1989

‘In Private’ by Dusty Springfield, written and produced by the Pet Shop Boys, is released as a single.

1994

The Boys perform the first of two consecutive nights’ shows at the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City.

1999

Nightlife debuts on the U.S. album chart at its #84 peak.

2006

Neil and Chris spend some time ‘playing tourist’ out in the desert near Monterrey, Mexico.

2009

After a month-long break, the Boys begin what they describe as the ‘winter leg’ of the Pandemonium Tour with a concert in Athens, their first show in Greece in seven years. They also appear on Greek television this evening in a pre-recorded segment of the local version of X Factor, during which they perform ‘It’s a Sin.’

2011

Neil and Chris attend the Evening Standard Theatre Awards show at London’s Savoy Hotel. There they, along with their collaborator Javier De Frutos, receive the ‘Beyond Theatre’ award for their ballet The Most Incredible Thing. Their friend (and also sometimes collaborator) Sam Taylor-Wood presents the award to them, explaining that it’s in recognition of ‘people who swap genres and break boundaries.’

2012

They work in the studio on their cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Last to Die.’

2023

The Boys perform for the second night in a row in Mexico City, only this time at a different venue: the Teatro Metropólitan.

Raise your voice
(Поднимите свой голос)
Start a feud
(Начало вражды)
Spoilt for choice
(Испорченный для выбора)
I hesitate
(Я не решаюсь)
to intrude
(вмешиваться)

Oh, bolshy, bolshy, bolshy, oh
Bolshy, bolshy, bolshy, oh
Bolshy, bolshy, bolshy, oh
Where you lead my heart will go

Give me a sign
Give me a smile
I’ll wait if you say
it’ll be worth my while
There you are
pretending you’re lonely
I don’t believe you don’t
know you could own me

Oh, bolshy, bolshy, bolshy, oh
Bolshy, bolshy, bolshy, oh
Bolshy, bolshy, bolshy, oh
Where you lead my heart will go

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