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 Boys record a demo for ‘The View from Your Balcony.’
They perform ‘Paninaro ‘95’ on Top of the Pops.
The Release Tour concludes in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Australian production of Seriously: Pet Shop Boys, Reinterpreted—a ‘chamber musical’ of Tennant-Lowe songs, now updated to include some material from Fundamental—begins a run for most of the month of August at the DeMarco Roxy Art House in Edinburgh, Scotland. On the same day, the Pet Shop Boys headline the Freedom 2007 festival in Malaga, Spain.
Neil and Chris are in Singapore in preparation for their Electric Tour show there the following evening.
They perform this evening at the Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland.
The Boys attend a dress rehearsal for Musik. Also in attendance are various show-business friends of its star, Frances Barber, including actors Ian McKellen, Simon Callow, and Derek Jacobi.
They bring their ongoing Dreamworld Tour to the Lokerse Festival in Lokeren, Belgium.