July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
2000
The Boys perform in Stockholm, Sweden.
2001
They begin working on a new song, ‘Mid-life Crisis,’ for Closer to Heaven, but eventually decide not to include it.
2006
An original musical built around acoustic renditions of Tennant-Lowe songs, Seriously: Pet Shop Boys, Reinterpreted, opens for a limited run in Melbourne, Australia. (Neil and Chris are not directly involved, but they give the show their blessing.)
2008
They write a new instrumental, which they call ‘Pedal.’
2012
Chris, Neil, and Andrew Dawson spend the entire day working on ‘Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin.’
2015
A busy day in the studio working on several new tracks and searching for old demos for possible release on upcoming album reissues.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com