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”.
BBC News announces that the Pet Shop Boys, Robbie Williams, George Michael, Tina Turner, and Bono have contributed ‘personalized’ artwork for sleeves of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ single to be auctioned off for charity.
The official PSB website announces that the title of their next album, scheduled for release in the early spring of 2009, will be Yes.
This evening BBC Radio 3 rebroadcasts the preceding July’s Late Night Proms concert featuring the music of the Pet Shop Boys, including the premiere of A Man from the Future.