April 1984
The first version of ‘West End girls’ is released. It is a club hit in Los Angeles and San Francisco and a small hit in France and Belgium.
History
October 1984
They make their first ever stage appearance at the Fridge Nightclub in Brixton, singing and playing over tapes.
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.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com