July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
1988
BPI awards a U.K. double-platinum album to Actually.
2001
Neil starts a week of working on the remastering of the album reissues, during which time he runs into Johnny Marr, who agrees to play guitar on their next album, Release.
2009
The Pet Shop Boys complete work on the song ‘We’re All Criminals Now,’ slated as a bonus track for their next album’s first single, ‘Love etc.’
2012
Following their New Year’s Eve performace in Sydney and a week’s holiday in Australia, Chris and Neil fly to Los Angeles, where they will rent a house in the hills and remain for about ten weeks working on their next studio album, Elysium.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com