July 1954
Neil Francis Tennant is born on July 10th in North Shields, Northumberland.
History
On this day
1990
Chris and Neil rehearse in Manchester for their upcoming shows in Los Angeles with Electronic.
1992
They begin a week of filling in for Simon Bates on his Radio 1 show.
2002
They meet Miyuki Motegi (who had already recorded and released their song ‘All or Nothing’) at the Fuji Rock Festival.
2005
Neil and Chris work in the studio on ‘Minimal’ and ‘The Sodom and Gomorrah Show.’
2007
The Pet Shop Boys perform at the Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk, U.K.
2011
Today they’re in Munich. Working in Chris’s hotel room, they make changes to the chorus of the song ‘Listening.’ Chris also composes a track that will much later serve as the basis for ‘The Pop Kids.’
2017
They appear in concert this evening in Rättvik, Sweden.
2018
The third date of the Boys’ four-night stand at the Royal Opera House in London.
2022
On a bit of a break following the conclusion of the 2022 leg of the Boys’ Dreamworld Tour, Neil attends a performance this evening by Martha Wainwright and her band at Cadogan Hall in the Chelsea district of London.
2024
Pet Shop Boys conclude their five-night Dreamworld run at London’s Royal Opera House with their performance this evening.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com