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”.
Liza Minnelli’s ‘Don’t Drop Bombs,’ written and produced by the Pet Shop Boys, is released as a single.
Neil and Chris begin recording ‘Sail Away’ at Sarm West.
The Boys are interviewed on Chilean radio. In the evening they perform at Movistar Arena in Santiago.
They continue working on ‘Ego Music.’
Having performed in the same venue two nights before, the Pet Shop Boys present a ‘repeat’ Electric Tour concert in Oakland, California.
The Pet Shop Boys and New Order perform the first of their two sold-out Unity Tour shows—twice postponed from 2020 and again from 2021 on account of the COVID pandemic—at the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.