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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

Hitting the newstands today—the January 1998 issue of Us, featuring a Neil Tennant interview with Elton John. You can take the Boy out of journalism, but you can’t take journalism out of the Boy.

2007

The Pet Shop Boys are among the artists who perform at the Våra eldsjälar concert at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, which is broadcast live on Swedish television.

2013

An article based on an interview with Neil appears in today’s edition of The Scotsman newspaper, dealing in part with the Boys’ upcoming concert appearance at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve) celebration.