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coufy wrote: Tue 13 Jun 2023, 7:15 pm




New merch: bottle, windstopper, new print (no 2022 print available), new t-shirt

DopeFiend wrote: Wed 14 Jun 2023, 2:21 pm A better image of the black clothing item, which is apparently a windbreaker.


By the way, why isn't this stuff available on the website? Get onto it, PSB MGMT.

As for my opinions... The merch isn't fantastic and for the most part it comes down to the name of the tour.
Dreamworld. It's literally named after a theme park of the same name. Did they not think that through?
Naming a song after a theme park (Luna Park comes to mind) is fine, but naming a whole tour after it is moronic.
If I walk around wearing "DREAMWORLD" people are going to think I'm advertising the actual famous theme park called Dreamworld in the Goldcoast in Australia.
As most of us know, the lyric and name of the song came from Olly Alexander telling Neil he was just at the amusement park.
To then name a song and a tour directly after the name of the actual amusement park, in my opinion is questionable.
I won't wear "Dreamworld" because it's the name of something that already exists.
It's like if PSB called their tour Netflix and expect us to parade around wearing the word as if people will know we mean the PSB tour and not the much larger thing associated with the word.
(By the way I've been to both Dreamland and Dreamworld in real life. Dreamland being an EDM music event held at Luna Park)

coufy wrote: Tue 13 Jun 2023, 7:15 pm




New merch: bottle, windstopper, new print (no 2022 print available), new t-shirt

DopeFiend wrote: Wed 14 Jun 2023, 2:21 pm (By the way I've been to both Dreamland and Dreamworld in real life. Dreamland being an EDM music event held at Luna Park)

Dog wrote: Wed 14 Jun 2023, 1:29 pm A fantastic night in Rome last night. Just a couple of hours before start time and torrential rain and a huge thunderstorm made a cancellation look likely, given Auditorium Parco Della Musica is open air. As I had flown out from the UK this was a worrying prospect. But thankfully the skies eventually cleared with just a small amount of rain persisting through the concert. New merchandise was debuted which others have flagged. I spotted the colourful lithograph, water bottle, black rain jacket and T-shirt. I expect we will see some of these new additions available through the official store soon. I thought there may also be some Smash themed items but that is not the case.

The Auditorium is a stunning venue. It was smaller than I had imagined and it actually felt like quite an intimate concert. The security team were asking everyone to stay seated downstairs, but come Opportunities there was a sudden rush to the barrier and I managed to secure a great spot.

This was the first return of the full Dreamworld show for 2023, so it was brilliant to hear tracks like Single-bilingual, Monkey business and What have I done to deserve this? again. I had actually forgotten some of the setlist. Paninaro was a highlight, with Italian voices shouting for it from early on - it got a great reaction. The visuals of Chris’s coat and glasses from the original video clip worked well.

Neil took a tumble during New York City boy but was back on his feet again quickly, lucky not to have hurt himself too badly. It was enough for him to reference it once the song was over. I’ve not known this happen before; it’s clearly a hazard of the job.

I’ve shared some pics on the podcast Twitter feed: @indepthPSBpod