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
1993
The Pet Shop Boys perform ‘Can You Forgive Her?’ on Top of the Pops. Wearing the same costumes and employing some of the props used in the song’s video, they turn in one of the most surreal performances ever to grace the TOTP stage.
1996
Chris and Neil settle on the final running order of the songs on Bilingual—though they later conclude (too late) that they should have stuck with a previous order.
2009
The Boys kick off their Pandemonium Tour with a performance this evening in St. Petersburg, Russia.
2011
Still in Manchester for their string of shows with Take That, Neil and Chris take some time today to tour the set of the popular British soap opera Coronation Street.
2017
Kicking off the Summer 2017 leg of their Super Tour, and capping off the city’s week of Gay Pride festivities, the Pet Shop Boys perform this evening in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park.
2019
They resume work on the track ‘Beautiful Laundrette’ and begin ‘Night Sings (Popa’s Theme).’
2020
Chris composes music for a new song that will soon become ‘Dancing Star.’
2022
This evening they perform at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. Earlier in the day at their hotel, just after lunch, Neil runs into Till Lindemann, the lead singer of Rammstein, who are also performing in Stuttgart that evening. ‘We had quite a chat,’ Neil later says.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com