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.
A major fire breaks out at King’s Cross underground station in London, killing 31 people. Years later, people listening to the Pet Shop Boys song ‘King’s Cross,’ with its reference to ‘dead and wounded,’ will wrongly assume that it was inspired by this fire. In reality, the song had debuted on the album Actually a little more than two months earlier, back in September 1987.
The Boys are in the midst of a one-week break between the North American and European legs of their Nightlife Tour.
Having completed their North American Fundamental Tour, Chris and Neil are enjoying some time off in Mexico. This evening they attend a Morrissey concert in Monterrey at the same venue where they themselves had performed two nights before.