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.
The Pet Shop Boys’ second live concert appearance occurs in Brussels. They mime to three songs (‘One More Chance,’ ‘Opportunities,’ and ‘West End Girls’) to what Neil later describes as ‘an audience of complete indifference.’
The Boys tape An Audience with Elton John, where they duet with him on ‘Believe’ and ‘A Song for Guy.’
They perform in Chicago—their third show at the Chicago Theatre, the previous two having been in April 1991 and October 2006.
At Chris’s home in London, he and Neil work on a cover version of ‘Last to Die,’ a song written by Bruce Springsteen.
The Electric Tour comes to Atlanta, Georgia.
With very little advance notice, the Boys perform a ‘warm-up show’ this evening at 229 The Venue in London in preparation for their headlining concert the following evening in Hyde Park.