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 final day of an extended holiday break that the Boys have taken since December 17.
After a long but previously undisclosed battle with liver cancer, David Bowie passes away at the age of 69 at his home in New York City. The following day, Neil and Chris (who had collaborated with Bowie on the single version of ‘Hallo Spaceboy’) are among the countless artists who pay tribute to him, doing so in a brief but touching note on their official website that starts with the words, ‘We are all Bowie’s children.’