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.
‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’ peaks at #2 on the U.S. singles chart. On this same day, ‘I’m Not Scared,’ produced by PSB for Eighth Wonder, is released as a single in Europe.
The Boys record ‘Friendly Fire.’
Madonna’s new single, ‘Sorry,’ is released in the U.K. featuring the Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Maxi-Mix’ of the track.
Chris Lowe sits down over beers with Chris Heath at London’s Groucho Club for a lengthy evening interview that later appears in the May 2007 issue of the official PSB Fan Club magazine Literally.
Neil is interviewed on BBC Radio 2 by host Dermot O’Leary to discuss his ‘pre-PSB’ work at Smash Hits magazine.