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
1988
The Pet Shop Boys record ‘What Keeps Mankind Alive?’ for a BBC Radio One show commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the first performance of Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera.
1999
The Boys headline at the Creamfields dance music festival near Liverpool.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com