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”.
Prince performs the first of several nights of sold-out shows at London’s Wembley Arena. Neil and Chris attend the concert as well as a party thrown afterward by Prince himself.
Liza Minnelli’s ‘Losing My Mind,’ produced by PSB, is released.
Cicero’s ‘Heaven Must Have Sent You Back to Me’ appears on the Boys’ own label, Spaghetti.
‘Se A Vida E’ is released as a single.
Chris and Neil fly to Spain for an evening appearance at the Creamfields Festival.
The Pet Shop Boys conclude their ‘Fundamental Tour proper’ (though a few sporadic shows follow using similar staging and setlists) with a performance in Tokyo. Afterward they go on holiday for a while.
The Boys perform live at the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in London. Because they must share the spotlight with a great many other U.K. artists (the theme is ‘A Symphony of British Music’), they get to do only one song: ‘West End Girls.’
The Super Tour comes to Zadar, Croatia.