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 bring their Performance show to the Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis. Although at the time the creator of this website lived within walking distance, he didn’t attend the concert because he wasn’t yet a fan.
The Boys perform their new ‘Barfly’ arrangement of ‘It’s a Sin’ on Parkinson—a virtual institution on U.K. television.
They perform in Melbourne, Australia.
Neil records harmony vocals for ‘Give It a Go’ at Pete Gleadall’s studio.
The 2018 edition of the Pet Shop Boys’ fan publication Annually is released.
The new single ‘Dancing Star’ is released digitally with five bonus tracks, including the new songs ‘Sense of Time’ and ‘If Jesus Had a Sister.’