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”.
Bronski Beat headlines ‘Pits and Perverts,’ an LGSM (Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners) concert at the Electric Ballroom in London to benefit a miners’ strike. Neil and Chris are in the audience.
They meet Dusty Springfield for the first time at London’s Advision Studios, where they discuss her pending vocal work on ‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’
The Boys perform in Manchester, U.K.
They work with Stuart Price on the medley they will perform at the upcoming BRITS Awards.