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 make one of their earliest live appearances at London’s Camden Palace at a show called ‘The Alternative Top of the Pops.’ Curiously, sources differ as to which song(s) they perform.
An interview with Neil appears in the issue with this date of the U.K. gay magazine Boyz.
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Nottingham, U.K.
They enjoy a relaxing day on a Portuguese beach before continuing their summer tour with an appearance shortly after midnight (technically July 17) at the Super Bock Rock Festival at Herdade Cabeço da Flauta in nearby Aldeia do Meco.
This evening’s second Copenhagen Take That/PSB concert is canceled on account of Robbie Williams suffering a case of food poisoning.
The Boys perform at the Ejekt Festival just outside Athens, Greece.
Neil goes to Pete Gleadall’s studio to work with him on the mix of ‘No Boundaries,’ during which they add ‘Neilatron’ parts.
Two nights after their first Canary Islands concert, the Boys perform there again, this time at the Gran Canaria Arena. This is the final show of the 2022 leg of their Dreamworld Greatest Hits Tour.
They perform at the Starlite Occident Festival in Marbella, Spain.