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.
Its precise day of release seems uncertain, but on this date ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ by Peter, Paul and Mary debuts on the Billboard singles chart. Why is this significant in PSB history? Because, as best he can remember, it’s the first record that Chris Lowe ever bought.
Chris, a boxing fan, attends the Mike Tyson-Frank Bruno heavyweight championship fight in Las Vegas.
Wayne Studer’s Commentary website debuts on the Internet. 
The first of two consecutive nights’ PSB concerts in the largest city in the southern hemisphere, São Paolo, Brazil.
The ‘Love etc.’ single is released. Meanwhile, continuing to promote the new single and album (Yes), Neil and Chris are interviewed on two different BBC radio channels.
Neil and Chris attend the dress rehearsal for their ballet The Most Incredible Thing at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London.