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 perform ‘Suburbia’ on Top of the Pops.
2001
Johnny Marr records guitar parts for ‘Love Is a Catastrophe’ and ‘Between Two Islands.’
2002
They record four songs in a studio session to be broadcast over radio a little over a week later on The John Peel Show.
2006
Chris and Neil appear on U.K. Channel 4’s Paul O’Grady Show.
2007
Neil attends the London premiere Anton Corbijn’s film Control about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Also in attendance are members of New Order, the band that grew out of Joy Division in the wake of Curtis’s suicide in 1980.
2012
They continue working on ‘Bolshy’ and also begin a new track, ‘Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know,’ for their Alan Turing project.
2013
The Boys perform at the Paramount Theater in Seattle.
2022
The Unity Tour comes to Minneapolis.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com