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”.
Liza Minnelli’s ‘So Sorry, I Said,’ written and produced by the Pet Shop Boys, is released as a single.
Critic J.D. Considine, writing in this date’s issue of Rolling Stone, gives Very a glowing review, stating that it has ‘depth that makes [it] worth hearing again and again.’
The Boys appear in concert in Bogota, Colombia.
Neil and Chris perform at the Sala Palatului (Palatine Hall) in Bucharest. By all reports, the show—their first ever in Romania, and postponed from an earlier date—proves a tremendous success. (The Boys refer to it as ‘the last Fundamental concert.’)
This afternoon Chris attends the first preview performance at London’s Young Vic Theatre of David Almond’s play My Dad’s a Birdman, which includes original music and songs composed by him and Neil.
In Leipzig, Germany, for the start of the European leg of their Super Tour the following night, Chris and Neil attend a performance this evening of The Hidden Cameras and their opening act, Evvol, both of which they thoroughly enjoy.