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 Pet Shop Boys make their first live public appearance in the U.S., guesting on two songs with Electronic in Los Angeles.
The Boys record a demo for ‘It Always Comes as a Surprise.’
They headline the opening night of the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary.
They perform a late-night set (extending beyond midnight, into the wee hours of the next day) at the Lokerse Feesten Festival in Belgium.
Chris and Neil perform at the Wasa Open Air Festival in Vaasa, Finland.