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July 1954

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

On this day

2000

Neil and Chris begin working in New York City with Peter Rauhofer on ‘Kitsch,’ an old song from the sixties. Nothing ever comes of it.

2006

The Boys perform their Battleship Potemkin score in a free concert in Neil’s hometown of Newcastle. It’s probably no coincidence that this event occurs on May Day—an international socialist holiday.

2008

They rehearse for their upcoming charity performance at the Heaven nightclub in honor of their late friend and associate Dainton Connell.

2009

Though it’s dated ‘June/July,’ it’s on the newsstands in this month of May: the Pet Shop Boys appear on the cover of the U.S. gay magazine Out for the second time. Included is a lengthy interview with them by Andrew Sullivan.

2021

Neil appears as a guest on the fifth-anniversary episode of the Bigmouth podcast.