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”.
Please debuts on the U.S. album chart, beginning a 31-week run during which it goes platinum and peaks at #7.
Chris and Neil begin writing a new song titled ‘After the Event.’
After having spent about three weeks in Berlin working on new music, they fly back to London to begin working with Stuart Price in preparation for their upcoming tour with Take That.
Still traveling in their Winnebago, Neil and Chris journey across the Sonoran Desert from Phoenix back to Indio, California, for their second appearance (which takes place this evening) at this year’s Coachella Music Festival. On this same day, a special vinyl single of ‘Fluorescent,’ featuring two newly recorded mixes of the song, goes on sale exclusively at select U.K. independent record shops for ‘Record Store Day.’
Rehearsals begin in London for the pandemic-delayed Dreamworld Greatest Hits Tour.