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
1994
Neil and Chris happen upon George Michael at the Rio de Janeiro airport. Afterward they have, in Neil’s own words, ‘a riotous time on the plane.’
2011
The first of two whole days back-to-back they spend working on ‘Hold On.’ Meanwhile, an exhibition opens at the Royal Academy in Piccadilly, London, for which various celebrities have contributed items that represent to them personal happiness. Neil has contributed a poster he got at a 1972 ‘Ziggy-era’ David Bowie concert, which was subsequently autographed at the stage door by both Bowie and his guitarist Mick Ronson. As Neil says, it made him ‘very happy.’
2018
This evening singer Tracey Thorn, formerly of Everything But the Girl, posts on Twitter than she has ‘Just had dinner with the Pet Shop Boys and in case you’re wondering, they’re lovely.’
- Facts collated by geowayne.com