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

1997

The Boys record ‘Somewhere’ and ‘Disco Potential.’

2013

For the first of what turns out to be four days in a row, they work on music that at the time they expect will serve as the concluding segment of A Man from the Future.

2014

The Boys bring their Electric Tour show to ‘Austin City Limits Live’ at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas.

2015

This afternoon Neil and Chris attend the first run-through of the upcoming revival of Closer To Heaven at London’s Union Theatre.

2022

Neil is interviewed this evening about his cultural influences on BBC Radio’s This Cultural Life.

2024

Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now, a new 90-minute film for the documentary series Imagine, debuts this evening on BBC One.

Facts collated by geowayne.com