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”.
Dusty Springfield’s Reputation, half of which is produced by the Pet Shop Boys, debuts on the U.K. album chart at its #18 peak position.
The two-disc Bilingual — Special Edition is released.
The Boys bring their Pandemonium Tour to Barcelona.
They begin working on two new songs, ‘I Will Listen’ (which later becomes ‘Listening’) and ‘Winner.’
The Pet Shop Boys are the headline performers at the Ruisrock Festival in Turku, Finland.
The Electric Tour comes to Budapest.
The Boys perform at Törebodafestivalen in Töreboda, Sweden.
The PSB concert this evening in Copenhagen is filmed for prospective release on video the following year.