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 first of four days in Milan with Chris and Neil shooting their ‘homemade’ video for ‘Paninaro’ using video cameras given to them as gifts during their brief visit to Japan earlier in the year.
Actually debuts on the U.S. album chart, beginning a 45-week run during which it peaks at #25.
More than two years after its U.K. release, PopArt is finally officially released in the United States.
While in Berlin, Neil and Chris work on the songs ‘Vocal,’ ‘Hello Hello,’ and ‘Axis.’
The Pet Shop Boys perform in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Pet Shop Boys perform this evening at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. Because the next day is Chris’s birthday, fans in the audience sing him ‘Happy Birthday.’