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.
Neil records a guide vocal for ‘Confidential.’
The Boys continue their work on ‘The Night I Fell in Love.’
Chris appears as guest of honor at his alma mater, Arnold School in Blackpool, to help formally open the school’s new music center. During the festivities he delivers a public speech—quite a rare thing for him. The school choir also performs a medley of PSB songs.
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Vancouver, British Columbia.
They bring their Electric Tour show to the Washington, DC suburb of Bethesda, Maryland.
The Boys perform this evening in São Paulo, Brazil.
Neil and Chris spend the day in the studio working on a demo of ‘Give Stupidity a Chance.’
They travel by train to Leicester to observe the technical run-through and then the first dress rehearsal for the stage play My Beautiful Laundrette, with pre-recorded music by the Pet Shop Boys.
The Boys perform this evening in Boston, the second date of their Unity Tour with New Order.