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 appears onstage with Suede in London; he sings ‘Saturday Night’ with Brett Anderson and solos on ‘Rent.’ That same night, Part Two of About the Pet Shop Boys is broadcast on BBC Radio One.
Chris and Neil attend the memorial service for makeup artist and former punk-rock musician Lynne Easton, who had provided makeup and hairstyling services for them on several occasions. (This service would later serve as the inspiration for their song ‘Requiem in Denim and Leopardskin.’)
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Antwerp, Belgium.
Chris records tracks for a new song titled ‘Barry.’
The Boys appear in concert this evening in Cape Town, South Africa.
Chris and Neil attend the ABBA Voyage ‘virtual concert’ (featuring ‘ABBAtars’ of how they looked in 1977) in residency at the custom-built ABBA Arena at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The next day on their website they note how much they enjoyed it.