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”.
Working in London with Rollo, Neil and Chris finish mixing ‘Boy Strange.’
In their second appearance on Graham Norton’s U.K. television show, the Boys not only perform but, unlike their previous appearance, spend some time talking with the host. Incidentally, Norton introduces them while dressed as a giant hamster.
Neil and Chris attend the premiere in London of the film Nowhere Boy, which dramatizes the pre-fame years of John Lennon, focusing on his relationships with his mother Julia and Aunt Mimi. It’s the directorial debut of the Boys’ friend and occasional collaborator Sam Taylor-Wood.
The Boys kick off the European leg of their Super Tour with a concert in the German city of Leipzig.
: They perform at the Primavera Sound Festival in Buenos Aires.