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.
Percussionist Jodie Linscott records her parts on several Release tracks, including ‘Home and Dry’ and ‘I Get Along.’
The Pet Shop Boys appear at the Summer of Music festival in Warsaw, Poland.
They perform in Tampa, Florida.
A very big, busy day for our musical heroes. First they appear on an early morning TV show in Berlin. Then they catch a flight back to London in time to perform several songs (including ‘Winner’) at the end of the Olympic/Paralympic Parade near Buckingham Palace. And, as if that weren’t enough, their new album Elysium is released today in Britain.
Neil attends Kate Bush’s concert this evening at London’s Eventim Apollo (which is still better known by its semi-legendary earlier name, the Hammersmith Odeon).
The Boys perform this evening at Bestival in Dorset, U.K.
As they note today on their official website, Neil and Chris are enjoying a few days in New York City before heading off to Toronto to begin their Unity Tour with New Order.