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”.
‘Domino Dancing,’ the Pet Shop Boys’ last Top 20 single in the U.S., hits its #18 peak. (Interestingly, it will prove to be the only song to peak at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the entire year of 1988.)
Their first concert film, Highlights, is released on VHS.
On their official website, Neil and Chris state that they’ve been in a North London church hall this week with a choreographer and dancers ‘work-shopping’ some of the music they’ve written for a possible ballet ‘to see how they work together.’
Yes is nominated for a Grammy Award as the Best Electronic/Dance Album of 2009. Meanwhile, the Boys perform this evening at Tesla Arena in Prague.