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.
‘Was It Worth It?’ is released as a single.
The Pet Shop Boys perform the first of two shows in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which are filmed for the DiscoVery concert video.
They bring their Pandemonium Tour to Hamburg, Germany.
The Boys play a one-hour set at the fifteenth anniversary celebration of MSN (formerly The Microsoft Network) at London’s Heaven nightclub.
Neil, Chris, and journalist Chris Heath together attend the Bananarama ‘Original Lineup’ show this evening in London.
They conclude the Latin American leg of their Dreamworld Tour with what they subsequently describe as a ‘fantastic night’ in Bogotá, Colombia.