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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

1992

The Crying Game soundtrack (partly produced by PSB) is released on their Spaghetti label.

1994

The Boys launch their DiscoVery tour in Singapore.

1997

They headline the Stonewall Equality Show at London’s Royal Albert Hall, having agreed to perform a ‘hastily arranged’ set only at the last minute. Chris later enthuses, ‘It was our greatest moment… our finest hour.’

2006

The Pet Shop Boys perform in Detroit. By a remarkable coincidence, they’ve done consecutive shows in St. Louis and Detroit at the very same time that those two cities’ baseball teams are battling for the World Series championship.

2008: Neil and Chris attend a concert by the Last Shadow Puppets at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

2013: Chris and Neil are interviewed by Graham Norton on his midday show on BBC Radio 2.