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 and Chris are interviewed on Moscow’s ‘Radio Silver Rain’ two days before they’re scheduled to perform in concert at the city’s Luzhniki Stadium.
The Killers’ ‘Read My Mind,’ remixed by the Pet Shop Boys, is released as a single in the U.K.
The Boys bring their Super Tour this evening to the resort town of Bournemouth on the southern coast of England.
They announce on their website that they will be returning to London’s Royal Opera House for four Inner Sanctum shows in late July, repeating their sold-out four-night stand there of two years before.
The London listening bar Spiritland hosts a ‘Pet Shop Boys on 12-inch’ night.