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.
Liza Minnelli’s Results, produced by the Pet Shop Boys, debuts on the U.S. album chart, beginning a ten-week run that peaks at #128.
‘Single’ is released as a single under the title ‘Single-Bilingual’ on account of another artist’s record titled ‘Single’ being released as a single around the same time.
The Boys perform at Wembley Arena as part of a special Prince’s Trust show in honor of Trevor Horn.
11/11/11 proves a propitious day for PSB fans: Neil and Chris reveal in an online interview that their second b‑sides collection, titled Format, is scheduled for release in February, and that they’re about to begin recording their next studio album, aiming for release the following autumn.
In the wake of the U.S. presidential election several days before, the Boys perform this evening in Washington, D.C.
Still working at Berlin’s Hansa Studios, the Boys work with Stuart Price on ‘An Open Mind,’ including Neil singing newly revised lyrics.
Chris and Neil host the first of four hour-long thematic programs on BBC Radio 6 as ‘Artists in Residence.’ These shows, in which the Boys present and discuss music of their choice, air for four consecutive nights.