February 1986
On February 24th, ‘Love comes quickly’, which will remain one of their favourite songs, is released, reaching a disappointing #19 in the UK.
History
March 1986
On March 24th, their first LP ‘Please’ is released. “It’s so people can go into the record shop and say can I have the Pet Shop Boys album, please?”.
April 1986
‘West End girls’ reaches #1 in USA.
May 1986
On May 19th a new version of ‘Opportunities’ is released. “The point of that song is that the humour is black, it’s like a joke. The impression is that the people in it are not going to make any money”.
June 1986
The Pet Shop Boys announce, then cancel, a tour of Europe and America; the cost of using a theatre designer and playing fairly small venues proves prohibitive.
September 1986
On September 22nd, a re-recorded version of ‘Suburbia’, a song inspired by the Penelope Spheeris film of the same name about a group of disenchanted rebellious youths in suburban Los Angeles, is released. “It’s about a riot happening in some decaying suburb. It’s just the description of the riot happening and then the aftermath”. On the B‑side is the first version of ‘Paninaro’, named after an Italian youth cult and featuring a quote they both liked that Chris had said on a TV show: “I don’t like country and western, I don’t like rock music, I don’t like rockabilly… I don’t like much really, do I? But what I do like, I love passionately”.
November 1986
On November 17th ‘Disco’, an LP of disco remixes, is released.
On this day
1991
The Boys perform at Budokan in Tokyo.
2005
Deciding to take the rest of the week off during their stay in Italy, the Boys embark for a visit to Pompeii.
2007
A travel day for the Boys in Brazil; they’re in transit from Rio de Janeiro to São Paolo.
2009
Continuing their ‘media blitz’ promoting their soon-to-be-released new album Yes, Chris and Neil serve as guest DJs for two hours on U.K. Absolute Radio’s XTreme Show. In addition to playing records of their choice, they also answer fans’ questions. Also, the same day, an interview with PSB conducted by Johnny Marr appears in the Observer Music Monthly.
2012
With their manager Angela Becker, they travel to artist Brian Bress’s studio in the Frogtown section of Los Angeles, where they discuss his creating the video for ‘Invisible.’
2013
‘Pet Shop Boys leave Parlophone’ is the lead headline in today’s issue of the U.K. music-industry publication Music Week.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com