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.
Neil completes the vocals for ‘Radiophonic.’
The Boys perform at Germany’s Viva Comet Awards show, where they win ‘Best International Video’ for ‘I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More.’
Chris and Neil attend a performance in Edinburgh of the musical built around their songs, Seriously: Pet Shop Boys, Reinterpreted. Although they had seen it previously on a specially created DVD, they had never before seen it ‘live.’ Afterwards both of them praise the show; Chris describes it as ‘very moving.’
Neil is among the guests at comedian David Walliams’s fortieth birthday celebration at Scott’s, a fine-dining establishment in the Mayfair section of London.
The Pet Shop Boys perform their Electric Tour show in Shanghai, China.
The ‘Feel’ single is released today as a digital bundle with bonus tracks.