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”.
‘Love Comes Quickly’ debuts on the U.S. singles chart, where it will peak at #62.
Tonight is the first of a special two-part edition of BBC1’s The O Zone focusing on the Pet Shop Boys’ career.
Neil and Chris arrive in Istanbul for a week of sightseeing before their September 7 performance at the Rock ‘n’ Coke Festival.
The Boys perform at the Virgin Festival ’09 in Toronto.
With the release today of the remastered 2001 two-disc sets of Behaviour, Very, and Bilingual, the Pet Shop Boys’ definitive Catalogue: 1985–2012 series of reissues is complete. On this same day, Neil records some new vocals for ‘Hoping for a Miracle,’ ‘An Open Mind,’ and ‘You Are the One.’
Pet Shop Boys bring their Dreamworld Tour this evening to Warwick Castle in the English Midlands.