July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
1996
‘Before’ is released in 12-inch single format in the U.S.
2003
The official PSB website announces that a new ‘Greatest Hits’ collection will be released in the autumn.
2005
Chris and Neil make a surprise guest appearance with Yoko Ono at the Meltdown Festival in London. They perform the PSB mix of Yoko’s ‘Walking on Thin Ice.’
2006
They perform in Copenhagen.
2007
In the wee hours of the morning, the Boys perform as the closing headline act at the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden—a show marred somewhat by pouring rain.
2008
Spinning off from ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ Neil and Miranda Cooper turn it into a different song altogether that they call ‘Dreaming.’ It will soon evolve into ‘More Than a Dream.’
2011
Twenty years and three days since their Performance show in Dublin, the Boys are back there again on their current tour with Take That. This evening, however, they’re free, so they visit a pub and enjoy a few beers with friends.
2017
In spite of what Neil describes on their website as ‘very heavy rain,’ the Pet Shop Boys perform their Super Tour show this evening at Bergenfest in Bergen, Norway.
2020
They continue work on ‘Love Is the Law.’
2022
As the Boys describe it on their website, it’s ‘a misty, moisty evening’ in Oslo, Norway, where they perform their Dreamworld Tour show this evening at the OverOslo Music Festival.
2023
They perform at OVO Arena Wembley, London’s second-largest indoor arena after the O2.
2025: Amidst unusually hot weather even by local standards, the Boys kick off the Summer 2025 leg of their ongoing Dreamworld Tour this evening with a performance at the Icónica Sevilla Festival in Seville, Spain.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com