July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
2000
Chris and Neil complete their work on ‘Positive Role Model’ as a ‘Pet Shop Boys track.’ All subsequent work they do on the song is as part of Closer to Heaven.
2005
The Boys work in the studio on ‘Luna Park’; they decide to ‘strip it down’ somewhat, making it more ‘electronic’ than it had been previously.
2006
They perform in Atlanta, Georgia.
2007
Neil and Chris had been scheduled to perform in Bucharest today, but that concert has been postponed so that they could attend the North London funeral of their longtime friend and assistant Dainton Connell, killed in a Moscow automobile accident two weeks before.
2018
Jonathan Harvey visits the Boys in the studio to discuss their upcoming Billie Trix stage show, Musik.
2022
Back in London following the conclusion of their Unity Tour, Neil and Chris attend a performance at Wilton’s Music Hall of the stage show Only an Octave Apart starring Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Ross Costanzo. While there they ‘bump into’ Marc Almond, also in attendance.
2023
Neil attends the opening night of a revival of the famed musical Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre in London. After the show, he goes backstage to congratulate Jake Shears for what Neil describes as his ‘triumphant opening-night performance’ in the role of the MC.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com