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”.
A pre-stardom Neil attends a Sex Pistols gig at the Nashville pub in London, during which a fight breaks out. Neil writes about the event in a published letter to NME.
The Boys employ a sample from T.Rex’s ‘Get It On’ as the basis for a new song called ‘A Little Black Dress.’
Release is released in the U.S.
The Pet Shop Boys appear on Top of the Pops, performing ‘I’m with Stupid.’ They don’t know it at the time, but it will prove to be the last of their 58 appearances on the soon-to-be-canceled series.
2008: Neil attends a preview of an exhibition of photography by Linda McCartney at the James Hyman Gallery in London.
Pete Gleadall records Neil’s vocals for a revised version of ‘Love Is a Bourgeois Construct.’
PSB performs at Moogfest 2014 in Asheville, North Carolina.