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.
‘Love Comes Quickly’ debuts on the U.S. singles chart, where it will peak at #62.
Tonight is the first of a special two-part edition of BBC1’s The O Zone focusing on the Pet Shop Boys’ career.
Neil and Chris arrive in Istanbul for a week of sightseeing before their September 7 performance at the Rock ‘n’ Coke Festival.
The Boys perform at the Virgin Festival ’09 in Toronto.
With the release today of the remastered 2001 two-disc sets of Behaviour, Very, and Bilingual, the Pet Shop Boys’ definitive Catalogue: 1985–2012 series of reissues is complete. On this same day, Neil records some new vocals for ‘Hoping for a Miracle,’ ‘An Open Mind,’ and ‘You Are the One.’
Pet Shop Boys bring their Dreamworld Tour this evening to Warwick Castle in the English Midlands.