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 Melbourne, Australia.
The Boys perform in Detroit, Michigan.
Judging them somewhat pretentious, Chris and Neil decide to scrap some spoken vocals on ‘God Willing.’
The Boys have a busy day, flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles, taping a live performance for the highly rated TV show Dancing with the Stars, and then performing in concert at the Wiltern Theater.
They work with Stuart Price all day on the track ‘Bolshy.’
It’s Election Day in the United States, with what is shaping up to be a tight presidential contest between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. Neil and Chris happen to be in New York City, and on their website Neil refers to the ‘circus’ of demonstrators he observes near Trump Tower.
They work all day long with Stuart Price on ‘Will-o-the-wisp.’ That evening the three of them attend a Deadmaus show at Berlin’s Verti Music Hall.