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Fittingly, on Saturday they performed in front of a stark backdrop of flight cases, a throwback to an age of rock dinosaurs. This made little difference to Lowe, impassive as ever behind his banks of keyboards, but dressed in black, Tennant prowled the stage with his acoustic guitar, dropping in those clichés of plugging the single and introducing the line-up, augmented by a drummer and two guitarists.

Such intimacy suited the world-weariness of current album Release, though the only recent number to match the Pet Shop Boys' majestic hits was a spangly disco version of B-side Sexy Northerner, slotting nicely between Always On My Mind and Where The Streets Have No Name, reinvigorated by new, raw arrangements.

With Lowe's synths still to the fore, the guitarists only made a difference with an astoundingly sinister take on West End Girls. Despite the serious rock trappings, The Pet Shop Boys were still playing roles in a theatrical show, though one that deserves to run and run.

Pet Shop Boys, Suggs And Carl