July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
1972
Along with several friends, a young Neil Tennant attends a David Bowie concert at Newcastle City Hall. After the show he and his chums hang around backstage, where Neil gets David’s autograph on a promo poster.
1991
The Boys perform the second of three consecutive nights’ shows in Birmingham, U.K., filmed for the Performance concert video.
2002
They perform in Houston, Texas.
2003
The Boys’ remix of Yoko Ono’s ‘Walking on Thin Ice’ is released in the U.K.
2007
They perform at the Skive Beach Party in Denmark.
2015
The Blackpool Gazette, Chris’s hometown newspaper, reports that Chris has donated a keyboard to the Blackpool Music Academy in support of the paper’s ‘Give Us a Tune’ charity drive for music education. Chris tells the Gazette, ‘I’m happy to help a little with this worthwhile project. Very best wishes for the rest of the campaign.’
2016
This evening ‘An Evening with Pet Shop Boys’ is broadcast on BBC Radio 2, hosted by Jo Whiley. She chats with Neil and Chris, who also select some of the music played on air.
2018
The Boys work in the studio on a song titled ‘He’s Not Coming Home.’
2022
They perform at the Heartland Festival held at Egeskov Castle in Kværndrup, Denmark.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com