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”.
Neil and Chris are interviewed on Moscow’s ‘Radio Silver Rain’ two days before they’re scheduled to perform in concert at the city’s Luzhniki Stadium.
The Killers’ ‘Read My Mind,’ remixed by the Pet Shop Boys, is released as a single in the U.K.
The Boys bring their Super Tour this evening to the resort town of Bournemouth on the southern coast of England.
They announce on their website that they will be returning to London’s Royal Opera House for four Inner Sanctum shows in late July, repeating their sold-out four-night stand there of two years before.
The London listening bar Spiritland hosts a ‘Pet Shop Boys on 12-inch’ night.