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”.
BPI awards a U.K. platinum album to Disco.
The Boys mime their recordings of ‘Sail Away’ and ‘If Love Were All’ for the videotaping of the Twentieth Century Blues AIDS-benefit gala for television.
Neil and Chris are at Spring Studios in Kentish Town, London, for a photo shoot, having pictures taken for publicity purposes as well as the inside artwork for their upcoming new album Yes.
In Stuart Price’s London studio, they discuss the upcoming Electric Tour with their manager Angela Becker and work on their song ‘Thursday,’ including new vocals by Neil for the chorus.