Pet Shop Boys' Obscure Gigs: Rare Tracks & Guests

0:00It's April 7, music news, today starts now, AI powered and ready to play. I'm Cory with the story. Pet Shop Boys just launched their obscure series of intimate gigs at London's electric ballroom, diving deep into non-single album tracks and B-sides. For Five Nights Straight, announced last year, these shows skip all the big hits and spotlight fan favorites instead, with the first one hitting the stage on Monday April 6th. They opened with Willow the Whisp from their 2020 hotspot album, then dusted off two divided by zero from their 86 debut. Please, the first live goes since 2012. Plenty of other rarities got their debut, like Jack the Laugh from 86, after the event from 2012, and even an unreleased cut from, their naked musical called A Dream of a Better Tomorrow. Neil Tennet hyped the crowd early, calling these obscure picks fan favorites that rarely see the light of day, some not played in over 20 years, or ever before.

1:03Sylvia Mason James jumped in as a guest for the theater, its first slot since 97. Fans lost it over tracks like your funny uncle, back after 30 plus years. Shows roll on through Friday April 10th, with tomorrow's gig doubling as a benefit for war child. This comes hot on the heels of their 15th studio album, nonetheless, drop last month in earning four stars for sharpening their pop mastery. Meanwhile, the duels linking up with Paul McCartney and Kate Bush on a silent AI protest album, plus adapting its assin into a Manchester dance show, with Russell T. Davies keeping that electro-legacy pulsing strong.