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Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 4:18 am
by negative_0ne
psbfannyc wrote: Mon 10 Nov 2025, 9:33 pm
April, eh? Also when Literally will come out. And usually something else to promote. Perhaps an "Obscure Pet Shop Boys" release of some kind? Perhaps?
all their b-sides are already compiled...
even the most recent ones aren't hard to find on cds
or deluxe editions..
there might be some extra ones out there..
but couldn't see them releasing yet another compilation.
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this should be a one off tour..
(i won't be able to make it, but it would be cool)
there's no demand for it becoming a world tour,
which defeats the purpose.
but they should add some of these songs to the regular tour.
later
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Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 6:28 am
by oakey
popfreak wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 12:44 am
Im terrified I won't get a ticket. With a capacity of 1500 it means there are only going to be about 7500 tickets for us to fight over.
Although probably more like 7000 being as they will keep some for guest lists, competition winners and other freebies.
Apparently Nonetheless the album sold 22000 copies in the UK in the first week. I would say Obscure targets the same people, so the demand will be hughe indeed.
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 6:59 am
by telys
They probably already have the mixes ready for the live show which means they could be added onto a bonus cd with Annually.
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 7:20 am
by Patrick Bateman
Personally, I think they should have made some of these available to the hardcore fanbase who buy Annually every year. It's going to sell out anyway, so why not make some effort to do that? We all know loads of genuine fans will miss out on tickets and end up having to pay over the odds from scalpers.
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 7:34 am
by tottenhammattspurs
oakey wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 6:28 am
popfreak wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 12:44 am
Im terrified I won't get a ticket. With a capacity of 1500 it means there are only going to be about 7500 tickets for us to fight over.
Although probably more like 7000 being as they will keep some for guest lists, competition winners and other freebies.
Apparently Nonetheless the album sold 22000 copies in the UK in the first week. I would say Obscure targets the same people, so the demand will be hughe indeed.
Those 22000 units consisted of 47 different vinyl variants so it’s only actually the remaining 87 fans in the country
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 11:15 am
by oakey
tottenhammattspurs wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 7:34 am
oakey wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 6:28 am
popfreak wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 12:44 am
Im terrified I won't get a ticket. With a capacity of 1500 it means there are only going to be about 7500 tickets for us to fight over.
Although probably more like 7000 being as they will keep some for guest lists, competition winners and other freebies.
Apparently Nonetheless the album sold 22000 copies in the UK in the first week. I would say Obscure targets the same people, so the demand will be hughe indeed.
Those 22000 units consisted of 47 different vinyl variants so it’s only actually the remaining 87 fans in the country
BTW: I think they can play anything that's not on Smash (ie for me that would qualify as a deep cut). Personal favourites that they rarely (or never) play
In the night
Why don't we live together
One more chance
I'm not scared
Only the wind
The Theatre
I want a dog
Music for boys
Shameless
Euroboy
Decide
The survivors
To step aside
For your own good
Truck driver and his mate
Burn
A third B-sides collection 2009-2026 called Obscure would be nice and not unexpected, given their continuity regarding the Disco and FL series
I do not hope for a very limited and too expensive annually CD
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 11:41 am
by jules
oakey wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 11:15 am
tottenhammattspurs wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 7:34 am
oakey wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 6:28 am
Apparently Nonetheless the album sold 22000 copies in the UK in the first week. I would say Obscure targets the same people, so the demand will be hughe indeed.
Those 22000 units consisted of 47 different vinyl variants so it’s only actually the remaining 87 fans in the country
BTW: I think they can play anything that's not on Smash (ie for me that would qualify as a deep cut). Personal favourites that they rarely (or never) play
In the night
Why don't we live together
One more chance
I'm not scared
Only the wind
The Theatre
I want a dog
Music for boys
Shameless
Euroboy
Decide
The survivors
To step aside
For your own good
Truck driver and his mate
Burn
A third B-sides collection 2009-2026 called Obscure would be nice and not unexpected, given their continuity regarding the Disco and FL series
I do not hope for a very limited and too expensive annually CD
There's too much songs they have already played live here.
They have to play more unheard songs.
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 12:09 pm
by Lleonard Pler
jules wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 11:41 am
oakey wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 11:15 am
tottenhammattspurs wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 7:34 am
Those 22000 units consisted of 47 different vinyl variants so it’s only actually the remaining 87 fans in the country
BTW: I think they can play anything that's not on Smash (ie for me that would qualify as a deep cut). Personal favourites that they rarely (or never) play
In the night
Why don't we live together
One more chance
I'm not scared
Only the wind
The Theatre
I want a dog
Music for boys
Shameless
Euroboy
Decide
The survivors
To step aside
For your own good
Truck driver and his mate
Burn
A third B-sides collection 2009-2026 called Obscure would be nice and not unexpected, given their continuity regarding the Disco and FL series
I do not hope for a very limited and too expensive annually CD
There's too much songs they have already played live here.
They have to play more unheard songs.
I wouldn't put my hopes too high. The press release states "many not perfomed live before", thus there will be plenty performed live already, too.
We all feel better in the dark will definitely be in the setlist, even if they played it on Performance. I can see it opening the Obscure shows, actually.
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 1:15 pm
by Gabby
tottenhammattspurs wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 7:34 am
oakey wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 6:28 am
popfreak wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 12:44 am
Im terrified I won't get a ticket. With a capacity of 1500 it means there are only going to be about 7500 tickets for us to fight over.
Although probably more like 7000 being as they will keep some for guest lists, competition winners and other freebies.
Apparently Nonetheless the album sold 22000 copies in the UK in the first week. I would say Obscure targets the same people, so the demand will be hughe indeed.
Those 22000 units consisted of 47 different vinyl variants so it’s only actually the remaining 87 fans in the country
You win the internet today!
It's a fair point though that many of those copies would have been duplicates for the completists among us, so that number is likely quite a bit lower.
**EDIT**
I asked ChatGPT for some answers and here's what I got - grains of salt thoroughly taken...
Here is the known sales data for the first week in the UK, broken down by format, which gives an idea of the relative numbers:
CDs: 10,815 units
Vinyl: 7,761 units
Cassettes: 527 units
Blu-ray discs: 1,218 units
Total first-week sales (all formats, including downloads/streaming equivalents): 22,419 units
Make of it what you will.
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 3:53 pm
by tottenhammattspurs
So CDs. With its two variants, outsold vinyl with its 6….
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 4:33 pm
by leesmapman
According to ChatGPT, so this might not be true....
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Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 4:34 pm
by Gabby
tottenhammattspurs wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 3:53 pm
So CDs. With its two variants, outsold vinyl with its 6….
Yeah the Zoetrope was limited to 4000 and sold out in about 48 hours, so that's most of them right there.
Did I mention the grain of salt?
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 4:38 pm
by Choliux
Strange that there hasn’t been an official email announcement from PSB. Maybe an email is coming with a special link or code.
Also, for what it is worth, ChatGPT says tickets go on sale Friday
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 4:42 pm
by oakey
Offtopic: Even though there is a vinyl hype going on, CDs still outsell vinyl records overall, although the gap is becoming smaller every year.
But let's wait for tomorrow's on the availability of Obscure tickets.
Re: Obscure Pet Shop Boys - New Live shows
Posted: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 4:43 pm
by oakey
Choliux wrote: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 4:38 pm
Strange that there hasn’t been an official email announcement from PSB. Maybe an email is coming with a special link or code.
Also, for what it is worth, ChatGPT says tickets go on sale Friday
LLMs always come up with an answer based on probability, and a Friday sale is most likely of course
