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 perform in Toronto, the next-to-last stop on the North American portion of their Performance tour.
At the request of Norwegian singer Sondre Lerche, Neil and Chris record a demo of a song he’s written, ‘Dancing in the Dusk.’ That evening they attend a Rufus Wainwright concert.
The ‘I’m with Stupid’ video, featuring David Walliams and Matt Lucas of Little Britain, debuts on U.K. Channel 4.
2008: Neil attends the Anders Trentemøller show at the London Forum.
The Boys work on the tracks ‘Everything Means Something’ and ‘Axis.’
Distribution begins of the official PSB publication Annually 2023, including its bonus four-track CD Lost. On this same day, the songs from Lost become available as digital downloads and on streaming services.