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.
Accompanied by Liza Minnelli, Neil attends the London premiere of the film Batman starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson.
Alternative and DiscoVery (Live in Rio) are released simultaneously.
Johnny Marr records guitar parts for ‘Birthday Boy’ and ‘You Choose.’
The Pet Shop Boys perform at Denmark’s Skanderborg Festival.
Chris and Neil fly to Singapore for their concert there the following evening.
Exactly one decade to the day since their previous appearance in Skanderborg, Denmark, the Boys perform there once again this evening.
A new Superchumbo remix of the classic Bronski Beat track ‘Why?’ with added spoken parts by Neil Tennant is released to digital/streaming services today.
A signed limited-edition 7‑inch vinyl single of ‘Hymn (In Memoriam Alexei Navalny)’ goes on sale today, its proceeds slated for Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation. With a printing of only 300 copies, it sells out almost immediately.