July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
1999
The Boys do some ‘reprogramming’ of ‘You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk.’
2012
They spend most of the day working with Andrew Dawson on ‘A Face Like That.’ That evening they watch the film WE, directed by Madonna, on DVD.
2013
An online ‘fake news’ page falsely reports that Neil has died in a car crash. Then someone pretending to be Neil goes on Twitter to refute the report. (The next day, the real Neil would comment about all this on the official PSB website, noting that he was of course alive and well, but that he hadn’t gone on Twitter to refute the story, either.)
2018
The Pet Shop Boys perform at the 50th birthday party for Russian billionaire businessman Oleg Tinkov at the Belmond Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Tinkov’s actual birthday was roughly three weeks earlier, but the party took place on this date.)
- Facts collated by geowayne.com