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”.
‘Always on My Mind’ is released as a single.
The Boys perform in Santiago, Chile.
They begin remixing Madonna’s ‘Sorry.’
David Almond’s play My Dad’s a Birdman, featuring original music and songs composed by ‘Tennant/Lowe,’ formally opens (though there had already been a few previews) at London’s Young Vic Theatre.
Neil again discusses plans for their next album over the phone with prospective producer Andrew Dawson.
The Pet Shop Boys appear in concert this evening in Hamburg, Germany.