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”.
The Boys’ first live concert performance in the U.K. takes place in London. Neil later describes it as their ‘first proper live gig’ because, for the first time, they actually performed live as opposed to merely miming to pre-recorded tracks.
‘So Hard’ is released as a single.
Chris and Neil write ‘Screaming’ with Tom Stephan.
They fly down from San Francisco to Los Angeles, where they perform this evening in the open air at the legendary Greek Theater.
The Pet Shop Boys perform the first of their four Canadian Electric Tour shows this evening in Montreal.
They appear in concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—their first time ever performing in that nation.
Neil and Chris, accompanied by their manager Angela, visit a newly opened museum in Los Angeles, The Broad. (Note: It rhymes with ‘road.’)