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”.
‘Yesterday, When I Was Mad’ is released as a single.
Following the PSB performance earlier in the evening (the 28th), Chris stays at the Creamfields Festival past midnight to dance into the early morning hours of the 29th. Neil left much earlier.
After a break of a little over a month, the Pet Shop Boys resume their Pandemonium Tour, kicking off its American leg with a concert this evening in Montreal.
Neil and Chris are interviewed live on BBC Radio 2 by Patrick Kielty (sitting in for Steve Wright on his afternoon radio show).
‘Backstage technical problems’ (as described on the official PSB website) delay the start of the Boys’ otherwise successful performance this evening at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Ireland.