1976 — 1978
Chris plays trombone in a seven-piece dance band wittily named One Under The Eight, who perform old-time popular favourites like “Hello Dolly”, “La Bamba”, and “Moon River”.
History
On this day
1988
The Pet Shop Boys’ film It Couldn’t Happen Here premiers in London to mixed reviews.
2002
PSB performs in Brighton, U.K.
2006
They perform at the Volt Festival in Sopron, Hungary.
2008: Chris and Neil take part in a photo shoot, pictures from which will later appear in the Autumn 2008 issue of the U.K. magazine Pop.
2009
One of the ‘great dames’ of British pop music, Shirley Bassey, is reportedly in a London studio today recording a new Tennant-Lowe song, ‘The Performance of My Life.’ Meanwhile, the Boys are themselves performing this evening in Madrid.
2010
Four years to the day following a previous festival performance in Hungary, our musical heroes are back in that country as the headliners of the first night of the Balaton Sound Festival.
2012
Although the Boys themselves aren’t present, principal filming takes place today for the ‘Winner’ music video at York Hall in the Bethnal Green district of London. A number of fans participate as extras.
2016
Chris and Neil serve for two hours as guest hosts on Iggy Pop’s BBC Radio 6 show, during which they offer the world premiere of the new Carl Craig remix of ‘Inner Sanctum.’
2017
In Spain for the first of two consecutive shows in that nation, the Boys perform at the Cruïlla Summer Festival in Barcelona.
2019
Using a title suggested by Chris, Neil writes and sings the lyrics for ‘No Boundaries.’
- Facts collated by geowayne.com