my stuff in bags. Now to see whether I get pneumonia or a flesh eating bug, there was liquid mud in my boots. Managed to dress up in some fetching binbags.

Honestly, Petheads are the best, thought. Wouldn't have got through today without the great company.

I don't know if it made news anywhere else but there was a festival in Ireland last year where people were stopped from coming in on the second day because the police said it was a H&S risk and there was uproar, I managed to get in and it was pretty awful and it looks like the organisers will go bankrupt, but today was actually worse, ground condition wise.

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Pinhead44 wrote: Sun 08 Sep 2024, 11:28 pm
Vintage Youth wrote: Sun 08 Sep 2024, 11:09 pm I am quite hardy but that was a really tough day.

My friend noticed on Friday and I listened tonight, skipped the 'contact magazine' verse from So Hard.
Well done to all of those who braved that today ! It looked like there were a lot more people there than I thought there would be when I watched it on tv. I think there gets a point where you are so wet that you cant get any wetter !

I don't think they have played the 2nd verse of So Hard at any of the shows.
Definitely....we thought loads would leave and we'd get down the front easy but I got into the crowd at the start of Sister Sledge and made it no further than four or five rows back. But I don't push in ;)

No worries, I'd genuinely never noticed until my friend pointed it out on Friday.

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#84 Post by Vintage Youth »

Vernon Kay said it would be 'the last show for a long time' or words to that effect and Simon has posted something which looks a little final on Insta.

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Well the dancers were back … on from Dreamland

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Vintage Youth wrote: Mon 09 Sep 2024, 12:36 am Vernon Kay said it would be 'the last show for a long time' or words to that effect and Simon has posted something which looks a little final on Insta.
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#87 Post by tottenhammattspurs »

You have to remember that Simon and Afrika have been with that tour set up since 2016 as they were also in the Super tour. Eight years!!!
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#88 Post by shaunh7 »

I went yesterday, the rain I could cope with but the mud was horrendous. Kudos to all those who stayed till the end!
Great atmosphere though and everyone was friendly.

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psbfannyc wrote: Mon 09 Sep 2024, 7:46 am
Vintage Youth wrote: Mon 09 Sep 2024, 12:36 am Vernon Kay said it would be 'the last show for a long time' or words to that effect and Simon has posted something which looks a little final on Insta.
Pete G has posted something similar on instagram.

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#90 Post by Moorlandman »

Having seen ' Dreamworld' numerous times, I hope we get a new tour sometime in the next couple of years.

I would like to see maybe an additional vocal singer such as when they toured with Silvia Mason-James and maybe slightly less pre-recorded music - I definitely preferred the band that they had back in 2002 in their 'Release tour' who actually played instruments. In the Dreamworld tour, Afrika Green was missing from one show (illness) and there was no difference in sound despite one less percussion player!

I guess its all on tape but nobody will find out :-)

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