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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.

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October 1984

They make their first ever stage appearance at the Fridge Nightclub in Brixton, singing and playing over tapes.

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On this day

1988

The Pet Shop Boys are at #1 on the U.K. singles chart for the fourth straight week with ‘Always on My Mind.’

1989

BPI awards U.K. double-platinum status to Introspective.

2000

‘You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk’ debuts on the U.K. singles chart at #8.

2008

Neil attends ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ at London’s Battersea Arts Centre, which he describes the next day on the official PSB website as ‘Extraordinary.… Very gothic.’ Like everyone else, he attends wearing a mask. In his case, it’s an especially appropriate one given the ‘Red Death’ theme: one of the ‘plague doctor’ masks that he and Chris wore on the cover of their ‘Numb’ single.

2009

For the second time in as many days, the Boys announce on their official website the completion of a bonus track for their upcoming single ‘Love etc.’ The title of this second bonus track is ‘Gin and Jag.’

2014

Today the lineup of artists performing at this year’s Coachella Music Festival (in April 2014) is announced. For the first time ever at Coachella, the Pet Shop Boys are listed among the artists scheduled to appear.

2015

Although members had been informed of the fact several weeks earlier by club administration, the Pet Shop Boys formally announce today on their official website that they have closed their official fan club and that henceforth their publication Literally will be published on an annual basis and available for purchase. Meanwhile, while working on new tracks in London, they begin the first of several successive days of work on a song titled ‘Clean Air Hybrid.’