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
Cicero’s ‘Live for Today’ (with Sylvia Mason-James), produced by the Pet Shop Boys, is released as a single.
1999
Neil tapes an appearance on the U.S. MTV show Loveline.
2010
The Boys’ promotional rounds related to their Ultimate hits collection continue: this afternoon Chris and Neil are guests on Richard Bacon’s Radio Five Live show.
2013
They appear on this evening’s episode of the U.K. TV program The Jonathan Ross Show. At the very end of the show, they perform their new single ‘Thursday.’
2016
Although some ‘pre-show problems’ (as Neil subsequently describes them on the PSB website) make it ‘a tough day’ for their road crew, the Pet Shop Boys end up presenting a successful Super Tour show this evening in Houston, Texas.
2017
Borrowing its title from a Depeche Mode song, the autobiography of legendary radio DJ Richard Blade, World in My Eyes, is published today. The Boys mention it on their official website, stating that it has an entire chapter about them. (If for no other reason, longtime PSB fans should recognize Blade on account of his appearance as one of the onscreen commentators in the 2006 documentary Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop.)
2018
As announced on the Pet Shop Boys’ official website, today sees the debut of a new short film titled Sophis on the Frieze magazine website. One of a series of eight shorts collectively titled The Thing, in which various artists discuss an object of cultural and/or personal significance, Sophis is written and narrated by Neil Tennant. In this case, Neil talks about a 1974 poster for Bryan Ferry’s album Another Time, Another Place and the impact its imagery had on him at the time.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com