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”.
Tina Turner’s album Wildest Dreams is released, featuring the song ‘Confidential’ written and produced by the Pet Shop Boys.
2008: Neil attends the filming of the video for their latest collaboration with Sam Taylor-Wood: her cover version of ‘I’m in Love with a German Film Star.’
Billboard magazine declares ‘Love etc.’ to be the #2 best-selling single in the United States. But because of an almost total lack of radio airplay, it doesn’t appear at all on the more popular and prestigious ‘Hot 100’ singles chart.
The Pet Shop Boys perform a special concert this evening at London’s Royal Albert Hall, together with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and special guest Johnny Marr, to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust. Support vocalists include Sylvia Mason-James and Sally Bradshaw.
They conclude their brief mini-tour of East Asia this evening with a concert in Osaka, Japan.