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
1986
The Pet Shop Boys perform ‘Love Comes Quickly’ and ‘West End Girls’ at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
1987
‘It’s a Sin’ debuts on the U.S. singles chart, beginning a 19-week run during which it peaks at #9.
2000
PSB’s 7‑inch remix of the Bloodhound Gang’s ‘Mope’ is released.
2005
Tennant & Lowe’s score for Battleship Potemkin is released on CD. On the same day, the Potemkin ‘mini-tour’ of Germany concludes with a performance in Hamburg.
2006
PSB continue their Fundamental Tour with a concert in Barcelona.
2009
The Boys perform at the House of Blues in Boston.
2012
Chris and Neil perform a special live show in Berlin to celebrate the launch of their new album Elysium, during which most of its songs get their live debut. On this same day, Japan becomes the first country where the album is actually released.
2014
They perform at Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium.
2017
The Pet Shop Boys deliver the first of two consecutive nights’ performances in Dublin, Ireland.
2023
Neil attends Rufus Wainwright’s two BBC Proms concerts these evening, during which he performs his classic albums Want One and Want Two in their entirety with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
2025
A special centenary screening of Battleship Potemkin, complete with the Tennant-Lowe score, appears on a double bill this evening with It Couldn’t Happen Here at BFI Southbank in London. During an onstage Q&A session, Neil reveals that he and Chris have been in the studio working on a new recording of A Man from the Future with the Manchester Camerata and narrator Juliet Stevenson.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com