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
1986
With ‘West End Girls’ entering the U.S. Top 40, Neil and Chris fly from London to New York on the Concorde.
1991
The Boys, in London, take part in shooting the video for ‘Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You).’
2007
‘She’s Madonna’ is released as a single, credited to ‘Robbie Williams with Pet Shop Boys.’
2017
An exhibition by German photographer/artist Wolfgang Tillmans (who had previously created the ‘Home and Dry’ music video for the Boys) has been at the Tate Modern gallery in London since mid-February. Today, as a special one-day event, it features a ‘sound installation’ described as ‘a reconstruction of ‘It’s a Sin’ by the Pet Shop Boys,’ which gradually builds, over the course of more than 2½ hours, from a single drum track through 30 layers that make up the entire recording. This ‘reconstruction’ occurs twice today.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com