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”.
Elvis Presley’s rendition of ‘Always on My Mind’ hits #9 on the U.K. singles chart. (More than a decade later PSB will take their cover version all the way to #1.)
The Boys perform in Valencia, Spain.
They begin writing a new song, ‘Psychological.’
Neil is among the attendees this evening at the opening of an exhibition of oil paintings by former Clash bassist Paul Simonon at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts.
In anticipation of the release of their new album Hotspot, Chris and Neil are interviewed this morning on BBC Radio by Becky Want.