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 Boys record ‘Somewhere’ and ‘Disco Potential.’
For the first of what turns out to be four days in a row, they work on music that at the time they expect will serve as the concluding segment of A Man from the Future.
The Boys bring their Electric Tour show to ‘Austin City Limits Live’ at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas.
This afternoon Neil and Chris attend the first run-through of the upcoming revival of Closer To Heaven at London’s Union Theatre.
Neil is interviewed this evening about his cultural influences on BBC Radio’s This Cultural Life.
Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now, a new 90-minute film for the documentary series Imagine, debuts this evening on BBC One.