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 second version of ‘West End Girls’ is released as a single, beginning its climb to #1.
The Fundamental Tour brings the Pet Shop Boys to the Orpheum in Minneapolis.
Chris and Neil return to the U.K. following a quick trip to Tallinn, Estonia, where they shot the music video for their new single ‘Together.’
The Boys meet with fans at a record signing at the store Mix Up at Plaza Cuicuilco in Mexico City.
They perform for the second night in a row at the Fox Theater in Oakland.