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.
At the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards show this evening in Los Angeles, Liza Minnelli is one of several artists who receive the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ‘Living Legends’ Award. Just before she is presented with the award, Liza performs ‘Losing My Mind’ as produced by the Pet Shop Boys.
Neil records the vocals for ‘Home’ (which will later become ‘Here’), after which he goes jogging while Chris continues work on the instrumental backing.
The Boys spend the whole day working on ‘Memory of the Future,’ including the recording of a new vocal by Neil.
This evening they bring the Super Tour to Glasgow, Scotland.
Frances Barber wins ‘Best Lead Performance in a Musical’ at the Off West End Theatre Awards (the ‘Offies’) for her role as Billie Trix in the PSB-composed show Musik.