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July 1954

Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.

On this day

1991

The third collection of PSB videos, Promotion, is released.

2005

Neil records what he describes as ‘Arabic flamenco nonsense vocals’ for the track ‘The Day Before Tomorrow,’ which ultimately evolves into ‘God Willing.’

2011

The first of no fewer than eight performances over the course of the next week-and-a-half by the Pet Shop Boys and Take That at the Manchester Stadium.

2013

The Pet Shop Boys perform this evening in St. Petersburg, Russia.

2019

In Berlin, they begin work on ‘Omar’s Theme’ for My Beautiful Laundrette.

2020

Neil works on a track that will soon evolve into ‘The Secret of Happiness.’