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”.
Neil completes the vocals for ‘Radiophonic.’
The Boys perform at Germany’s Viva Comet Awards show, where they win ‘Best International Video’ for ‘I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More.’
Chris and Neil attend a performance in Edinburgh of the musical built around their songs, Seriously: Pet Shop Boys, Reinterpreted. Although they had seen it previously on a specially created DVD, they had never before seen it ‘live.’ Afterwards both of them praise the show; Chris describes it as ‘very moving.’
Neil is among the guests at comedian David Walliams’s fortieth birthday celebration at Scott’s, a fine-dining establishment in the Mayfair section of London.
The Pet Shop Boys perform their Electric Tour show in Shanghai, China.
The ‘Feel’ single is released today as a digital bundle with bonus tracks.