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”.
The Boys do some ‘reprogramming’ of ‘You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk.’
They spend most of the day working with Andrew Dawson on ‘A Face Like That.’ That evening they watch the film WE, directed by Madonna, on DVD.
An online ‘fake news’ page falsely reports that Neil has died in a car crash. Then someone pretending to be Neil goes on Twitter to refute the report. (The next day, the real Neil would comment about all this on the official PSB website, noting that he was of course alive and well, but that he hadn’t gone on Twitter to refute the story, either.)
The Pet Shop Boys perform at the 50th birthday party for Russian billionaire businessman Oleg Tinkov at the Belmond Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Tinkov’s actual birthday was roughly three weeks earlier, but the party took place on this date.)