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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.

History

On this day

1989

Liza Minnelli’s ‘Don’t Drop Bombs,’ written and produced by the Pet Shop Boys, is released as a single.

1997

Neil and Chris begin recording ‘Sail Away’ at Sarm West.

2009

The Boys are interviewed on Chilean radio. In the evening they perform at Movistar Arena in Santiago.

2011

They continue working on ‘Ego Music.’

2013

Having performed in the same venue two nights before, the Pet Shop Boys present a ‘repeat’ Electric Tour concert in Oakland, California.

2022

The Pet Shop Boys and New Order perform the first of their two sold-out Unity Tour shows—twice postponed from 2020 and again from 2021 on account of the COVID pandemic—at the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.