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
1989
The Boys spend the afternoon with Derek Jarman, making plans for filming their upcoming show at Wembley.
1993
Neil attends an AIDS-charity concert headlined by the band Suede in Clapham, seated in a private box with Derek Jarman and Jon Savage.
2001
Neil is sighted at Madonna’s ‘Drowned World Tour’ concert at London’s Earls Court Arena.
2002
The Boys perform in Manchester, U.K.
2007
The Pet Shop Boys re-sign with Parlophone/EMI, their record label since 1985.
2009
They perform at the ‘T in the Park’ festival near Kinross, Scotland.
2011
The Take That/PSB tour moves to the European continent, the first such show taking place this evening in Milan.
2013
Electric is released.
2014
They bring their Electric Tour to Liepāja, Latvia.
2016
Today sees the debut airing of the BBC Radio 4 documentary The House of the Windy City – Dance Music’s Forgotten Heroes, to which the Pet Shop Boys have contributed. The documentary covers the development and rise in Chicago of house music, which became arguably the pop world’s most pervasive and influential style of dance music of the ‘post-disco’ era.
2018
Despite coughing from a cold, Neil works all day in the studio with Chris on the song ‘Hoping for a Miracle,’ based on a piano demo composed by Chris while on holiday in Le Touquet, France.
2019
At the offices of Mark Farrow, the Boys discuss the artwork for the ‘Dreamland’ single and its parent album, Hotspot.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com