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”.
An episode of the U.S. TV show Moonlighting includes the original ‘West End Girls.’
‘Se A Vida E’ and ‘To Step Aside’ are released as a double-single in the U.S.
Release is released in the U.K.
Continuing their Fundamental Tour, the Pet Shop Boys perform at the Avica Resort on Australia’s northeastern ‘Gold Coast.’
On the newstands this month—the April 2009 issues of Record Collector and The Word, both of which feature Neil and Chris on the cover and interviews with them inside.
Dissatisfied with what he had composed the day before, Chris rewrites the music for the song ‘Night and the City,’ in the process changing its key and increasing its tempo.
The album Super is released worldwide today.
The Boys perform this evening at Tokyo’s famous Budokan arena.