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.
‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’ remains at #2 on the U.S. singles chart for a second week.
Neil and Chris appear on Norway’s popular TV talk show Først & Sist to promote PopArt in that country.
BBC Radio 2 broadcasts a documentary narrated by Neil Tennant about the career of artist Andy Warhol.
The Pet Shop Boys are interviewed ‘live’ on the BBC Radio 4 arts program Front Row.
Chris and Neil are in Erfurt, Germany to perform on the evening TV show Wetten Dass. The legendary actress Sophia Loren is also a guest.
Neil records new vocals for ‘Hold On.’
They both attend a performance at London’s Royal Court Theatre of the one-woman play/monologue Girls & Boys, written by Dennis Kelly and performed by Carey Mulligan.