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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

1985

Chris and Neil perform a brief two-song set at the London Astoria.

1992

The Performance VHS is released, as is Cicero’s Future Boy album, largely produced by PSB.

1995

Neil records his vocal for ‘Metamorphosis.’

1996

Bilingual debuts on the U.S. album chart.

2011

The Boys conclude an extended period of relative silence with a post on their official website, stating that they’ve been busy in the studio for the past few weeks writing new songs—sixteen of them, to be exact. They expect to begin recording them in November for a likely new album release in 2012.

2013

It’s a big PSB weekend in the States. Chris and Neil are interviewed on today’s edition of World Café on National Public Radio. Also, all weekend, the Pet Shop Boys ‘take over’ Sirius XM satellite radio station ‘1st Wave,’ with a song from their latest album Electric played every hour as well as a ‘Town Hall’ and song intros by Neil and Chris. And they appear in concert this evening in Chicago.

2014

They conclude their Electric Tour (though as they say on their website, ‘for the moment’) with a show in Taipei, Taiwan.

2015

After having spent the previous night in Laguna Beach, Chris and Neil decide to visit the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda on their way back to Los Angeles.

2022

The Boys perform this evening at New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden.