Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live is a worldwide concert tour by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Billed by the group as their "first ever Greatest Hits tour", Dreamworld was originally announced on 11 September 2019, to take place in arenas across the United Kingdom from May to June 2020. The dates were postponed several times as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour ultimately began on 10 May 2022, at Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan.
The tour included stops at Glastonbury Festival in 2022 and the Primavera Sound festivals in Barcelona, Madrid and Porto in June 2023, as well as its Latin American counterparts in November and December 2023. A five-night residency was held at the Royal Opera House in London in July 2024. Dreamworld continued in Europe in the summer of 2025 and visited Japan in January 2026. Additional concerts in 2026 include the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile and the Lytham Festival in the UK.
In 2023, Pet Shop Boys released Smash: The Singles 1985–2020, a greatest hits album inspired by the tour. A film recording of the tour's stop in Copenhagen premiered in cinemas worldwide in January and February 2024, under the title Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at the Royal Arena Copenhagen.
Background and itinerary On 11 September 2019, Pet Shop Boys announced their first-ever greatest hits tour, "Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live", with seven dates in arenas throughout the United Kingdom, beginning on 28 May 2020 at London's The O2 Arena and ending on 6 June at Glasgow's SSE Hydro. On 14 November 2019, with the announcement of the duo's fourteenth album Hotspot, more tour dates were revealed, with the tour now scheduled to begin on 1 May at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin and end on 19 June at the OverOslo festival in Oslo. However, on 8 April 2020, Pet Shop Boys announced that the United Kingdom dates would be rescheduled to May and June 2021, following government advice as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 3 February 2021, the Pet Shop Boys rescheduled the tour again, this time to begin on 13 May 2022 at Vienna's Gasometer and end on 15 June 2022 in Stockholm's Ericsson Globe. On 19 October 2021, six more dates were added, including the first show on 10 May 2022 in Milan's Teatro degli Arcimboldi and a tentative end date on 6 July 2022 at Budapest Park. Finally, on 4 March 2022, the Pet Shop Boys announced the final show of the first leg, taking place on 16 July 2022 at the Gran Canaria Arena in the Canary Islands.
Pet Shop Boys performed Dreamworld at Glastonbury Festival 2022 on 26 June, with Olly Alexander of Years & Years joining the band onstage for their collaboration "Dreamland".
In September and October 2022, Pet Shop Boys co-headlined the Unity Tour in North America with New Order.
The Dreamworld tour resumed on 31 December 2022, headlining Edinburgh's Hogmanay Concert in the Gardens. Pet Shop Boys performed Dreamworld at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Madrid and Porto in June 2023, including free sideshows at the 2,900-capacity Sala Apolo in Barcelona and 1,550-capacity Joy Eslava in Madrid. The tour continued through the United Kingdom and Europe from 13 June to 9 July, from Rome to Gothenburg.
The tour visited Latin America from 19 November 2023 to 10 December 2023. It began at the Corona Capital festival in Mexico City and ended at the "Road to Primavera Sound" event in Bogotá after the original festival was cancelled and downsized.
The tour was further scheduled to continue in 2024, with a United Kingdom run from 4 to 11 June and a European run from 26 June to 6 July. The band's 11 June concert in Belfast was their first there since 1991. In July, they played a five-night residency at the Royal Opera House in London. On 22 July, the duo announced a standalone show on 6 September in Blackpool, performing at Funny Girls cabaret bar for the first time in their 43-year career. The concert was 'an intimate performance' intended as a warm-up for their subsequent appearance at the thirteenth iteration of Radio 2 in the Park, as headliners of the event's final night on 8 September 2024.
In the summer of 2025, Dreamworld carried on with festival stops in Europe, including both the Lisbon and Madrid sites of Kalorama, and four concerts in the UK, concluding at Warwick Castle at the end of August. The tour made its first visit to Japan in January 2026, with dates in Tokyo and Kobe. Pet Shop Boys were also scheduled to headline the rockin' on sonic festival in Chiba, Japan, but were forced to cancel when Tennant became ill. In February 2026, the duo performed at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile, where they received the Gaviota de Plata (Silver Seagull) and Gaviota de Oro (Gold Seagull) audience awards. The tour returns to Europe for more shows in the summer of 2026, including a headline appearance at the Lytham Festival in Lancashire, England, in July.
Concert synopsis The concert begins with the 1986 single "Suburbia" as Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe stand onstage between two streetlight props, both sporting tuning fork headwear. Behind the duo is a screen displaying moving images for each song. In between "Can You Forgive Her?" and "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", Tennant removes his tuning fork mask. During the instrumental intro of "Left to My Own Devices", the streetlights are removed and the screen is lifted, revealing the backing band for the first time. Lowe unmasks himself and moves to a new elevated platform that was previously hidden behind the screen, while Tennant changes costumes. Before "Dreamland", Tennant and Lowe change costumes again, sporting silver overcoats. Throughout the concert, Tennant explains the origins of the songs on the set list, such as telling a story of how "Domino Dancing" came from a friend's victory dance after playing dominoes in Saint Lucia. The main set ends with "It's a Sin".
For the encore of "West End Girls" and "Being Boring", Tennant changes into a black trench coat while Lowe wears his own "Boy" brand baseball cap, as a nod to the duo's trademark look during the 1980s.
Concert film The concert film Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at the Royal Arena Copenhagen was filmed using footage from the tour's 7 July 2023 date at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen. It was directed by David Barnard and recorded in 4K resolution by 14 different cameras. It was released through Trafalgar Releasing. It was screened globally in theatres on 31 January and 4 February 2024.
It was released on Blu-ray disc on 27 February 2026, following a legal dispute which delayed the release and prompted the track "Go West" to be edited out of the film.
Set lists The following set lists are from the shows in Hull (31 May 2022), Brighton (26 June 2023), Manchester (9 June 2024), Seville (17 June 2025), and Santiago (27 February 2026). They are not intended to represent all shows of the tour.
In 2024, three songs from the new album Nonetheless were included. In 2025 and early 2026, the Village People cover "Go West" was not played due to a legal dispute. The song was restored to the set list in the summer of 2026.
Tour dates +List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venueDateCityCountryVenueLeg #1 – Europe10 May 2022MilanItalyTeatro degli Arcimboldi12 May 2022ViennaAustriaPlanet.tt Bank Austria Halle14 May 2022MunichGermanyOlympiahalle15 May 2022ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion17 May 2022BrusselsBelgiumVorst Nationaal18 May 2022AmsterdamNetherlandsAFAS Live20 May 2022ManchesterEnglandAO Arena22 May 2022LondonThe O2 Arena24 May 2022CardiffWalesMotorpoint Arena Cardiff25 May 2022BournemouthEnglandBournemouth International Centre27 May 2022NewcastleUtilita Arena Newcastle28 May 2022BirminghamResorts World Arena29 May 2022GlasgowScotlandOVO Hydro31 May 2022HullEnglandBonus Arena2 June 2022KværndrupDenmarkHeartland Festival4 June 2022OberhausenGermanyRudolf Weber-Arena5 June 2022HamburgBarclays Arena7 June 2022LeipzigQUARTERBACK Immobilien ARENA8 June 2022PragueCzech RepublicForum Karlín10 June 2022StuttgartGermanyPorsche-Arena11 June 2022BerlinMercedes-Benz Arena15 June 2022StockholmSwedenAvicii Arena17 June 2022OsloNorwayOverOslo Festival19 June 2022FrankfurtGermanyJahrhunderthalle22 June 2022CorkIrelandLive at the Marquee24 June 2022LondonEnglandElectric Ballroom26 June 2022GlastonburyGlastonbury Festival30 June 2022AthensGreeceRelease Athens6 July 2022BudapestHungaryBudapest Park9 July 2022BilbaoSpainBilbao BBK Live14 July 2022TenerifeCampo De Fútbol El Peñón16 July 2022Gran CanariaGran Canaria ArenaLeg #2 – Europe31 December 2022EdinburghScotlandPrinces Street Gardens31 May 2023BarcelonaSpainParc del Fòrum4 June 2023Sala Apolo6 June 2023MadridJoy Eslava7 June 2023Estadio Metropolitano9 June 2023PortoPortugalParque da Cidade13 June 2023RomeItalyParco della Musica15 June 2023ParisFranceL'Olympia17 June 2023LondonEnglandOVO Arena Wembley19 June 2023DublinIreland3Arena21 June 2023AberdeenScotlandP&J Live23 June 2023LiverpoolEnglandM&S Bank Arena24 June 2023LeedsFirst Direct Arena26 June 2023BrightonBrighton Centre28 June 2023CornwallEden Project1 July 2023CologneGermanyLanxess Arena4 July 2023HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Ice Hall7 July 2023CopenhagenDenmarkRoyal Arena9 July 2023GothenburgSwedenScandinaviumLeg #3 – Latin America19 November 2023Mexico CityMexicoCorona Capital20 November 2023Teatro Metropólitan26 November 2023Buenos AiresArgentinaParque Sarmiento29 November 2023SantiagoChileMovistar Arena2 December 2023São PauloBrazilAutódromo de Interlagos4 December 2023Audio7 December 2023LimaPeruMultiespacio Costa 219 December 2023BogotáColombiaMovistar ArenaLeg #4 – Europe26 May 2024LondonEnglandKOKO31 May 2024Santiago de CompostelaSpainO Son do Camiño4 June 2024GlasgowScotlandOVO Hydro6 June 2024NottinghamEnglandMotorpoint Arena Nottingham8 June 2024BirminghamUtilita Arena Birmingham9 June 2024ManchesterCo-op Live11 June 2024BelfastNorthern IrelandSSE Arena15 June 2024CalviàSpainMallorca Live Festival22 June 2024NewportEnglandIsle of Wight Festival26 June 2024AmsterdamNetherlandsAFAS Live28 June 2024MannheimGermanySAP Arena29 June 2024HanoverZAG-Arena1 July 2024PragueCzech RepublicO2 Universum3 July 2024WarsawPolandArena COS Torwar6 July 2024BerlinGermanyUber Arena13 July 2024BarcelonaSpainCruïlla Festival18 July 2024PoriFinlandPori Jazz23 July 2024LondonEnglandRoyal Opera House24 July 202425 July 202426 July 202427 July 20246 September 2024BlackpoolFunny Girls8 September 2024PrestonRadio 2 in the ParkLeg #5 – Europe17 June 2025SevilleSpainIcónica Sevilla Fest19 June 2025LisbonPortugalKalorama Festival21 June 2025MadridSpain16 July 2025MarbellaStarlite Occident Festival20 July 2025LuccaItalyLucca Summer Festival25 July 2025BenidormSpainLow Festival31 July 2025CardiffWalesCardiff Castle2 August 2025LokerenBelgiumLokerse Feesten9 August 2025GothenburgSwedenWay Out West14 August 2025SandringhamEnglandRoyal Sandringham Estate16 August 2025DurhamHardwick Festival30 August 2025WarwickWarwick CastleLeg #6 – Asia6 January 2026TokyoJapanTokyo Garden Theater9 January 2026KobeWorld Memorial HallLeg #7 – Latin America23 February 2026Viña del MarChileViña del Mar International Song Festival27 February 2026SantiagoMovistar Arena28 February 2026Teatro Caupolicán3 March 2026São PauloBrazilSuhai Music HallLeg #8 – Europe20 June 2026TarantoItalyMedimex Festival24 June 2026IstanbulTurkeyBlind Fest27 June 2026AthensGreeceRelease Athens1 July 2026ParisFranceZénith Paris4 July 2026Lytham St AnnesEnglandLytham Festival7 July 2026MantuaItalyMantova Summer Festival10 July 2026MönchengladbachGermanySparkassenPark11 July 2026BerlinWaldbühne23 July 2026ValenciaSpainRoig Arena25 July 2026SantanderMagdalena en Vivo Festival20 August 2026OsloNorwayUnity Arena22 August 2026EsbjergDenmarkSuset Festival
Cancelled dates