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 debut ‘Casting a Shadow’ at Cornwall during a total solar eclipse.
They headline at the Love Planet Festival in Prague.
Still feeling a bit ‘jet-lagged’ (as they note on their official website), the Boys perform at the Summer Sonic festival in Osaka, Japan.
Exactly six years after their previous Summer Sonic festival appearance in Japan, they perform at Summer Sonic once again, this time in Tokyo. Afterwards Neil notes on their official website that they had watched the festival performances of Johnny Marr and of Earth, Wind & Fire as well.
The Boys perform for a second consecutive evening in Utrecht.