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”.
Hitting the newstands today—the January 1998 issue of Us, featuring a Neil Tennant interview with Elton John. You can take the Boy out of journalism, but you can’t take journalism out of the Boy.
The Pet Shop Boys are among the artists who perform at the Våra eldsjälar concert at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, which is broadcast live on Swedish television.
An article based on an interview with Neil appears in today’s edition of The Scotsman newspaper, dealing in part with the Boys’ upcoming concert appearance at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve) celebration.