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”.
Introspective debuts on the U.S. album chart, beginning a 22-week run during which it peaks at #34.
The Pet Shop Boys make a rare U.S. television appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show.
They perform in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
They perform this evening in Seattle, Washington—their first concert ever in that city.
Neil attends a Siouxsie concert at the Roundhouse in the Camden district of London.
The U.S. embassy in London hosts a party attended by 1,500 guests by invitation only to watch the early U.S. presidential election results come inthe evening of Nov. 4 in the U.S. but the early morning of Nov. 5 in Britain. Neil and Chris are among the invited attendees.
They’re guests this evening—for the fourth time—on Graham Norton’s TV show, during which they perform ‘It’s a Sin.’
The Boys work on a single mix of ‘Memory of the Future’ at Stuart Price’s West London studio.
They appear in concert this evening at Chicago’s Civic Opera House.