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
1990
The Pet Shop Boys perform ‘Being Boring’ live on Top of the Pops.
1995
Neil records the lead vocal for ‘To Step Aside.’
2006
The Boys conclude their Mexican vacation and fly back to London.
2010
Chris and Neil videotape an appearance on an upcoming episode of The Alan Titchmarsh Show.
2011
In the morning, at Chris’s home in London, they meet with their manager Angela Becker to continue their discussions about a possible producer for their next album. They tentatively settle upon Andrew Dawson, who had mixed the previous two albums by Kanye West, so Angela then sends him an email about it. After lunch, the Boys work on the new song ‘Public Disgrace,’ which soon evolves into ‘No More Ballads.’
2012
In a second day in a row of working on ‘Love Is a Bourgeois Construct,’ Neil re-sings some lyrics he has recently changed.
2014
The Pet Shop Boys appear in concert at the Conrad Resort and Casino in Punta Del Este, Uruguay—their first live performance ever in that nation.
2017
After working further on ‘Only the Dark,’ Chris and Neil begin work on a new track called ‘Any Longer.’
- Facts collated by geowayne.com