1989

Liza Minnelli’s ‘Don’t Drop Bombs,’ written and produced by the Pet Shop Boys, is released as a single.

1997

Neil and Chris begin recording ‘Sail Away’ at Sarm West.

2009

The Boys are interviewed on Chilean radio. In the evening they perform at Movistar Arena in Santiago.

2011

They continue working on ‘Ego Music.’

2013

Having performed in the same venue two nights before, the Pet Shop Boys present a ‘repeat’ Electric Tour concert in Oakland, California.

2022

The Pet Shop Boys and New Order perform the first of their two sold-out Unity Tour shows—twice postponed from 2020 and again from 2021 on account of the COVID pandemic—at the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

The night is a time
to explore who you are
Are you what you imagined?
How did you get this far?
Life isn’t static
It evolves from the start
as a kind of work in progress
Try to think of it as art
Then everything is clear
why it is we’re here
individually the same
trying to stake a claim to fame

The night is a time
to explore who you are
Are you want you want to be?
Could you really be a star?
Sometimes you want something
you never had
In the middle of the night
you can let yourself go slightly mad

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