1976 — 1978
Chris plays trombone in a seven-piece dance band wittily named One Under The Eight, who perform old-time popular favourites like “Hello Dolly”, “La Bamba”, and “Moon River”.
Chris plays trombone in a seven-piece dance band wittily named One Under The Eight, who perform old-time popular favourites like “Hello Dolly”, “La Bamba”, and “Moon River”.
While Chris is in Paris for an Arsenal football match (that’s ‘soccer’ to my fellow Americans)—the finals for the Cup Winner’s Cup—Neil records an early demo version of ‘For All of Us.’
Trevor Horn begins working with the Pet Shop Boys on their next album, which eventually will be titled Fundamental. Later that evening Neil attends a performance of Shostakovitch’s Seventh Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall.
The Boys perform in Chemnitz, Germany.
They appear at the Sandance Festival at Nasimi Beach in Dubai.
During a telephone interview this morning on BBC Radio 6, Neil reveals that he and Chris are currently in Berlin recording material for their next as-yet-unnamed album.