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 perform in Cardiff, U.K.
They’re in the studio working on ‘Birthday Boy.’
Chris and Neil appear at London’s Selfridge’s department store to sign books and CDs.
They bring the Pandemonium Tour to Frankfurt, Germany.
The Boys’ 1988 film, It Couldn’t Happen Here, receives a rare public screening this evening at London’s Regent Street Cinema, immediately followed by a Q&A session with the film’s director, Jack Bond.