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”.
‘Love Comes Quickly’ debuts on the U.S. singles chart, where it will peak at #62.
Tonight is the first of a special two-part edition of BBC1’s The O Zone focusing on the Pet Shop Boys’ career.
Neil and Chris arrive in Istanbul for a week of sightseeing before their September 7 performance at the Rock ‘n’ Coke Festival.
The Boys perform at the Virgin Festival ’09 in Toronto.
With the release today of the remastered 2001 two-disc sets of Behaviour, Very, and Bilingual, the Pet Shop Boys’ definitive Catalogue: 1985–2012 series of reissues is complete. On this same day, Neil records some new vocals for ‘Hoping for a Miracle,’ ‘An Open Mind,’ and ‘You Are the One.’
Pet Shop Boys bring their Dreamworld Tour this evening to Warwick Castle in the English Midlands.