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
2000
‘Jerusalem’ by Fat Les, featuring a mix by the Pet Shop Boys, debuts at #10 on the U.K. singles chart.
2009
The Boys perform in Moscow on the second date of their Pandemonium Tour.
2012
The official PSB website announces the title of their next studio album, Elysium, and confirms it will be released in September. As an advance ‘taster’ for the album, the track ‘Invisible’ appears online with its own new music video. Meanwhile, back in the studio, Neil casually mutes some equipment in order to answer the phone, but then gets distracted and forgets what he has done. Unknowingly, they believe their still-muted gear is malfunctioning. (After all, they’re only human. It’s two days before their sound engineer determines the cause of the problem and simply presses the button again to ‘un-mute’ the equipment.)
2013
They bring their Electric Tour show to Paris.
2022
They perform at Berlin’s Mercedes-Benz Arena.
2024
The Boys bring their Dreamworld Tour to Belfast.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com