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”.
A Rolling Stone article by Steve Hochman quotes Neil (speaking with regard to Freddie Mercury’s AIDS-related death) as regretfully saying that ‘a lot of people think that gays deserve to have this disease.’
Yes debuts on Billboard magazine’s U.S. album chart at #32—the highest showing for any PSB album since Very back in 1993.
A big day for PSB fans: the Boys’ official website announces the tracklist for their upcoming album Electric, reveals its front-cover artwork, announces the dates and venues for the North American leg of the Electric Tour, and debuts the video for ‘Axis,’ the album’s first single. ‘Axis’ also goes on sale as a digital download at iTunes on this, the last day of April in the U.S. (though when it becomes available it’s actually the first day of May in the U.K.).
More than 25 years after its original release on VHS, the Pet Shop Boys’ DiscoVery: Live in Rio concert is released in a new DVD/CD package.