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
1996
Bilingual is released.
2003
One of the participants in the highly rated U.S. version of the TV show Big Brother proclaims these immortal words: ‘Pet Shop Boys! I love this band!’ Meanwhile, still touristing in Turkey, Chris and Neil take a boat trip on the Bosphorus.
2005
The first in a series of live performances across Germany of the Boys’ Battleship Potemkin score takes place in Frankfurt.
2006
After a two-week break, the Boys resume the European leg of their Fundamental Tour in Germany at the Schlossgarten Ludwigslust.
2009
The second of two consecutive evenings of the Pandemonium Tour in New York City.
2014
The Boys perform a sold-out concert this evening at The Sage in Gateshead (U.K.)—the first of two consecutive nights.
2017
Precisely three years to the day since the start of their previous two-night stand at The Sage in Gateshead, the Pet Shop Boys perform the first of two consecutive nights there.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com