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”.
Chris and Neil fly to New York to work with Danny Tenaglia.
The Pet Shop Boys perform at the Glastonbury Festival.
The Boys perform in Munich.
Neil is one of many celebrity guests attending the 6th Annual White Tie and Tiara Summer Ball to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation at Elton’s estate in Windsor, U.K.
The Boys perform at Spain’s Santander Festival.
The Pandemonium Tour comes to the Palladium in Köln (Cologne), Germany.
The third and final Glasgow PSB/Take That concert takes place this evening.
Working in Berlin, Chris and Neil spend the whole day writing a new song titled ‘Monkey Business.’
They perform this evening at the Tinderbox Festival in Odense, Denmark. Afterward, Neil describes it on their website as a ‘great night… (if a little chilly).’
Neil and Chris work on newly corrected German lyrics for ‘Ich bin Musik,’ and then, with Pete Gleadall, discuss the mixes of the tracks for My Beautiful Laundrette.
The Boys perform a charity concert at the Electric Ballroom in London.
They perform at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.