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
1996
The Moscow Choral Academy records the choral background vocals for ‘A Red Letter Day.’
1997
The Pet Shop Boys appear on the U.K. TV show This Morning. During the interview, co-host Richard Madeley famously asks Neil how his ‘wife’ is. Neil is understandably amused by the question.
1999
Elvis Costello and Neil Tennant serve as eulogists at the funeral of Dusty Springfield in Henley, U.K., which Chris Lowe also attends.
2012
Still in Los Angeles as work on their next studio album progresses, Neil and Chris pay a visit today to Hollywood Forever cemetery. They’re sufficiently impressed by what they describe as the ‘very rock-and-roll memorial’ to Johnny Ramone that the following day they post a photo of it on their official website.
2013
They visit Mark Farrow’s studio to check out some ideas for the cover of their next album, Electric.
2015
Chris and Neil are on the guest list for the funeral today in Porthcawl, U.K. of former Visage vocalist and ‘New Romantic’ icon Steve Strange.
2024
They take part in filming the video for the second single from their upcoming album Nonetheless, although they haven’t yet at this time revealed which song it is. (It turns out to be ‘Dancing Star.’)
- Facts collated by geowayne.com