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Discovery: Live in Rio 1994
Discovery: Live in Rio 1994 is the fourth live album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 30 April 2021 by Parlophone. It was recorded in December 1994 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of the Discovery Tour. It was originally released as a concert film on VHS and LaserDisc in 1995, before being reissued in its original standard-definition video format on DVD alongside the live album in 2021.
In 1994, Pet Shop Boys accepted an offer to tour Latin America and also booked dates in Singapore and Australia—all places they had never been before. The Discovery Tour, from 26 October to 12 December 1994, followed the remix album Disco 2, released in September, and the 1993 studio album Very, which they had not promoted with a tour at the time. The name "Discovery" was a combination of "disco" and "very". Their time in South America influenced the sound of their subsequent studio album, Bilingual (1996). The performance at the Metropolitan in Rio de Janeiro on 11 December 1994 was filmed by a local television crew and directed by Roberto Berliner as a TV Zero Brasil and Picture Music International presentation.
As a change from the structured, theatrical productions of the Pet Shop Boys' tours in 1989 and 1991, the Discovery Tour was more free-spirited, with a party atmosphere. The inspiration for the show came from The Sound Factory Bar in New York City, where the duo had seen dancers performing with live samba drummers. The Discovery Tour ensemble included vocalist Katie Kissoon; two percussionists, Liliana Chacian and Oli Saville; and four go-go dancers: Mirelle Diaz, Nicole Niciotis, Flavio Cecchetto, and Paulo Henrique. Go-go dancers were chosen because they had a more natural style than professionally trained dancers and could encourage the audience to join in. Choreographer Les Child joined the dancers in drag for the songs "Domino Dancing" (1988) and "West End Girls" (1985).
The set list featured mainly uplifting songs that suited the Latin percussion. Six tracks from Very were included, along with familiar selections from earlier in their career. Pet Shop Boys covered two recent Eurodance hits in mashups with their own songs: Culture Beat's "Mr. Vain" (1993) was paired with "One in a Million" (1993) from Very, and Katie Kissoon sang Corona's "The Rhythm of the Night" (1993) in a medley with the 1988 single "Left to My Own Devices". Kissoon also sang Gloria Gaynor's disco classic "I Will Survive" (1978) as a prelude to "It's a Sin" (1987). The duo played a full cover version of "Girls & Boys" (1994) by Blur which they had remixed earlier that year. Their recent charity single "Absolutely Fabulous" (1994) was played in sync with clips of Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley saying lines from the television show.
An acoustic set, with Neil Tennant on guitar, was composed of early singles "Rent" (1987) and "Suburbia" (1986). Tennant described the interlude as what Pet Shop Boys might sound like if they were invited on MTV Unplugged. Chris Lowe took centre stage to perform a new version of his 1986 B-side "Paninaro" with additional lyrics.
For the encore, the ensemble returned, wearing silver pointy hats encircled with rings of light, and played their hit single "Go West" (1993). After a brief reprise of the music, Tennant introduced the performers and then joined Lowe for the final song, "Being Boring" (1990). In the film, the 1959 song "Together (Wherever We Go)", performed by Ethel Merman, was used over the end credits.
Tennant described the tour as a "costume greatest hits", featuring looks from past productions, such as the moptop wigs from the music video of "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" (1993) and white costumes with fezzes from the "Absolutely Fabulous" video. The red papal robes worn by Tennant for "It's a Sin" were originally designed by Annie Symonds for their 1989 tour. The pointy hats in the finale were patterned after those from the video for "Can You Forgive Her?" (1993). The hats also featured in the set design in the form of two cone-shaped cages. The stage had a raised platform in the back for the percussionists and a flight of lighted stairs for entrances.
Derek Jarman's projections, created for the 1989 tour, were used for the songs "Domino Dancing", "Paninaro", "King's Cross" (1987), and "It's a Sin". Howard Greenhalgh created additional footage based on his music videos for "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing", "Can You Forgive Her?", "Go West", and "Liberation" (1993). Footage from the videos for "Absolutely Fabulous", by Greenhalgh and Bob Spiers, and "Being Boring", by Bruce Weber, were also shown.
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Discovery: Live in Rio 1994
Discovery: Live in Rio 1994 is the fourth live album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 30 April 2021 by Parlophone. It was recorded in December 1994 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of the Discovery Tour. It was originally released as a concert film on VHS and LaserDisc in 1995, before being reissued in its original standard-definition video format on DVD alongside the live album in 2021.
In 1994, Pet Shop Boys accepted an offer to tour Latin America and also booked dates in Singapore and Australia—all places they had never been before. The Discovery Tour, from 26 October to 12 December 1994, followed the remix album Disco 2, released in September, and the 1993 studio album Very, which they had not promoted with a tour at the time. The name "Discovery" was a combination of "disco" and "very". Their time in South America influenced the sound of their subsequent studio album, Bilingual (1996). The performance at the Metropolitan in Rio de Janeiro on 11 December 1994 was filmed by a local television crew and directed by Roberto Berliner as a TV Zero Brasil and Picture Music International presentation.
As a change from the structured, theatrical productions of the Pet Shop Boys' tours in 1989 and 1991, the Discovery Tour was more free-spirited, with a party atmosphere. The inspiration for the show came from The Sound Factory Bar in New York City, where the duo had seen dancers performing with live samba drummers. The Discovery Tour ensemble included vocalist Katie Kissoon; two percussionists, Liliana Chacian and Oli Saville; and four go-go dancers: Mirelle Diaz, Nicole Niciotis, Flavio Cecchetto, and Paulo Henrique. Go-go dancers were chosen because they had a more natural style than professionally trained dancers and could encourage the audience to join in. Choreographer Les Child joined the dancers in drag for the songs "Domino Dancing" (1988) and "West End Girls" (1985).
The set list featured mainly uplifting songs that suited the Latin percussion. Six tracks from Very were included, along with familiar selections from earlier in their career. Pet Shop Boys covered two recent Eurodance hits in mashups with their own songs: Culture Beat's "Mr. Vain" (1993) was paired with "One in a Million" (1993) from Very, and Katie Kissoon sang Corona's "The Rhythm of the Night" (1993) in a medley with the 1988 single "Left to My Own Devices". Kissoon also sang Gloria Gaynor's disco classic "I Will Survive" (1978) as a prelude to "It's a Sin" (1987). The duo played a full cover version of "Girls & Boys" (1994) by Blur which they had remixed earlier that year. Their recent charity single "Absolutely Fabulous" (1994) was played in sync with clips of Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley saying lines from the television show.
An acoustic set, with Neil Tennant on guitar, was composed of early singles "Rent" (1987) and "Suburbia" (1986). Tennant described the interlude as what Pet Shop Boys might sound like if they were invited on MTV Unplugged. Chris Lowe took centre stage to perform a new version of his 1986 B-side "Paninaro" with additional lyrics.
For the encore, the ensemble returned, wearing silver pointy hats encircled with rings of light, and played their hit single "Go West" (1993). After a brief reprise of the music, Tennant introduced the performers and then joined Lowe for the final song, "Being Boring" (1990). In the film, the 1959 song "Together (Wherever We Go)", performed by Ethel Merman, was used over the end credits.
Tennant described the tour as a "costume greatest hits", featuring looks from past productions, such as the moptop wigs from the music video of "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" (1993) and white costumes with fezzes from the "Absolutely Fabulous" video. The red papal robes worn by Tennant for "It's a Sin" were originally designed by Annie Symonds for their 1989 tour. The pointy hats in the finale were patterned after those from the video for "Can You Forgive Her?" (1993). The hats also featured in the set design in the form of two cone-shaped cages. The stage had a raised platform in the back for the percussionists and a flight of lighted stairs for entrances.
Derek Jarman's projections, created for the 1989 tour, were used for the songs "Domino Dancing", "Paninaro", "King's Cross" (1987), and "It's a Sin". Howard Greenhalgh created additional footage based on his music videos for "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing", "Can You Forgive Her?", "Go West", and "Liberation" (1993). Footage from the videos for "Absolutely Fabulous", by Greenhalgh and Bob Spiers, and "Being Boring", by Bruce Weber, were also shown.