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
1993
BPI awards a U.K. gold record to Very. This same evening, Chris and Neil appear on BBC2’s The O Zone, talking to interviewer Andi Peters about the album.
1994
Kylie Minogue’s eponymous album, featuring ‘Falling,’ written by the Pet Shop Boys, debuts on the U.K. chart at its #4 peak.
1998
After watching part of the remake of Psycho, the Boys rewrite ‘Screaming.’
2003
They perform live at the MTV Designerama Show in Berlin.
2008
Johnny Marr is back in the studio recording guitar parts, this time for ‘Building a Wall,’ ‘More Than a Dream,’ ‘Pandemonium,’ and ‘Did You See Me Coming?’
2009
The Pet Shop Boys perform at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City.
2010
The U.S. premiere of the Boys’ musical Closer to Heaven opens this evening, staged by the Uptown Players at the Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas. It’s scheduled to run a little over three weeks.
2012
In Berlin, they start work on a new track, ‘Bolshy.’ Neil also does a telephone interview with the MTV Style website.
2013
Neil and Chris arrive in Seattle to begin (with a show there the following evening) the North American West Coast leg of their Electric Tour.
2015
After having spent most of the past month in Los Angeles working with Stuart Price on their next album (soon to be titled Super), the Boys fly back to London.
2017
The Super Tour comes to Monterrey, Mexico.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com