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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

2001

The PSB organization puts out a press notice announcing the upcoming release of the Closer to Heaven original cast album the following October.

2012

The Boys perform for the second day in a row at a festival in Norway—this time at the Rått og Råde Festival in Stavanger.

2014

The Pet Shop Boys appear as guests on this evening’s episode of the long-running BBC Radio drama The Archers. Their storyline concerns their performance at the show’s fictional Loxfest music festival. (The recording session for their appearance had taken place several weeks beforehand.)

2023

Neil presents his favorite songs by The Killers on ‘The Electronic Killers,’ an edition of the BBC website’s Artist Icons Collection. Among others, he plays tracks with distinct PSB connections, including the Brandon Flowers solo song ‘I Can Change’ (which features a sample of Neil’s voice) and one of the Boys’ remixes of ‘Read My Mind.’