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 in Cardiff, U.K.
They’re in the studio working on ‘Birthday Boy.’
Chris and Neil appear at London’s Selfridge’s department store to sign books and CDs.
They bring the Pandemonium Tour to Frankfurt, Germany.
The Boys’ 1988 film, It Couldn’t Happen Here, receives a rare public screening this evening at London’s Regent Street Cinema, immediately followed by a Q&A session with the film’s director, Jack Bond.