The posters adorned shopping malls,the videos blared from bus stop TVs,Radio stations churned out hit after hit,the posters advertised a "full band" show..

Pet Shop Boys play the City of Angels.Finally.
Fashionably late to the strains of Home and dry,Neil was in fine voice considering the is was show number fifty-something and the last night of the

"Release" world tour.The band were very relaxed and if this is the 'new'Pet Shop Boys,then I hope this show will return.A fresh new sound was injected to the old hits(Love comes quickly,Being boring,Domino dancing,Go west)and the new songs were well recieved by the euthusiastic Thai audience,and hey,even Pete Gleadall joined in on guitar on 'I get along'which turned into an arm waving singalong,the computer had to be restarted on 'London' when Neil forgot to turn his guitar on..so rock and roll..Chris was concerntrating throughout

and managed the occasional grin while Neil went about his trademark thigh-slapping and dancing,a highlight was the singalong to 'Streets/Can't take my eyes...',the latter being a huge techno favourite here in Thailand.The piano intro to 'Go west'was fantastic,'Sexy northerner'was thumpingly fabulous in an arena this size,and why it wasn't a single bemused me,but thats the Pet Shop Boys for you,and tonight we saw why this show deserves to run and run.

(Expect a possible few UK dates around Christmas I reckon)Kudos must also go to Dawne Adams on percussion and Bic Hayes who in true (almost)Pete Townsend fashion whacked up his guitar volume full and hung it on the Marshall speaker stack at the end of 'Go west'."Thank you for being an amazing audience Bangkok"an ecstatic and probably surprised Neil said before the last song.We've waited 16 years for this.Bangkok awaits your return boys!

SET LIST
Home and dry
Being boring
Red letter day
I get along
Love comes quickly
Domino dancing
London
Drunk
NYC boy
Always on my mind
Sexy northerner
Birthday boy
West end girls
Streets/Can't take my eyes..
Love is a catastrophe
Go west
Left to my own devices
Its a sin/band intrductions
Here

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DJ Patrick