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 Boys kick off their Performance world tour in Tokyo. On the same day, ‘Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)’ is released as a double-single with ‘How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?’
‘She’s Madonna,’ a PSB collaboration with Robbie Williams, debuts on the U.K. singles chart at its #16 peak.
A full-on media blitz is well under way regarding the impending opening of The Most Incredible Thing and the accompanying CD release. Neil and Javier De Frutos guest this evening to discuss the ballet on The Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman.