Skip to navigation Skip to content

History

October 1959

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

On this day

1983

New Order releases ‘Blue Monday.’ Neil has denied the rumor that he cried the first time he heard it, allegedly because it had stylistically ‘beat them to the punch.’

2005

Still in Naples, Neil and Chris begin work on a new song, ‘The Sodom and Gomorrah Show.’

2011

An interview with the Boys and their collaborator on the ballet The Most Incredible Thing, dancer and choreographer Javier De Frutos, airs this evening on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row program.

2013

Neil writes on the official PSB website that he and Chris have been rehearsing all week in preparation for their upcoming ‘Electric’ tour, the first date of which will be later this month in Veracruz, Mexico.

2025

The Pet Shop Boys’ remix of ‘Innocent Money’ by Primal Scream, with Neil’s support vocals, debuts online.