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
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.
2025
Neil and Chris attend a performance at London’s Dorfman Theatre of David Lan’s new play The Land of the Living starring Juliet Stevenson, who in 2014 had performed the narration for their premiere of A Man from the Future and who had recently served the same role in the at that time unreleased studio rendition.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com