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 is in Budapest for a brief visit that provides inspiration for the second verse of ‘To Step Aside.’
A performance of the Potemkin score takes place tonight in Bonn, Germany.
The Pet Shop Boys perform at the Electric Picnic in Ireland.
They bring their Pandemonium Tour show to the historic Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. On the same day, the U.K. city of Blackpool—Chris Lowe’s hometown—officially launches its ‘Brilliance’ light and audio show, which features a recorded greeting by the Boys as well as a specially recorded medley of their hits, to which the light show is synchronized.
For the second night in a row they perform in Gateshead, U.K.
The Boys perform again this evening in Gateshead.
Following its recent and very successful run in Edinburgh, the PSB-Jonathan Harvey-Frances Barber cabaret show Musik begins its five-night stand at London’s Leicester Square Theatre.