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”.
‘Love Comes Quickly’ debuts on the U.S. singles chart, where it will peak at #62.
Tonight is the first of a special two-part edition of BBC1’s The O Zone focusing on the Pet Shop Boys’ career.
Neil and Chris arrive in Istanbul for a week of sightseeing before their September 7 performance at the Rock ‘n’ Coke Festival.
The Boys perform at the Virgin Festival ’09 in Toronto.
With the release today of the remastered 2001 two-disc sets of Behaviour, Very, and Bilingual, the Pet Shop Boys’ definitive Catalogue: 1985–2012 series of reissues is complete. On this same day, Neil records some new vocals for ‘Hoping for a Miracle,’ ‘An Open Mind,’ and ‘You Are the One.’
Pet Shop Boys bring their Dreamworld Tour this evening to Warwick Castle in the English Midlands.