On April 22, the Pet Shop Boys musical Closer to Heaven is performed in London for the first time in fourteen years, in a sold-out month-long run at The Union Theatre. (It will return for a further five weeks beginning on October 21.). For this revival, at the Pet Shop Boys’ request, the musical’s original final number, “Positive role model”, is replaced by “Vocal”.
On August 15, the final date of the much-extended Electric tour – which began in March, 2013 – takes place at the Flow Festival in Helsinki. The tour has visited over forty countries.
On December 2, the Pet Shop Boys appear at MAMA – the Mnet Asian Music Awards – in Hong Kong. They are given the Worldwide Inspiration award and play a lengthy live medley, joined for their final two songs, “What have I done to deserve this?” and “Vocal”, by the K‑Pop artist f(x). At the organisers’ request, they wear the Electric tour straw jackets for, possibly, the final time.
‘Getting Away with It’ by Electronic, co-written by Neil (who also sings backup), is released as a single in the U.K.
The Boys appear on Argentine television, performing ‘Go West’ and ‘Suburbia.’
Currently in Denmark on their Super Tour, they perform the first of two consecutive nights’ shows at the Copenhagen Opera House, which Neil describes on their website as a ‘posh venue.’
For their second consecutive concert in São Paulo, the Boys perform at the Audio.