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 Stuttgart, Germany.
They perform at the Dekalb Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
They discuss album artwork for Elysium with Mark Farrow and Gary Stillwell.
The second date of the Electric Tour ‘proper,’ with the Boys’ concert at Luna Park in Buenos Aires.
They continue working with Frances Barber on her vocals for Musik. Today she provides new vocals for the older songs ‘Friendly Fire’ and ‘Run, Girl, Run,’ and also re-records her vocal for ‘Ich bin Musik.’
The Boys arrive in Brussels for their Dreamworld Tour show the following evening. Unfortunately, their luggage gets stuck on the carousel at the airport, temporarily blocking the other passengers’ bags.
Neil and Chris visit Manchester’s John Rylands Library to see the ‘Secret Public’ exhibition, which focuses on the influence of LGBTQ artists and activists on popular culture. Included are Neil’s original lyric manuscripts for ‘West End Girls’ and ‘It’s a Sin.’