Prague, Czech Republic

Erfurt, Germany

In June, the Pet Shop Boys announce the initial stages of their world tour in eight years. After a one-off show headlining the dance festival Creamfields on August 28, the tour began in America in the second half of October and visited the US, Germany, the Czech Republic, Britain and Eire before Christmas. The set and show was designed by the celebrated architect Zaha Hadid, who they have asked to design a show with modular structure which could fit in venues of different sizes. "She came up with the idea of having a structure that actually changes during the course of the show itself, and the backing singers we have actually are involved in making the set changes. Cast was follow.

Musical Director: Peter Schwartz
Vocals: Sylvia Mason-James
Vocals: Keith Fluitt, L. Steve Abram, John James, Billy Cliff
Percussion: Danny Cummings
Tour Manager: James Monkman
Production manager: Fred Brietfelder
Show stage manager and head carpenter: Tony Gittins
Assistant: Sharon Ashley
Lighting director: Jon Pollack
Sound/FOH Engineer: Adrian Barnard
Musical director's technician: DJ Howes
Percussion technician: Ben Adams
Monitor engineer: John Shearman
Personal assistant to Pet Shop Boys: Dainton Connell
Hair/wigs: Chrissie Turner
Make-up: Ailbhe Lemass
Wardrobe: Jeffrey Bryant, Consuelo Balduzzi
Set design: Zaha Hadid
Project Architect: Oliver Domeisen at Zaha Hadid
Design team: Bergendy Cooke, Jee-Eun Lee, Christos Passas, Caroline Voet, Susann Schweizer, Thomas Knuvener at Zaha Hadid
Costume designer/staging consultant: Ian MacNeil
Assistant costume designer: Paul Minter
Costume design assistant: Michael Weldon
Lighting designer: Marc Brickman
Vocal arranger: Danny Madden
Choreographer: Dennis O'Connor
Choreographer for 'New York City boy': Scott Shettlerow
Projection: Chris Bird/Ben Whittam-Smith at Notting Hill Publishing. Film for 'Young Offender' from the feature film 'Crush Proof' directed by Paul Tickell.
Management: Mitch Clark assisted by Caitlin Gibbons at MCCL
US and Canadian management: Merck Mercuriadis assisted by Paul Dando at Sanctuary Music Group
Sound/Audio service: Bryan Grant at Britannia Row Productions
Lighting services: LSD
Equipment: Jez Bottom at Digital Village, Nick Harris at Fx Rentals, Freddo at Technical Earth, Nick Bruce-Smith at Hand Held Audio, Roland UK, Zildjen, Latin Percussion.