On August 19th, Neil and Chris meet by chance in an electronics shop on the Kings Road. Realizing they have a common interest in dance music, they begin to write together. Initially they call themselves West End; later they come up with the name Pet Shop Boys, a name derived from some friends who work in a pet shop in Ealing. “We thought it sounded like an English rap group”.
The Pet Shop Boys perform at Wembley Arena in London, their final show before a four-week break in the Nightlife Tour.
Continuing the U.K. leg of their Pandemonium Tour, the Boys perform in Manchester. This same evening, BBC6 radio broadcasts a program that Neil and Chris had recorded several days earlier focusing on dance music that has especially influenced them.
‘Neil Tennant’s Smash Hits Christmas,’ a special program that focuses on Neil’s time as an assistant editor with the magazine, airs on BBC Radio 4.
An hour-long edit of Performance, the film of the Pet Shop Boys’ 1991 tour, is televised this evening on BBC4.