July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
1994
The conclusion airs tonight of a two-part The O Zone special on BBC1 focusing on the Pet Shop Boys.
1995
‘Paninaro ‘95’ falls from #4 to #6 on the Latvian radio airplay chart.
2005
Neil, Chris, and the Dresdner Sinfoniker perform the Potemkin score in Berlin.
2009
The Boys perform ‘Love etc.’ on the U.S. NBC TV show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon—although, since their appearance runs after midnight in all U.S. locations, it’s technically the next day, September 5.
2013
The Electric Tour comes to Gdańsk, Poland.
2014
Neil and Chris are in Glasgow, Scotland in preparation for their concert there the following evening.
2018
Their website reports that they are currently on holiday following their summer tour, but will soon be back in the studio writing and recording their next album with producer Stuart Price. It adds that they’ve already written 21 new songs.
2019
The Boys listen to Stuart Price’s remix of ‘Dreamland’ and later work with Mark Farrow on the album booklet artwork for Hotspot.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com