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 Pet Shop Boys announce plans for a summer tour of the U.S. as headliners of the ill-fated ‘Wotapalava’ music festival.
The Boys perform in Denver, Colorado.
They appear on the German television show TV Total, performing ‘I’m with Stupid.’
The Fundamental Tour comes to Brighton, U.K.
The third non-consecutive night of PSB opening for Take That in Sunderland.
Neil and Chris note on their website that they’re currently in Russia ‘doing press for the new album’ Electric and preparing for their upcoming concerts in St. Petersburg and Moscow—the first dates on the European leg of their Electric Tour.