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 Pet Shop Boys perform ‘Being Boring’ live on Top of the Pops.
Neil records the lead vocal for ‘To Step Aside.’
The Boys conclude their Mexican vacation and fly back to London.
Chris and Neil videotape an appearance on an upcoming episode of The Alan Titchmarsh Show.
In the morning, at Chris’s home in London, they meet with their manager Angela Becker to continue their discussions about a possible producer for their next album. They tentatively settle upon Andrew Dawson, who had mixed the previous two albums by Kanye West, so Angela then sends him an email about it. After lunch, the Boys work on the new song ‘Public Disgrace,’ which soon evolves into ‘No More Ballads.’
In a second day in a row of working on ‘Love Is a Bourgeois Construct,’ Neil re-sings some lyrics he has recently changed.
The Pet Shop Boys appear in concert at the Conrad Resort and Casino in Punta Del Este, Uruguay—their first live performance ever in that nation.
After working further on ‘Only the Dark,’ Chris and Neil begin work on a new track called ‘Any Longer.’