Chris goes to Liverpool University to study architecture. During 1981 ‑1982 he spends a year gaining practical experience in a London architectural practice, designing a staircase in an industrial development in Milton Keynes. “It’s not a remarkable staircase”, he comments when visiting it in 1988, “It’s just a functional staircase”.
The Pet Shop Boys announce plans for a summer tour of the U.S. as headliners of the ill-fated ‘Wotapalava’ music festival.
The Boys perform in Denver, Colorado.
They appear on the German television show TV Total, performing ‘I’m with Stupid.’
The Fundamental Tour comes to Brighton, U.K.
The third non-consecutive night of PSB opening for Take That in Sunderland.
Neil and Chris note on their website that they’re currently in Russia ‘doing press for the new album’ Electric and preparing for their upcoming concerts in St. Petersburg and Moscow—the first dates on the European leg of their Electric Tour.