July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
1996
The Boys take part in filming the ‘Se A Vida E’ video with Bruce Weber at the Wet ‘n Wild theme park in Orlando, Florida.
2005
While Neil and Chris are still working on ‘Psychological,’ their friend Sam Taylor-Wood invites them to meet and have lunch with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who’s upstairs at Sam’s studio to be photographed.
2008
Chris and Neil begin two new songs: ‘Youth’ (which soon becomes ‘Gin and Jag’) and ‘King of Rome’ (which they temporarily call ‘King of Pop’). Chris, on his own, also writes a new instrumental that he titles ‘Moronic.’ (This will later be developed into ‘The Grind’ for their ballet The Most Incredible Thing.)
2016
Following a week-long promotional campaign teasing the public with the mysterious (and anonymous) question ‘What Is Super?’ the Pet Shop Boys reveal that Super is title of their next album, scheduled for April 1 release, and they release via digital outlets one track from the album, ‘Inner Sanctum.’
- Facts collated by geowayne.com