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.
BPI awards platinum album status to Introspective.
Closer to Heaven closes after a run of five months—and just five days after the release of the cast album.
Not being superstitious types, the Pet Shop Boys perform on Friday the 13th at the Boston Opera House.
They perform in the largest city in the southern hemisphere: São Paulo, Brazil.
Chris and Neil are interviewed by Graham Norton on his BBC Radio 2 show.
Following a week of rehearsals, the Pet Shop Boys’ Super Tour begins this evening in Santiago, Chile.