Finally released on DVD after 26 years, DISCOVERY finds Neil and Chris playing to an enthusiastic audience at the Metropolitan Stadium, Rio de Janeiro. After the PERFORMANCE tour in 1991, their next one visited countries they had never played: Singapore, Australia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil.
The Pets wanted a less structured production: gone is the avant-garde theatricality of PERFORMANCE and they delivered a 'straight' stadium rock show, selecting mostly upbeat songs, and instead of the previous tour's dance ensemble, here they are accompanied by four go-go dancers, and Katie Kissoon on backing vocals.
Unsurprisingly the previous year's VERY fills up most of the set list with songs from PLEASE, ACTUALLY, INTROSPECTIVE and BEHAVIOUR also featured.
Hidden interpolated covers really pop - ONE IN A MILLION morphes into Culture Beat's MR VAIN while Corona's RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT bursts out of LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES!
Shelf or charity shop? A shelfer - it's taken long enough to get here! So happy this great show is finally available on DVD, after the dour PERFORMANCE it gives the Pets a chance to bring the party vibe helped by a loud and happy audience. As well as the great covers already mentioned, there is a hugely effective combination of IT'S A SIN and I WILL SURVIVE.
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