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
1998
Chris first plays for Neil the tracks that he and David Morales had created for ‘New York City Boy,’ and Neil begins work on the lyrics.
2013
The Pet Shop Boys appear this afternoon on U.K. television’s The Paul O’Grady Show, where they perform ‘Vocal.’ They’re pleased to note afterward on their website that a member of the show’s TV crew had appeared as one of the babies in their music video for ‘It’s Alright’—roughly a quarter-century before!
2018
They work on the track ‘Dreamland.’
- Facts collated by geowayne.com