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 Pet Shop Boys appear in Yokohama, Japan, as part of the Japanese leg of their Performance world tour.
The Boys finish ‘Indefinite Leave to Remain.’ That evening—after first meeting and having dinner with him—they attend a Sondre Lerche concert at Naples’ Theatro Nuevo.
After an extended break, they launch the South American leg of their Fundamental Tour with a concert in Rio de Janeiro.
Chris and Neil are interviewed on Jonathan Ross’s BBC Radio 2 show.
The two-CD score of the Tennant/Lowe ballet The Most Incredible Thing is released today in the U.K.
Big announcements today on the official PSB website: that the Boys have left their longtime record label Parlophone and that their next album, titled Electric, would be released in June on Kobalt Label Services.
The Pet Shop Boys are among the artists who perform this evening with Trevor Horn’s band at a charity gala for disadvantaged youth at the Roundhouse in London.