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History

1970 — 1971

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”.

On this day

1996

Neil and Chris meet with Mark Farrow to discuss ideas for the Bilingual album cover.

1998

They write two songs, ‘Before My Time’ and ‘Playing in the Streets,’ the first of which remains unreleased.

2008

The Boys attend a meeting at Sadler’s Wells Theatre to discuss their prospective ballet.

2020

‘I Don’t Wanna’ is released today as the fourth single from Hotspot.