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
Dusty Springfield records most of her vocals for ‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’
1995
Chris and Neil begin working on their remix/re-production of David Bowie’s ‘Hallo Spaceboy.’
2005
They travel to Paris for a brief round of meetings with continental EMI staff, playing them tracks from their next album Fundamental.
2009
The Pet Shop Boys’ Christmas EP is digitally released today in several countries in Europe and Asia as well as in Australia. (Its staggered release, both digitally and on CD, will continue in various other countries over the next several days.) The Boys also perform this evening in Magdeburg, Germany.
2012
The first of four consecutive days during which the Boys work on ‘The Trial,’ a segment of their Alan Turing project.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com