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
2000
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Bern, Switzerland.
2002
They play before Neil’s hometown crowd in Newcastle.
2005
Chris and Neil attend a live performance by the Paddingtons at the Water Rats Theatre in London.
2006
The Boys perform at the Melt Festival in Gräfenhainichen, Germany.
2009
An NME online gossip column claims that Neil had ‘snubbed’ Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty backstage after the Boys’ recent ‘T in the Park’ show—an allegation that is immediately denounced as ‘utter rubbish’ on the official PSB website. Meanwhile, on this evening off from the Pandemonium Tour, Neil attends a performance in Manchester of Rufus Wainwright’s new French-language opera Prima Donna, which had made its world debut the preceding weekend.
2014
They perform in Zurich, Switzerland.
2015
The Boys begin work on a song titled ‘I Will Fall.’ Neil later notes that it’s the last song they wrote for the album Super, although it doesn’t actually end up appearing on that album.
2018
Neil travels to Sheffield to see the new ‘jukebox show’ Dusty — The Dusty Springfield Musical, written by the Boys’ sometime collaborator Jonathan Harvey.
2022
The Pet Shop Boys make their first-ever concert appearance in the Canary Islands at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com