Watch Pet Store Boys’ Neil Tennant be part of Johnny Marr to cowl David Bowie and Digital in London
Johnny Marr was joined on stage by Pet Store Boys’ Neil Tennant at London’s Eventim Apollo final evening (April 12) – try footage from the present beneath.
Marr’s The Spirit Energy Tour arrived on the Hammersmith venue, and welcomed Tennant on the finish of the set for covers of David Bowie’s ‘Insurgent Insurgent’ and Digital’s ‘Getting Away With It’, a tune on which Tennant himself sang the unique lead vocals.
“Nicely, seeing that it looks like a special day for Johnny boy and all, I’m gonna invite somebody as much as come and sing with us tonight,” Marr stated from the stage. “Somebody I’ve had the pleasure of working with for 30 years now, within the studio and on the stage. Please welcome, from Pet Store Boys, Neil Tennant.”
Watch fan-captured footage of the collaborations beneath:
Tonight, @Johnny_Marr was joined onstage on the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith by Neil Tennant of @petshopboys for a canopy of Bowie’s Insurgent Insurgent and the Digital basic Getting Away With It! 😍 pic.twitter.com/uFSuZD0bEL
— Radio X (@RadioX) April 12, 2024
Superb @Johnny_Marr final evening @EventimApollo, particular visitor look from Neil Tennant additionally – large thanks @MurrayBarnett 🍻 🎶 #JohnnyMarr pic.twitter.com/XTpOgbz8Xq
— Jonathan Neill (@jonathanneill) April 13, 2024
Nice to see Neil Tennant at Johnny Marr’s gig final evening on the Hammersmith Apollo! What an amazing evening 😍@Johnny_Marr @EventimApollo Each such legends 👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/0DxA9HlNQx
— Hannah B (@SparklyHannahB) April 13, 2024
Enter Neil Tennant from @petshopboys for the gran finale with @Johnny_Marr , and we’re again in 1989. What an evening! @HamApollo pic.twitter.com/JmTLYUydPY
— Francesco Pacini (@DonChecco) April 13, 2024
Writing concerning the present on X/Twitter, Marr stated: “Friday evening in Hammersmith was a buzz. Thanks to my ace band and my pal Neil Tennant for Insurgent Insurgent and Getting Away With It. The privilege was mine.”
Friday evening in Hammersmith was a buzz. Thanks to my ace band and my pal Neil Tennant @petshopboys for Insurgent Insurgent and Getting Away With It. The privilege was mine. Pic @tommycfc7 and @PixelsManic pic.twitter.com/QBqen2CGdt
— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) April 12, 2024
Johnny Marr performed:
‘Sensory Avenue’
‘Panic’
‘Generate! Generate!’
‘Spirit Energy and Soul’
‘New City Velocity’
‘This Charming Man’
‘Someplace’
‘Stroll Into The Sea’
‘The Reply’
‘Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Need’
‘Cease Me If You Suppose You’ve Heard This One Earlier than’
‘Get the Message’
‘Bigmouth Strikes Once more’
‘Hello, Whats up’
‘How Quickly Is Now?’
‘Straightforward Cash’
‘Insurgent Insurgent (with Neil Tennant)’
‘Getting Away With It (with Neil Tennant)’
‘You Simply Haven’t Earned It But, Child’
‘There Is A Mild That By no means Goes Out’
The Spirit Energy Tour continues for 10 extra reveals, earlier than finally wrapping up in Nottingham’s Rock Metropolis on April 14. Find any tickets here.
Marr can also be set to play plenty of main reveals this summer season, together with opening for Noel Gallagher and the Excessive Flying Birds at Warwick Fortress, alongside The Waeve, on July 21 – get any remaining tickets here.
He can even be one of many help acts for Suede at a present that’s a part of the Heritage Reside live performance collection in Saffron Walden, Essex on August 1, alongside Nadine Shah. Tickets for that present are here.
Earlier this 12 months, Marr reacted to a video displaying The Smiths’ ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Need’ getting used at a Donald Trump rally. “Ahh…proper…OK. I by no means in 1,000,000 years would’ve thought this might come to cross. Think about this shit shut proper down proper now,” he wrote in a tweet.