July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
2000
Chris and Neil perform in Budapest, Hungary.
2001
The Boys announce the cancellation (officially a ‘postponement’) of their planned Wotapalava touring music festival.
2005
The Pet Shop Boys headline the Live 8 charity concert in Moscow.
2006
They bring their Fundamental Tour to Liverpool, England.
2009
They perform at the Old Ice Hall in Helsinki.
2010
Neil attends the opening of the ‘Room Divider’ exhibition at London’s Wilkinson Gallery in London. A demo portion of his and Chris’s new ballet score could be heard as part of the show. Neil asks them, in his own words, to ‘turn it up a bit.’
2011
The second PSB/Take That show at Wembley Stadium takes place tonight. This same evening sees the premiere episode of a new three-part documentary TV series on BBC2, Secrets of the Pop Song; Neil is among the participating commentators.
2012
The single ‘Winner’ gets its world premiere on Ken Bruce’s BBC Radio 2 show this morning.
2014
The Guardian reports that Neil has expressed his support for striking workers at Lambeth College in London by sending the University and College Union (UCU) a photo of him holding up a sign that reads ‘Lambeth UCU — Your fight is our fight.’
2015
After having spent the earlier part of the day in the studio with Stuart Price listening to tracks proposed for their next album (which hasn’t yet been titled Super), the Pet Shop Boys appear as the headline act this evening at House Festival 2015 in London’s Marble Hill Park.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com