October 1959
Christopher Sean Lowe is born on October 4th in Blackpool, Lancashire.
History
On this day
1987
The Pet Shop Boys perform ‘It’s a Sin’ on Top of the Pops.
1994
Blur’s ‘Girls & Boys’ single, featuring the Pet Shop Boys’ radio edit remix, debuts on the U.S. singles chart, beginning a 15-week run that peaks at #59.
2009
The Boys perform in Berlin.
2010
Chris and Neil spend the afternoon and evening as attendees at the Glastonbury Festival, where they will perform the following evening. They watch a number of artists’ sets, including Willie Nelson (who sang, among other things, ‘Always On My Mind’), Gorillaz, and Groove Armada.
2012
The official PSB website announces that the first single from the upcoming album Elysium is titled ‘Winner’ and will be premiered on radio July 2. Meanwhile, Neil attends a performance this evening of Blur member Damon Albarn’s new opera Dr Dee at the London Coliseum, after which he goes to an after-party at the Asia de Cuba restaurant at St Martins Lane Hotel.
2014
Neil and Chris resume work on a song titled ‘Will You Love Me?’ that they had started two days before.
2015
The ‘2015 leg’ of the Electric Tour comes to Rome this evening.
2017
They perform this evening in Hannover, the first of five successive Super Tour shows in Germany.
2025
Pet Shop Boys are among the performers at a special fundraising gala at London’s Tate Modern Museum.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com