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 start work on a new version of ‘In the Night’ for The Clothes Show.
Neil has just spent the past week in Berlin serving in a ‘consulting producer’ capacity for Rufus Wainwright’s next album, which is released early the following year with the title Release the Stars.
Having performed there the night before, Neil and Chris remain in Singapore long enough to observe the Independence Day celebrations.
They perform an abbreviated Electric Tour setlist for their appearance this evening at the Sonic Mania festival in Tokyo.
The Pet Shop Boys appear in concert at the Lokerse Festival in Belgium.br>
They perform at the Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden.