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 complete their Performance world tour with a show in Dublin, Ireland.
After working some more on ‘It Always Comes as a Surprise,’ Neil and Chris attend a party thrown by Elton John.
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Yokohama, Japan.
Neil records an acoustic guitar part for ‘Luna Park.’
Videotaped the previous day, the Boys’ performance of ‘Did You See Me Coming?’ closes out this evening’s episode of the BBC TV show Alan Carr: Chatty Man. That same evening, they perform live in Stuttgart, Germany.
The Boys open for Take That tonight in Cardiff, the first of two shows there. The same day sees Stop Modernists’ remake of New Order’s ‘Subculture,’ featuring Chris Lowe on lead vocal, released on iTunes.
They work all day on ‘In His Imagination.’