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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

Chris Lowe’s London flat is the subject of a nine-page photo spread and article in the current issue of Elle magazine.

2002

The Boys perform in Sheffield, U.K.

2007: Neil and Chris appear live with DJ Fat Tony at Abbey Road Studios as part of the Fashion DJs radio broadcast. Six records of their own choice are played during their part of the program, perhaps the most surprising being a Cass Elliot track from 1969, ‘It’s Getting Better.’

2009

They perform at the Oxegen Festival in County Kildare, Ireland.

2015

Although they continue to work on ‘Brick England,’ the Boys also start on a new track, ‘Groovy.’