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 the first of two consecutive nights’ concerts in Tokyo.
Chris and Neil bring their Release Tour to Milan, Italy.
They rehearse with Yoko Ono in preparation for a live performance together the following evening.
PSB performs in Stockholm, Sweden.
They appear in concert at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, U.K. (It’s a ‘hometown crowd’ for Chris.)
The Pet Shop Boys’ fourth hits collection, Smash, is released today in a variety of formats.