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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.

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October 1984

They make their first ever stage appearance at the Fridge Nightclub in Brixton, singing and playing over tapes.

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1991

The Boys perform for charity at London’s popular dance club Heaven.

2001

Working with Michael Brauer, they begin the task of mixing Release.

2006

The Pet Shop Boys perform at the historic DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

2013

They appear tonight at the Mexico City Arena—the final date of their 2013 Electric Tour.

2016

Neil visits the (in his own words) ‘beautiful and brilliant’ bookstore El Ateneo in Buenos Aires. And in the evening he and Chris perform the second show of their Super Tour at the city’s Festival BUE, sharing the bill with Wilco and The Flaming Lips, among others.