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 conclusion airs tonight of a two-part The O Zone special on BBC1 focusing on the Pet Shop Boys.
‘Paninaro ‘95’ falls from #4 to #6 on the Latvian radio airplay chart.
Neil, Chris, and the Dresdner Sinfoniker perform the Potemkin score in Berlin.
The Boys perform ‘Love etc.’ on the U.S. NBC TV show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon—although, since their appearance runs after midnight in all U.S. locations, it’s technically the next day, September 5.
The Electric Tour comes to Gdańsk, Poland.
Neil and Chris are in Glasgow, Scotland in preparation for their concert there the following evening.
Their website reports that they are currently on holiday following their summer tour, but will soon be back in the studio writing and recording their next album with producer Stuart Price. It adds that they’ve already written 21 new songs.
The Boys listen to Stuart Price’s remix of ‘Dreamland’ and later work with Mark Farrow on the album booklet artwork for Hotspot.