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 perform in Toronto, the next-to-last stop on the North American portion of their Performance tour.
At the request of Norwegian singer Sondre Lerche, Neil and Chris record a demo of a song he’s written, ‘Dancing in the Dusk.’ That evening they attend a Rufus Wainwright concert.
The ‘I’m with Stupid’ video, featuring David Walliams and Matt Lucas of Little Britain, debuts on U.K. Channel 4.
2008: Neil attends the Anders Trentemøller show at the London Forum.
The Boys work on the tracks ‘Everything Means Something’ and ‘Axis.’
Distribution begins of the official PSB publication Annually 2023, including its bonus four-track CD Lost. On this same day, the songs from Lost become available as digital downloads and on streaming services.