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”.
Neil and Chris are interviewed on Moscow’s ‘Radio Silver Rain’ two days before they’re scheduled to perform in concert at the city’s Luzhniki Stadium.
The Killers’ ‘Read My Mind,’ remixed by the Pet Shop Boys, is released as a single in the U.K.
The Boys bring their Super Tour this evening to the resort town of Bournemouth on the southern coast of England.
They announce on their website that they will be returning to London’s Royal Opera House for four Inner Sanctum shows in late July, repeating their sold-out four-night stand there of two years before.
The London listening bar Spiritland hosts a ‘Pet Shop Boys on 12-inch’ night.