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
1991
The Boys perform at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
1994
They perform ‘Liberation’ on Top of the Pops. David Walliams and Matt Lucas—who would later gain fame in Little Britain and still later guest-star in the PSB video for ‘I’m with Stupid’—are in the audience.
1997
The Originals, a triple-CD repackaging of three PSB albums (Please, Actually, and Behaviour), is released in Europe.
2005
Chris and Neil work with Pete Gleadall on a possible single edit of ‘No Time for Tears.’ Afterward they visit the National Film Theatre, where they run into singer Will Young.
2009
They finish work in the studio on the song ‘After the Event,’ which they had originally written roughly four years before during the Fundamental sessions. They now plan to use it as a bonus track on one of the singles from Yes.
2012
The second staging at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London of The Most Incredible Thing completes its two-week run. The production will now prepare to travel to Sankt Pölten, Austria for two performances there the following weekend.
2014
Neil and Chris fly from London to the San Francisco Bay area in anticipation of their concert the following evening in Oakland.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com