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”.
Neil and Chris have dinner with Kylie Minogue, during which they discuss recording ‘In Denial’ with her as a duet.
The Boys finish the music for ‘I Get Along’ and begin writing ‘My Night’ for their musical.
Neil attends a Morrissey concert at the Roundhouse in London.
They take a break from work in L.A. on their next studio album (eventually titled Elysium) to drive down South La Cienega Boulevard to visit the local art galleries. At one of them they see, for the second time, a show by artist Brian Bress, whose work has sufficiently impressed them that they will later ask him to create the video for ‘Invisible.’