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”.
An episode of the U.S. TV show Moonlighting includes the original ‘West End Girls.’
‘Se A Vida E’ and ‘To Step Aside’ are released as a double-single in the U.S.
Release is released in the U.K.
Continuing their Fundamental Tour, the Pet Shop Boys perform at the Avica Resort on Australia’s northeastern ‘Gold Coast.’
On the newstands this month—the April 2009 issues of Record Collector and The Word, both of which feature Neil and Chris on the cover and interviews with them inside.
Dissatisfied with what he had composed the day before, Chris rewrites the music for the song ‘Night and the City,’ in the process changing its key and increasing its tempo.
The album Super is released worldwide today.
The Boys perform this evening at Tokyo’s famous Budokan arena.