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 complete their Performance world tour with a show in Dublin, Ireland.
After working some more on ‘It Always Comes as a Surprise,’ Neil and Chris attend a party thrown by Elton John.
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Yokohama, Japan.
Neil records an acoustic guitar part for ‘Luna Park.’
Videotaped the previous day, the Boys’ performance of ‘Did You See Me Coming?’ closes out this evening’s episode of the BBC TV show Alan Carr: Chatty Man. That same evening, they perform live in Stuttgart, Germany.
The Boys open for Take That tonight in Cardiff, the first of two shows there. The same day sees Stop Modernists’ remake of New Order’s ‘Subculture,’ featuring Chris Lowe on lead vocal, released on iTunes.
They work all day on ‘In His Imagination.’