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August 1983

Neil is sent to New York by Smash Hits to interview The Police. By this time the Pet Shop Boys are obsessed by a stream of hi energy records made by New York producer Bobby Orlando, known as Bobby O’. “I thought well, if I’ve got to go and see The Police play then I’m also going to have lunch with Bobby O’ ”. Neil and Bobby O share a cheeseburger and carrot cake at a restaurant called The Apple Jack on August 19th (two years to the day since Neil and Chris met) and Bobby O’, flatered by Neil’s compliments, suggests making a record with the Pet Shop Boys.

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1995

While Chris is in Paris for an Arsenal football match (that’s ‘soccer’ to my fellow Americans)—the finals for the Cup Winner’s Cup—Neil records an early demo version of ‘For All of Us.’

2005

Trevor Horn begins working with the Pet Shop Boys on their next album, which eventually will be titled Fundamental. Later that evening Neil attends a performance of Shostakovitch’s Seventh Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall.

2007

The Boys perform in Chemnitz, Germany.

2014

They appear at the Sandance Festival at Nasimi Beach in Dubai.

2018

During a telephone interview this morning on BBC Radio 6, Neil reveals that he and Chris are currently in Berlin recording material for their next as-yet-unnamed album.