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”.
Mini is released in Japan.
The Boys fly to Moscow to attend a Marilyn Manson concert.
Neil is one of a number of celebrities attending Bananarama’s 20th anniversary show at London’s G‑A-Y nightclub, during which ex-member Siobhan Fahey reunites onstage with her former bandmates for several songs.
They work in the studio on several songs in progress, and then write a brand new one, ‘The Resurrectionist.’
Chris has a cold. Nevertheless, he and Neil continue working in the studio on ‘Your Early Stuff.’
Adam Tressler records guitar parts for ‘Breathing Space,’ after which the Boys discuss, as they put it, the ‘direction to take’ on the song.
Neil appears today on Stuart Maconie’s ‘First, Last and Everything’ segment on BBC Radio 6.
The official PSB website announces that Chris and Neil have recorded a ‘dramatic’ new song, ‘Cricket Wife,’ which will soon be released on a bonus CD single accompanying the next edition of their Annually publication.
Neil joins Jake Shears this morning on BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room for a live performance of ‘Rent.’
Exactly one year after their previous appearance on the show, Neil and Chris guest on BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room to perform ‘Left to My Own Devices,’ their new single ‘Loneliness,’ and a cover of David Bowie’s ‘All the Young Dudes,’ accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Anne Dudley. During a question-and-answer session, the Boys are surprised and delighted that one of the questions comes from fellow rock/pop star Rod Stewart, who asks them which football teams they support. Chris responds ‘Arsenal… and Blackpool, obviously’ (being a Blackpool native), whereas Neil admits to not really being a fan but nevertheless taking an interest in his hometown team of Newcastle.