Photo Gallery: Pet Shop Boys + New Order @ Rogers Arena, Vancouver – October 16th 2022

Full photo gallery of English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys and opening act the iconic New Order performing at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC, Canada on October 16th, 2022.

This was the first time I have seen either of these bands live and it was a refreshing experience on both fronts.

Hearing New Order performing ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ sent chills down my spine. The group was tight and cohesive and just enjoying every minute of their own performance. I was left in awe.

I wasn’t ever into the bouncy, surreal stylings of Pet Shop Boys but hearing them play ‘Losing My Mind’ and ‘West End Girls’ left it near impossible to stop your toes from tapping and the rhythm to take over. They were artsy to a degree, but much like New Order, they were having fun on their end, which spread through the crowd.

This was just a simply a good time out.

Pet Shop Boys setlist

Suburbia (Love Comes Quickly tease)
Can You Forgive Her?
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)
Rent
I Don’t Know What You Want but I Can’t Give It Any More
So Hard
Left to My Own Devices
Domino Dancing
Love Comes Quickly
Losing My Mind (Stephen Sondheim cover)
You Were Always on My Mind (Gwen McCrae cover)
Dreamland
Heart
It’s Alright (Sterling Void cover)
Vocal
It’s a Sin

Encore:
West End Girls (from Mariupol to Kyiv Station)
Being Boring

New Order setlist

Regret
Age of Consent
Ceremony
Your Silent Face
As It Is When It Was (First live performance since 1993)
Sub-culture
Bizarre Love Triangle
Vanishing Point
Plastic
True Faith
Blue Monday
Temptation

Encore:
Atmosphere (Joy Division cover)
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover)