July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
1999
The Pet Shop Boys debut ‘Casting a Shadow’ at Cornwall during a total solar eclipse.
2006
They headline at the Love Planet Festival in Prague.
2007
Still feeling a bit ‘jet-lagged’ (as they note on their official website), the Boys perform at the Summer Sonic festival in Osaka, Japan.
2013
Exactly six years after their previous Summer Sonic festival appearance in Japan, they perform at Summer Sonic once again, this time in Tokyo. Afterwards Neil notes on their official website that they had watched the festival performances of Johnny Marr and of Earth, Wind & Fire as well.
2014
The Boys perform for a second consecutive evening in Utrecht.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com