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 are in a Miami studio recording ‘Domino Dancing’ with producer Lewis A. Martineé and various musicians.
They arrive in Miami, Florida, for the start (scheduled for two days from now) of their first American concert tour.
‘A Red Letter Day’ is released as a single.
Neil and Chris begin writing a song initially titled ‘I’m Not Crying, I’m Laughing.’ Weeks later it will evolve into ‘All Over the World.’
The Boys are interviewed on the British morning television show GMTV.
The Most Incredible Thing begins a week of ‘preview’ performances at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre.