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October 1959

Christopher Sean Lowe is born on October 4th in Blackpool, Lancashire.

On this day

1987

The Pet Shop Boys appear this morning as musical guests on the BBC television show Going Live! This same day, ‘Always on My Mind’ hits #1 in the U.K.

1995

The Boys record a guest-DJ stint for Radio One, to be broadcast Christmas Eve.

1997

Chris and Neil attend a Naseem Hamed boxing match in New York City.

2005

At the star-studded London ‘stag party’ for Elton John and David Furnish to celebrate their upcoming civil union ceremony, Neil and Chris perform ‘It’s a Sin,’ followed by the showtune/gay-anthem classic ‘I Am What I Am,’ on which Neil duets with the Scissor Sisters’ frontman Jake Shears.

2014

They wind up their three-date ‘mini-tour’ of South Africa with a concert this evening in Durban.