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 are interviewed by ‘Max Headroom’ at a live appearance in London—a performance during which Chris plays trombone onstage.
Johnny Marr plays guitar on ‘Home and Dry.’
The Boys perform at the Benicassim Festival near Valencia, Spain.
Although it has already been released in a few scattered countries over the past several days, today is regarded as the official release date of the new PSB single, ‘Winner.’
The Pet Shop Boys perform this evening in Manila—their first-ever concert in the Philippines. Chris, a boxing fan, posts on their website how thrilled he is to be performing at the same venue where the legendary ‘Thrilla in Manila’ bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier occurred on October 1, 1975.
An ‘EP’ of the six songs performed by Frances Barber and Pet Shop Boys featured in the new cabaret stage show Musik is released today as a digital download and on streaming services.