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August 1983

Neil is sent to New York by Smash Hits to interview The Police. By this time the Pet Shop Boys are obsessed by a stream of hi energy records made by New York producer Bobby Orlando, known as Bobby O’. “I thought well, if I’ve got to go and see The Police play then I’m also going to have lunch with Bobby O’ ”. Neil and Bobby O share a cheeseburger and carrot cake at a restaurant called The Apple Jack on August 19th (two years to the day since Neil and Chris met) and Bobby O’, flatered by Neil’s compliments, suggests making a record with the Pet Shop Boys.

History

On this day

1994

The Boys record a demo for ‘The View from Your Balcony.’

1995

They perform ‘Paninaro ‘95’ on Top of the Pops.

2002

The Release Tour concludes in Bangkok, Thailand.

2007

The Australian production of Seriously: Pet Shop Boys, Reinterpreted—a ‘chamber musical’ of Tennant-Lowe songs, now updated to include some material from Fundamental—begins a run for most of the month of August at the DeMarco Roxy Art House in Edinburgh, Scotland. On the same day, the Pet Shop Boys headline the Freedom 2007 festival in Malaga, Spain.

2013

Neil and Chris are in Singapore in preparation for their Electric Tour show there the following evening.

2018

They perform this evening at the Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland.

2019

The Boys attend a dress rehearsal for Musik. Also in attendance are various show-business friends of its star, Frances Barber, including actors Ian McKellen, Simon Callow, and Derek Jacobi.

2025

They bring their ongoing Dreamworld Tour to the Lokerse Festival in Lokeren, Belgium.