Neil plays in a group in Newcastle called Dust: Their most popular song is a preposterous affair he has written called “Can you hear the dawn break?”. They are heavily influenced by The Incredible String Band. “We were convinced we would become terribly famous. It was a very kind of stoned seventies but we used to think it was absolutely brilliant at the time”.
Chris and Neil have rented a country house near Henley, west of London, to do some recording. They’re taking a break at this time while the studio is being set up.
With the Pet Shop Boys’ summer tour with Take That now concluded, Neil enjoys a break, attending the two-day Leigo Lake classical music festival in Estonia.
The Boys are in the Philippines for their concert in Manila the following evening. They spend a little time this afternoon sight-seeing, as they subsequently report on their official website.
The Pet Shop Boys headline this year’s LGBT Pride Festival in the U.K. city of Brighton. They perform this evening before an estimated crowd of 40,000.
The PSB-Jonathan Harvey-Frances Barber cabaret show Musik debuts (its first ‘preview’ performance) at The Bijou in Edinburgh.