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 start work on a new version of ‘In the Night’ for The Clothes Show.
Neil has just spent the past week in Berlin serving in a ‘consulting producer’ capacity for Rufus Wainwright’s next album, which is released early the following year with the title Release the Stars.
Having performed there the night before, Neil and Chris remain in Singapore long enough to observe the Independence Day celebrations.
They perform an abbreviated Electric Tour setlist for their appearance this evening at the Sonic Mania festival in Tokyo.
The Pet Shop Boys appear in concert at the Lokerse Festival in Belgium.br>
They perform at the Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden.