For the “Dreamworld Tour” the British duo Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe had promised nothing less than their “Greatest Hits Live” – and from “Suburbia” to “Go West” to “It’s A Sin” everything was included, albeit at times in a somewhat slow-paced form of administration – as is appropriate for people in their mid-sixties. But maybe it’s just because dance pop in the 1980s and 1990s simply had a few beats per minute fewer than comparable material from the Utz-Utz-Utz modern era. In addition, Tennant and Lowe have not always been known for their active live presence, but rather for their stylish minimalism.
However, there was still a lot going on on the stage in the Bank Austria Hall in the Gasometer: above all, a dozen multi-directional light panels and fantastic wide-screen digital backdrops. And at least twice Chris Lowe even moved his left shoulder a few centimeters more than would have been absolutely necessary for his economical keyboard play…
Neil Tennant, once the stylish slender boy par excellence, now comes across as a gracefully matured British sir, routinely sipping his five o’clock tea from the finest china. And so, despite “Suburbia” and the U2 cover “Where The Streets Have No Names”, the evening got off to a leisurely start, certainly hampered by the notoriously muddy sound in the round hall of the Gasometer.
But over time, the music fought its way up to the level of the spectacular light show, and the fans got into more and more sweaty dancing. And with the anthemic “Go West” and the snappy early hit “It’s A Sin” from 1987 at the end, fans and Tennant were sweaty and happy. The first encore “West End Girls” turned into a downer in comparison, the short cooling phase was completed with “Being Boring”. But in the end it really wasn’t boring.
Source: Nachrichten
