After completing a degree in history at the Polytechnic of North London, Neil takes a job at Marvel Comics, anglicizing spellings and indicating where over-risque woman needed to be redrawn decently. While there he interviews comic fan Marc Bolan, who politely points out that his tape recorder wasn’t working. In 1977 he works at Macdonald Educational Publishing, later moving to ITV Books. In June 1982, he joins Smash Hits.
Neil and Chris attend a Sigue Sigue Sputnik concert at London’s Camden Palance.
Liza Minnelli is the guest this evening on Terry Wogan’s popular BBC television talk show. The Pet Shop Boys make a surprise appearance, joining her for a performance of ‘Losing My Mind.’
‘Paninaro ‘95’ is released as a single.
The Boys continue working on ‘E‑mail’ and record overdubs for ‘Birthday Boy.’
They perform in Hong Kong.
They perform at the Storsjoyran Festival in Ostersund, Sweden.
Neil and Chris arrive in Spain in preparation for their performance two nights later at the Freedom 2007 festival in Malaga.
A busy day during which, among other things, the Boys do a Radio 4 interview and give record company representatives a preview of several tracks from their next album (which hasn’t yet been given its ultimate title, Yes).
They make their South Korean concert debut at the Jisan Valley Rock Festival in Icheon, about an hour’s drive from Seoul.
Having performed in Marbella the night before, Chris and Neil drive across Spain, from south to north, to Gijón for their show the following evening.
The Boys bring their Super Tour show to the Lucca Summer Festival in Lucca, Italy.
Chris and Neil attend this evening’s performance of the revival of Closer to Heaven at London’s Above the Stag Theatre.br>
They perform this evening at Cardiff Castle in Wales. (On their website the next day, they comment on the audience’s ‘great singing.’)