April 1984
The first version of ‘West End girls’ is released. It is a club hit in Los Angeles and San Francisco and a small hit in France and Belgium.
History
October 1984
They make their first ever stage appearance at the Fridge Nightclub in Brixton, singing and playing over tapes.
On this day
1996
An interview with Neil on the subject of PSB being increasingly perceived in America as a ‘gay group’ appears in the Washington Blade, a D.C. gay-community newspaper.
2016
As he subsequently notes on the PSB website, Neil visits London’s Newport Street Gallery this morning to see a new exhibit featuring works by the somewhat controversial American artist Jeff Koons—‘controversial’ because art critics are often sharply divided about the merit of his work. (For his part, Neil writes that he enjoyed the show.)
2019
Back in Edinburgh, Neil attends the next-to-last performance there of Musik, after which he has drinks with Ian McKellen.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com