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.
‘Being Boring’ is released as a single. On the same day, the book Pet Shop Boys, Literally, written by Chris Heath, is published.
The Montage concert video is released.
Having completed the U.S. leg of their Fundamental Tour, the Boys fly to Guadalajara for the first of three shows in Mexico.
‘Did You See Me Coming?’ hits #1 on the Billboard Dance Club/Play chart. On the same day, Neil and Chris record a two-hour show for Dave Pearce’s BBC Radio 6 Sunday evening dance-music program, although it’s not scheduled to air until December 20.
As they had several days before, they once again spend the whole day working on ‘Bolshy.’
The Pet Shop Boys perform this evening at New York’s Madison Square Garden—amazingly, their first-ever concert at that famed venue. It’s not, however, in the stadium-sized portion that holds up to 20,000, but instead at the smaller ‘Theater’ portion with its seating capacity of up to 5,000.