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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.

On this day

1990

Chris and Neil rehearse in Manchester for their upcoming shows in Los Angeles with Electronic.

1992

They begin a week of filling in for Simon Bates on his Radio 1 show.

2002

They meet Miyuki Motegi (who had already recorded and released their song ‘All or Nothing’) at the Fuji Rock Festival.

2005

Neil and Chris work in the studio on ‘Minimal’ and ‘The Sodom and Gomorrah Show.’

2007

The Pet Shop Boys perform at the Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk, U.K.

2011

Today they’re in Munich. Working in Chris’s hotel room, they make changes to the chorus of the song ‘Listening.’ Chris also composes a track that will much later serve as the basis for ‘The Pop Kids.’

2017

They appear in concert this evening in Rättvik, Sweden.

2018

The third date of the Boys’ four-night stand at the Royal Opera House in London.

2022

On a bit of a break following the conclusion of the 2022 leg of the Boys’ Dreamworld Tour, Neil attends a performance this evening by Martha Wainwright and her band at Cadogan Hall in the Chelsea district of London.

2024

Pet Shop Boys conclude their five-night Dreamworld run at London’s Royal Opera House with their performance this evening.