On February 24th, 'Love comes quickly', which will remain one of their favourite songs, is released, reaching a disappointing #19 in the UK.
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
1986
The Pet Shop Boys appear on the U.K. children's morning TV show Saturday Superstore.
1989
Neil and Chris are at CBS Studios in London supervising the recording of 'Tonight Is Forever' with Liza Minnelli and 46 orchestral musicians conducted by Anne Dudley.
1991
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Los Angeles. Much of Chris's family attend this particular concert. After the show, Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose meets them, says that he's a big fan, and asks why they didn't play his favorite song of theirs, 'Being Boring.'
2002
They perform 'Home and Dry' on Top of the Pops.
2004
Chris and Neil appear on the U.K. TV show Richard and Judy. On the same day, 'Flamboyant' is released as a single.
2007
The Boys perform their first-ever concert in New Zealand—in Auckland, to be precise.
2011
With the debut run of their ballet now behind them, Neil and Chris return to Berlin to resume work on new music.
2012
Neil re-records his lead vocal for 'Give It a Go' in Pete Gleadall's London studio.
2017
The 2017 edition of the Pet Shop Boys' new yearly fan publication Annually—'revived' after one previous edition back in 1989—begins shipping today to those who had pre-ordered a copy before its scheduled print run had sold out.
- Facts collated by geowayne.com