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1970 — 1971

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”.

On this day

2000

‘New York City Boy’ falls to #13 on the influential San Francisco Soundworks dance club music chart after having spent the month of December at #1.

2007

The Pet Shop Boys perform in Madrid.