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.
‘Please Please Me’—one of the few songs with the distinction of being mentioned in a PSB lyric (‘Nothing Has Been Proved’)—is released in the U.K. as the Beatles’ second single.
BPI awards a U.K. gold record to Disco and a platinum album to Please.
The Boys begin recording ‘Memory of the Future,’ the first track they’re working on with Andrew Dawson, the co-producer of their next album.
Using a musical idea that Neil had recently sung into his cellphone, the Boys begin work on a new track titled ‘You Are the One’ (soon to be retitled ‘The One I Want,’ though it will eventually revert to its original title), which they will continue to develop over the next few days.