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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

1999

British pop icon and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (as well as PSB friend and collaborator) Dusty Springfield succumbs to breast cancer.

2005

The Boys work in a Naples studio on an unreleased song, ‘Dirty Tricks.’