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
2000
The Boys perform in Stockholm, Sweden.
2001
They begin working on a new song, ‘Mid-life Crisis,’ for Closer to Heaven, but eventually decide not to include it.
2006
An original musical built around acoustic renditions of Tennant-Lowe songs, Seriously: Pet Shop Boys, Reinterpreted, opens for a limited run in Melbourne, Australia. (Neil and Chris are not directly involved, but they give the show their blessing.)
2008
They write a new instrumental, which they call ‘Pedal.’
2012
Chris, Neil, and Andrew Dawson spend the entire day working on ‘Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin.’
2015
A busy day in the studio working on several new tracks and searching for old demos for possible release on upcoming album reissues.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com