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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

2000

The Pet Shop Boys perform in Granada, Spain.

2005

They work in their London studio on ‘For Every Moment’—a song that would remain unreleased for nearly 15 years.

2008

Neil is interviewed in the third part of BBC4’s Pop Britannia, a documentary concerning the struggle between art and commerce in British popular music.

2011

The Boys announce via Twitter that they have now finished mixing and mastering the music for their ballet The Most Incredible Thing in preparation for CD release in March.

2012

They work on the song ‘Invisible.’

2017

Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders notes on her Facebook page that she’s in the studio recording with Neil, dropping a broad hint that it has something to do with her recent song ‘Let’s Get Lost.’ But it’s not clear at the time precisely what the outcome will be. (It ultimately proves to be a remake, released as a single, in which she duets with Neil.)