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.
‘Getting Away with It’ by Electronic, co-written by Neil (who also sings backup), is released as a single in the U.K.
The Boys appear on Argentine television, performing ‘Go West’ and ‘Suburbia.’
Currently in Denmark on their Super Tour, they perform the first of two consecutive nights’ shows at the Copenhagen Opera House, which Neil describes on their website as a ‘posh venue.’
For their second consecutive concert in São Paulo, the Boys perform at the Audio.