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 announce plans for a summer tour of the U.S. as headliners of the ill-fated ‘Wotapalava’ music festival.
The Boys perform in Denver, Colorado.
They appear on the German television show TV Total, performing ‘I’m with Stupid.’
The Fundamental Tour comes to Brighton, U.K.
The third non-consecutive night of PSB opening for Take That in Sunderland.
Neil and Chris note on their website that they’re currently in Russia ‘doing press for the new album’ Electric and preparing for their upcoming concerts in St. Petersburg and Moscow—the first dates on the European leg of their Electric Tour.