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”.
‘West End Girls’ debuts on the U.S. singles chart, where it will remain for 20 weeks, including one week at #1.
Having spent the month of February in Berlin working on new songs, the Boys fly back to London for the opening later in March of their ballet The Most Incredible Thing. (A round of promotional activities will soon begin.)
Neil and Chris spend, as they say on their website, ‘a great day’ at Capitol Studios in the famed Capitol Tower building in Hollywood, overseeing the recording sessions for their next album’s brass and string parts.
This afternoon both Chris and Neil attend the final performance (at least for now) of Musik at London’s Leicester Square Theatre.