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
1986
The Pet Shop Boys appear on the U.K. children’s morning TV show Saturday Superstore.
1989
Neil and Chris are at CBS Studios in London supervising the recording of ‘Tonight Is Forever’ with Liza Minnelli and 46 orchestral musicians conducted by Anne Dudley.
1991
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Los Angeles. Much of Chris’s family attend this particular concert. After the show, Guns N’ Roses lead singer Axl Rose meets them, says that he’s a big fan, and asks why they didn’t play his favorite song of theirs, ‘Being Boring.’
2002
They perform ‘Home and Dry’ on Top of the Pops.
2004
Chris and Neil appear on the U.K. TV show Richard and Judy. On the same day, ‘Flamboyant’ is released as a single.
2007
The Boys perform their first-ever concert in New Zealand—in Auckland, to be precise.
2011
With the debut run of their ballet now behind them, Neil and Chris return to Berlin to resume work on new music.
2012
Neil re-records his lead vocal for ‘Give It a Go’ in Pete Gleadall’s London studio.
2017
The 2017 edition of the Pet Shop Boys’ new yearly fan publication Annually—‘revived’ after one previous edition back in 1989—begins shipping today to those who had pre-ordered a copy before its scheduled print run had sold out.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com