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1970 — 1971

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”.

History

On this day

2001

The Boys visit Newcastle, where Neil buys three new guitars. Later they spend some time working on a new song, ‘I Get Along.’

2005

They begin writing the song ‘Ring Road.’

2020

The album Hotspot is released. On this same day, the Pet Shop Boys perform the single ‘Monkey Business’ on BBC television’s The One Show, accompanied by many of the dancers who appeared in its music video.