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”.
‘Yesterday, When I Was Mad’ is released as a single.
Following the PSB performance earlier in the evening (the 28th), Chris stays at the Creamfields Festival past midnight to dance into the early morning hours of the 29th. Neil left much earlier.
After a break of a little over a month, the Pet Shop Boys resume their Pandemonium Tour, kicking off its American leg with a concert this evening in Montreal.
Neil and Chris are interviewed live on BBC Radio 2 by Patrick Kielty (sitting in for Steve Wright on his afternoon radio show).
‘Backstage technical problems’ (as described on the official PSB website) delay the start of the Boys’ otherwise successful performance this evening at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Ireland.