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.
The Pet Shop Boys appear at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the European leg of their Performance tour.
While in Miami for their Release Tour, Chris and Neil attend a Rufus Wainwright performance.
The Boys perform in Riga, Latvia.
They post on their official website that they’ve ‘just finished listening through to the mastered version’ of their upcoming new studio album (Elysium, although the title isn’t yet revealed at this time), which they now consider ‘completed.’ Meanwhile, Chris begins work on a new mix of ‘Hold On,’ but which is never used.
Neil and Chris enjoy what they describe on their website as ‘a beautiful day’ in Murcia, Spain. That evening they perform the first show of the 2014 European leg of the Electric Tour at the SOS 4.8 Festival.
A special 132-page edition of Classic Pop magazine entirely devoted to the Pet Shop Boys begins distribution today.
Neil is interviewed onstage this evening by John Wilson at London’s Royal Academy of Arts Festival of Ideas.
‘Dancing Star’ is released on CD as the second single from Nonetheless.