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1970 — 1971

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”.

On this day

1986

RIAA awards a U.S. platinum album to Please.

1998

Neil records the guitar and vocals on ‘Boy Strange.’

2005

For the second day in a row, Chris and Neil are in the studio working on ‘Twentieth Century.’

2009

The Pet Shop Boys begin the Latin American leg of their Pandemonium Tour with a performance in Monterrey, Mexico.