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”.
A major fire breaks out at King’s Cross underground station in London, killing 31 people. Years later, people listening to the Pet Shop Boys song ‘King’s Cross,’ with its reference to ‘dead and wounded,’ will wrongly assume that it was inspired by this fire. In reality, the song had debuted on the album Actually a little more than two months earlier, back in September 1987.
The Boys are in the midst of a one-week break between the North American and European legs of their Nightlife Tour.
Having completed their North American Fundamental Tour, Chris and Neil are enjoying some time off in Mexico. This evening they attend a Morrissey concert in Monterrey at the same venue where they themselves had performed two nights before.