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.
Neil is suffering from a bad cold but nevertheless decides to record the vocals for ‘Electricity.’
The Boys begin writing ‘Tomorrow,’ which will ultimately become ‘Always.’
Neil and Chris are guests on The Jonathan Ross Show on BBC Radio 2.
The Pet Shop Boys, nominated for a 2007 GLAAD Media Award as ‘Outstanding Musical Artist,’ lose out to the Scissor Sisters.
They attend the press night for the revamped production of their ballet The Most Incredible Thing.
The ‘PSB world’ is in full-on promo mode for the album Super, which at this point will be released in less than a week. Today an interview with the Boys appears in London’s The Sunday Times.