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 third collection of PSB videos, Promotion, is released.
Neil records what he describes as ‘Arabic flamenco nonsense vocals’ for the track ‘The Day Before Tomorrow,’ which ultimately evolves into ‘God Willing.’
The first of no fewer than eight performances over the course of the next week-and-a-half by the Pet Shop Boys and Take That at the Manchester Stadium.
The Pet Shop Boys perform this evening in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In Berlin, they begin work on ‘Omar’s Theme’ for My Beautiful Laundrette.
Neil works on a track that will soon evolve into ‘The Secret of Happiness.’