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”.
Blur’s single ‘To the End,’ featuring the Pet Shop Boys’ remix of ‘Girls & Boys,’ hits #16 on the U.K. charts.
The Pet Shop Boys perform live on U.K. Channel 4’s T4 On The Beach.
They perform at the Apollo in Manchester.
Continuing their role as Take That’s ‘special guests,’ they open the show this evening in Dublin.
They perform a sold-out show at London’s O2 Arena. Rapper Example makes a surprise live guest appearance to perform his rap in the Boys’ new song ‘Thursday.’
2024: Neil and Chris attend this evening’s performance of the new revival of Closer to Heaven at London’s Turbine Theatre and meet the cast after the show.