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 perform ‘Suburbia’ on Top of the Pops.
Johnny Marr records guitar parts for ‘Love Is a Catastrophe’ and ‘Between Two Islands.’
They record four songs in a studio session to be broadcast over radio a little over a week later on The John Peel Show.
Chris and Neil appear on U.K. Channel 4’s Paul O’Grady Show.
Neil attends the London premiere Anton Corbijn’s film Control about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Also in attendance are members of New Order, the band that grew out of Joy Division in the wake of Curtis’s suicide in 1980.
They continue working on ‘Bolshy’ and also begin a new track, ‘Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know,’ for their Alan Turing project.
The Boys perform at the Paramount Theater in Seattle.
The Unity Tour comes to Minneapolis.