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 Boys begin working with K‑Klass on ‘Metamorphosis.’
‘New York City Boy’ hits the U.S. singles sales chart at its #53 peak.
Neil announces on the official PSB website that they completed work today on their next, as yet unnamed album, scheduled for Spring 2009 release. The final task was completing the mix on the song slated to be the first single, ‘Love etc.’ (The album, of course, would soon be titled Yes.)
The Pet Shop Boys perform this evening in Köln (Cologne), Germany. The concert is recorded in its entirety by WDR (a German public broadcasting organization) for a special New Year’s Eve radio broadcast.
Perhaps inspired by the Berlin Christmas lights they recently went out to view, Neil and Chris write a new (and as yet unreleased) Christmas song, ‘You Know Where You Are with Winter.’