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August 1983

Neil is sent to New York by Smash Hits to interview The Police. By this time the Pet Shop Boys are obsessed by a stream of hi energy records made by New York producer Bobby Orlando, known as Bobby O’. “I thought well, if I’ve got to go and see The Police play then I’m also going to have lunch with Bobby O’ ”. Neil and Bobby O share a cheeseburger and carrot cake at a restaurant called The Apple Jack on August 19th (two years to the day since Neil and Chris met) and Bobby O’, flatered by Neil’s compliments, suggests making a record with the Pet Shop Boys.

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On this day

1997

The Boys perform at an outdoor festival in Turku, Finland.

2006

They perform their Battleship Potemkin score in the gardens of the Royal Palace of La Granja, Segovia, Spain.

2008

Neil records his lead vocal for ‘King of Rome.’

2010

The Pet Shop Boys make their first-ever Taiwan concert appearance, performing at the Twinkle Rock Festival in Taipei.

2011

Despite getting stuck in heavy traffic on their way to the show, Chris and Neil conclude their summer tour as the ‘special guests’ of Take That with a performance at Munich’s Olympic Stadium. Earlier in the day they had begun work on a new song, ‘A Face Like That.’

2013

‘Vocal,’ with no fewer than eight remixes, is released today as both a CD single and a digital bundle.

2019

A busy day at London’s RAK Studios working with Stuart Price on ‘Burning the Heather.’ Bernard Butler arrives at the studio in the afternoon to record guitar parts for the song. Along the way, the Boys bump into Noel Gallagher and spend some time chatting with him.