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 19^th (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

1987

An interview with Neil runs in the U.K. publication Woman.

2000

The Boys perform in Karlstad, Sweden.

2006

Continuing their summer Fundamental Tour, they perform at the Exit Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia.

2011

The last of eight PSB/Take That concerts at Wembley Stadium—and the final show of the tour in the British Isles—takes place this evening.

2013

The Pet Shop Boys perform in Freiburg, Germany.

2015

Having received Jean-Michel Jarre’s backing track for what will soon become ‘Brick England,’ Chris and Neil spend the first of several days adding musical parts and vocals to it.

2019

The Boys continue work on ‘No Boundaries,’ restructuring it and revising the lyrics.

2022

They bring their Dreamworld Tour to Spain’s Bilbao Live Festival.

2023

They conclude the brief continental European leg of their current tour with a show in Gothenberg, Sweden.

Facts collated by geowayne.com