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 perform in Glasgow, U.K.
The Boys are the focus of a feature story in the U.S. gay news magazine The Advocate.
They continue their Fundamental Tour with a show in Bonn, Germany.
They headline the Latitude Festival in Suffolk, U.K.
Chris and Neil appear as guests on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 2 show. Later this same evening, their pre-recorded performance at the previous month’s Sonar Festival in Barcelona airs on Spanish radio.
The Boys perform this evening in Bochum, Germany.
The mastering of Hotspot takes place at Metropolis Studios.