On August 19th, Neil and Chris meet by chance in an electronics shop on the Kings Road. Realizing they have a common interest in dance music, they begin to write together. Initially they call themselves West End; later they come up with the name Pet Shop Boys, a name derived from some friends who work in a pet shop in Ealing. “We thought it sounded like an English rap group”.
The Pet Shop Boys are recording at Axis Studios, located above Studio 54 in New York City.
They perform at this year’s Roskilde Festival in Denmark.
This is the first of two consecutive nights’ PSB concerts at the Tower of London.
The Pandemonium Tour comes to Stockholm. After the show, the Swedish duo West End Girls meet backstage with Chris and Neil.
The second of the Boys’ two nights opening for Take That in Birmingham.
Comedian David Walliams—known as a dedicated PSB fan—records track-by-track audio commentary with Neil and Chris at London’s Sarm Studios for their soon-to-be-released album Elysium.
They perform this evening in Mainz, Germany.
At Cardiff Castle, the Boys rehearse for their upcoming guest appearance at the following evening’s Glastonbury show by The Killers. The uncomfortably high temperature leads Chris later to describe it as ‘the hottest soundcheck of all time.’
They wind up the 2023 U.K. leg of their Dreamworld Tour with an appearance at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
They perform in Mannheim, Germany.