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
1995
Neil and Chris finish work on ‘Paninaro ’95.’
2005
They continue work on the song ‘After the Event.’
2012
They fly to Berlin—very clearly one of their favorite cities. During their stay there of about six weeks, they work on (among other things) music for their upcoming ‘Alan Turing project.’
2014
Following their second Coachella performance the night before, the Boys take the first of a couple days off relaxing in the Palm Springs region of southern California before heading east for the remaining U.S. dates of their Electric Tour. Meanwhile, a clue in today’s edition of the famed New York Times Crossword Puzzle: 82-Across, ‘Pet Shop Boys’ (answer: DUO).
2022: Neil attends the London premiere this evening of the film Firebird. Ukrainian actor Oleg Zagorodnii, who has a lead role, speaks to the audience via video link from Kyiv, his nation’s war-torn capital.
2023
They’re at The Church Studios (a portion of a former Agapemonite church in London, built in 1850, converted into recording studios in 1984) recording orchestral parts for their next album. The day before, they supervised musicians recording brass parts. Today they’re recording strings, which Neil describes as ‘gorgeous.’
- Facts collated by geowayne.com