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 perform at Budokan in Tokyo.
Deciding to take the rest of the week off during their stay in Italy, the Boys embark for a visit to Pompeii.
A travel day for the Boys in Brazil; they’re in transit from Rio de Janeiro to São Paolo.
Continuing their ‘media blitz’ promoting their soon-to-be-released new album Yes, Chris and Neil serve as guest DJs for two hours on U.K. Absolute Radio’s XTreme Show. In addition to playing records of their choice, they also answer fans’ questions. Also, the same day, an interview with PSB conducted by Johnny Marr appears in the Observer Music Monthly.
With their manager Angela Becker, they travel to artist Brian Bress’s studio in the Frogtown section of Los Angeles, where they discuss his creating the video for ‘Invisible.’
‘Pet Shop Boys leave Parlophone’ is the lead headline in today’s issue of the U.K. music-industry publication Music Week.