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”.
Neil and Chris appear as guests on a special Christmas-season episode of the U.K. Saturday morning television show Going Live!. Later this evening, Paul Gambaccini hosts an ‘appreciation’ of the Pet Shop Boys on BBC Radio 1.
The Pet Shop Boys win their libel suit against Roger Scruton, who had falsely written that they had little involvement in creating their music. The Boys are awarded ten thousand pounds plus their legal costs.
They perform this evening at London’s O2 Arena. The show is recorded and filmed for CD/DVD release.