October 1959
Christopher Sean Lowe is born on October 4th in Blackpool, Lancashire.
History
On this day
1987
RIAA awards a U.S. gold album to Actually.
1990
Chris and Neil appear at a London bookstore to sign Chris Heath’s book Pet Shop Boys, Literally. The crowd becomes so unmanageable that police must break it up.
1991
Discography debuts on the U.S. album chart.
1994
They perform in San José, Costa Rica.
2011
They write a new song tentatively titled ‘The Opera,’ with Chris working on the music and Neil writing lyrics, after which he records a vocal. Later Neil phones Andrew Dawson in Los Angeles to discuss his co-producing their next album.
2012
Neil and Chris discuss plans for their upcoming tour with their manager Angela Becker. They also work on a new track, ‘Thursday Night Special,’ soon to be renamed just ‘Thursday.’
- Facts collated by geowayne.com