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
‘Go West’ is released as a single.
2005
Having concluded their brief tour of Germany performing their Battleship Potemkin score, Neil and Chris fly back to London from Hamburg.
2009
For the second night in a row, the Boys perform at the House of Blues. But whereas the previous night’s show was at the House of Blues in Boston, tonight’s is at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
2012
They appear at the Radiopreis Awards Show in Hamburg, Germany, where they perform their new single ‘Leaving.’
2013
They perform at the Berlin Festival in—you guessed it—Berlin.
2015
Chris and Neil fly to Los Angeles to begin work with Stuart Price on their next album, which will eventually be titled Super.
2017
They perform the second of their two Super Tour shows in Dublin. A rare technical error—an apparent computer crash—occurs during ‘Domino Dancing,’ but they deal with it professionally (Neil makes a joke of it), quickly recover, and resume the show without another hitch.
2021
Neil is among the many celebrities who attend the Ambassador Theatre Group’s Summer Party this evening at Kensington Palace Gardens, which includes a fundraising auction for the Theatre Artists Fund.
2024
The Boys perform at the Funny Girls club in Chris’s hometown of Blackpool.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com