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”.
The first of four days in Milan with Chris and Neil shooting their ‘homemade’ video for ‘Paninaro’ using video cameras given to them as gifts during their brief visit to Japan earlier in the year.
Actually debuts on the U.S. album chart, beginning a 45-week run during which it peaks at #25.
More than two years after its U.K. release, PopArt is finally officially released in the United States.
While in Berlin, Neil and Chris work on the songs ‘Vocal,’ ‘Hello Hello,’ and ‘Axis.’
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Pet Shop Boys perform this evening at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. Because the next day is Chris’s birthday, fans in the audience sing him ‘Happy Birthday.’