The Super Tour is

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' 2016–2019 world tour in support of their album ''

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''. The tour started as a four-night residency entitled Inner Sanctum at the

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in London, and visited North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Concept

For the first time in many years, Pet Shop Boys have a full band playing with them onstage (mostly consisting of keyboardists, vocalists and percussionists).

Critical reception

Joe Lynch from ''

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'' described the New York City concert as "There was a stark white-and-black arcade game aesthetic, a picturesque sunset paired with smoky wide-beam lasers, concentric circles rendered in vibrant greens, blues and pinks, and glowing, multi-colored balloons at the close of the show."

Set list

The following setlist corresponds to their Berlin, Germany, concert on 1 December and reflects the typical setlist of the tour. The setlist includes 4 songs from the current album ''Super'', 3 songs from their albums ''Please'', ''Introspective'' and ''Electric'' each, 1 from ''Actually'', ''Very'', ''Bilingual'', ''Nightlife'', ''Release'', ''Fundamental'', ''Yes'' and ''Elysium'' each and 1 non-album song.

Tour dates

References

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