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History

October 1959

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

On this day

1991

The Boys perform in Munich, Germany.

2005

They work in the studio on ‘Twentieth Century.’

2013

Neil and Chris are rehearsing this weekend in preparation for their upcoming Electric Tour.

2014

Chris and Neil announce on their official website that they will henceforth boycott The Beverly Hills Hotel, where they’ve previously stayed ‘a couple times,’ because it’s part of an international chain owned by the Sultan of Brunei, whose nation recently decreed death by stoning for gay people.

2015

Although it has already had a number of performances, tonight is the official opening night of the London revival of the Pet Shop Boys/Jonathan Harvey stage musical Closer to Heaven. (The subsequent press reviews are mixed but, in general, lean more on the positive side.)

2019

The third and final part of a documentary series about Dusty Springfield, Definitively Dusty, airs this evening on BBC Radio 2. It includes an interview with Chris and Neil concerning their work with her.