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
Discography and Videography are released simultaneously.
1993
Chris Heath’s book Pet Shop Boys vs. America is published.
1994
The Boys perform in Sydney, Australia.
2006
In Seattle for their Fundamental concert the following evening, Chris and Neil attend a showing of the film Borat at a local cinema. Neil subsequently describes it (on their official website) as ‘wickedly funny and highly recommended.’
2007
Excerpts from the Warchild benefit concert three nights before, including one song by PSB (‘West End Girls,’ wouldn’t you know?), air on late-night U.K. television, carrying over into the wee hours of the following morning.
2013
‘Thursday’ is released as a single in both physical and digital formats.
2014
Neil appears this evening with the Boys’ chief graphic designer, Mark Farrow, at London’s University of the Arts for an onstage ‘conversation’ with the school’s Chair of Visual Communication, Scott King, including Q&A with members of the audience.
2016
Neil and Chris are in Nashville, Tennessee for their first visit ever to ‘Music City, U.S.A.’ They present their Super Tour show there this evening at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Jackson Hall.
2018
Working with a full band in Berlin’s Hansa Studios, the Boys record ‘I Don’t Wanna.’
- Facts collated by geowayne.com