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 are named Best British Group at the BRITS Awards. They also perform ‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’ with Dusty Springfield.
RIAA awards U.S. gold albums to both Discography and Very.
The Boys perform in Paris.
They kick off their U.K. ‘University Tour.’
Neil records vocals for ‘I’m with Stupid.’
Chris and Neil work at a recording studio in Sherman Oaks, California, taking advantage of the vintage synths there. Among the tracks they work on is ‘Memory of the Future.’ Later that evening they attend a concert featuring the Icelandic electronic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson with the Formalist String Quartet at the Masonic Lodge in Los Angeles.
The fourth and final song from the Boys’ EP Agenda, ‘The Forgotten Child,’ begins streaming online, and the entire EP goes on sale on various digital outlets.
Neil is interviewed and answers audience questions at The Cambridge Union, home of Cambridge University’s free speech and debating society.