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1970 — 1971

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”.

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On this day

2000

The Pet Shop Boys perform in Hamburg, Germany.

2003

Disco 3 is released in the U.K.

2010

While working on the track ‘Heaven Is a Playground,’ the Boys make major changes to it, resulting in an essentially new song they call ‘I’m Leaving’ (which will soon become simply ‘Leaving’).