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
1976
A pre-stardom Neil attends a Sex Pistols gig at the Nashville pub in London, during which a fight breaks out. Neil writes about the event in a published letter to NME.
1998
The Boys employ a sample from T.Rex’s ‘Get It On’ as the basis for a new song called ‘A Little Black Dress.’
2002
Release is released in the U.S.
2006
The Pet Shop Boys appear on Top of the Pops, performing ‘I’m with Stupid.’ They don’t know it at the time, but it will prove to be the last of their 58 appearances on the soon-to-be-canceled series.
2008: Neil attends a preview of an exhibition of photography by Linda McCartney at the James Hyman Gallery in London.
2013
Pete Gleadall records Neil’s vocals for a revised version of ‘Love Is a Bourgeois Construct.’
2014
PSB performs at Moogfest 2014 in Asheville, North Carolina.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com