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”.
Roughly twenty drummers from Sheboom! record the percussion tracks for ‘Discoteca’ and ‘Se A Vida E.’
The Boys’ second Fundamental show in Florida takes place at the Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando.
Chris and Neil fly to Paris to attend a New Order concert. After the show they meet with the band backstage.
Neil is among the celebrity participants this evening in a live online concert in London titled ‘Staging a Revolution: I’m with the Banned,’ presented by Belarus Free Theatre. This event, staged to protest and raise awareness of repression of artistic freedom in Belarus, is broadcast live on the BBC Arts website. Neil’s contribution involves a dramatic reading of an excerpt from Jeans Generation, a play currently banned in Belarus.
Work resumes on ‘On Social Media’ as the Boys change the song’s structure.
Neil and Chris attend Madonna’s concert this evening at London’s O2 Arena, afterwards describing it as a ‘wonderful show.’