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 perform the second of two consecutive nights’ shows at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco.
They perform ‘A Red Letter Day’ on Top of the Pops.
The jet carrying the Pet Shop Boys to Auckland, New Zealand, early this morning comes within about 40 seconds of being struck by fiery debris—initially reported as a disintegrating Russian satellite, but more likely a meteor—plunging through the atmosphere. Neil, Chris, and their entourage sleep through the near-catastrophe.
The Boys are interviewed this evening on John Wilson’s Front Row program on BBC Radio 4 about their upcoming shows at London’s Royal Opera House.
They perform this evening at the AsiaWorld Expo Convention Centre in Hong Kong.