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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

1988

An interview by Andrew Sullivan with Neil and Chris appears in the current issue of Sky magazine.

1996

Based on advance orders, BPI awards a U.K. gold record to Bilingual one day before its scheduled release.

2009

The Pet Shop Boys perform the first of two consecutive nights’ concerts at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.