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’ first video collection, Television, is released on VHS.
The Boys perform ‘Left to My Own Devices’ on Top of the Pops. On the same day, their second video collection, Showbusiness, is released on VHS.
The PSB film It Couldn’t Happen Here is released on VHS and laserdisc.
BPI awards a U.K. platinum album award to Very. Also, the Projections collection of short Derek Jarman films created for the MCMLXXXIX Tour is released on VHS.
Neil is among the many celebrity guests attending the U.K. premiere this evening in London of the film musical Evita starring Madonna.
They appear in concert in Munich, Germany.
They perform in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The Super Tour comes to the Tempodrom in Berlin.