Obscure - Your Set List.

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#121 Post by Lanza81 »

With EBTG doing their run of shows at The Moth I’d love to see Tracy Thorn guest on Kings Cross - love her version of this PSB Classic

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#122 Post by Whosematchesarethose »

inscrutablepaleface wrote: Sat 22 Nov 2025, 2:00 pm
Whosematchesarethose wrote: Fri 21 Nov 2025, 4:04 pm As it’s five nights I can’t see any special guests. The venue also suggests this is going to be smoke, rain macs and computers- absolutely perfect for me.
A smoke machine would be absolutely perfect for the Obscure theme. Imagine Miserere as the opener while Neil and Chris slowly emerge spotlit from a dense cloud of fog. Then straight into Love is the Law.
Now your talking!!!

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#123 Post by CafePicasso »

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#124 Post by domino »

Please remember that they said that many songs will be performed live for the first time. That doesn't mean that ALL of them will be debuts.

Furthermore, here are b-sides and album tracks they mentioned to dislike:
- A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi
- A Different Point of View
- Hell
- Hit and Miss
- The Loving Kind
- Metamorphosis
- Motoring
- Party Song
- Screaming
- Twentieth Century
- The View from Your Balcony
- Was That What It Was?
- We All Feel Better in the Dark
- What Keeps Mankind Alive?

Limited edition/special market/double a-sides singles:
- One More Chance
- Paninaro
- To Step Aside
- London
- Beautiful People

Beside that, here are b-sides and album tracks they mentioned as candidates for sinlges/single material:
- Tonight Is Forever
- I Want a Lover
- In the Night
- King's Cross
- I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
- Losing My Mind
- The End of the World
- Miserablism
- A Different Point of View
- One and One Make Five
- One in a Million
- Shameless
- One Thing Leads to Another
- Discoteca
- It Always Comes as a Surprise
- The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On
- Happiness Is an Option
- Nightlife
- Positive Role Model
- I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
- Party Song
- No Time for Tears
- The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
- Vulnerable
- Pandemonium
- The Way It Used to Be
- Burn
- Ich bin Musik

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#125 Post by alternativeformat »

Lanza81 wrote:With EBTG doing their run of shows at The Moth I’d love to see Tracy Thorn guest on Kings Cross - love her version of this PSB Classic
(Pet Shop Boys were _at_ one of those recent EBTG shows! You never know what could happen.

It would be a dream if they ever recorded together.

Always thought it was cool she covered "King's Cross". And that it even got a remix!

(Still sad we never got a Pet Shop mix of "No one knows we're dancing".))

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#126 Post by dbaseboy »

I’m keeping my fingers crossed 🤞🏻

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#127 Post by minimal »

How could they dislike 'A Certain...'? It's one of the best songs they've written in the last 25 years!

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#128 Post by CafePicasso »

minimal wrote: Sun 23 Nov 2025, 9:48 pm How could they dislike 'A Certain...'? It's one of the best songs they've written in the last 25 years!

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#129 Post by Lanza81 »

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alternativeformat wrote: Sun 23 Nov 2025, 3:44 pm
Lanza81 wrote:With EBTG doing their run of shows at The Moth I’d love to see Tracy Thorn guest on Kings Cross - love her version of this PSB Classic
(Pet Shop Boys were _at_ one of those recent EBTG shows! You never know what could happen.

It would be a dream if they ever recorded together.

Always thought it was cool she covered "King's Cross". And that it even got a remix!

(Still sad we never got a Pet Shop mix of "No one knows we're dancing".))

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#130 Post by eastendboy »

I know they wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing but it would be great if they asked us what songs we would love to see performed. They are never going to please all of us as there are so many songs and I tried to do a setlist and found it so difficult. I really hope Chris and Neil really enjoy these concerts and hope they consider doing a full on tour with perhaps songs being changed each night for the encore but this might not be possible with programming and visuals.

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#131 Post by eastendboy »

It’s just great after 40 years that there is a still big demand and they haven’t gone down the dumper. I do think there might either be a new b side competition released next year and new music later next year.

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#132 Post by Posh Boy »

Burn, please.
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#133 Post by NotInvisible »

I don't know if the fanbase will ever recover if they don't do Miserablism, I Get Excited and Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend.

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#134 Post by Whosematchesarethose »

NotInvisible wrote: Mon 24 Nov 2025, 9:38 pm I don't know if the fanbase will ever recover if they don't do Miserablism, I Get Excited and Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend.
Agreed!

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#135 Post by CafePicasso »

Whosematchesarethose wrote: Tue 25 Nov 2025, 7:21 am
NotInvisible wrote: Mon 24 Nov 2025, 9:38 pm I don't know if the fanbase will ever recover if they don't do Miserablism, I Get Excited and Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend.
Agreed!
Agreed!

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