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
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Brussels, Belgium.
2009
Neil and Chris drive to Croydon to visit the Brit School, which is funded by the U.K. record industry and the government. As they note on their official website, it is traditional for winners of the BRITS ‘Outstanding Contribution to Music’ Award—which the Boys will soon be receiving—to pay a visit there.
2012
They visit the Beverly Center, a huge eight-storey shopping mall in Los Angeles. On this same day, the second PSB b‑sides/bonus tracks collection, Format, is released in the U.K.
2017
Neil’s duet with Chrissie Hynde on the Pretenders’ ‘Let’s Get Lost’ is released today as a single. Chrissie had given the recording its world premiere over the weekend just past on Graham Norton’s BBC Radio 2 show.
2019
The second song from the new PSB EP Agenda, ‘On Social Media,’ debuts today.
2020
Neil is among the attendees at this evening’s performance of Gerald Barry’s 2016 opera Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass) at London’s Royal Opera House.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com