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 record a demo for ‘The View from Your Balcony.’
They perform ‘Paninaro ‘95’ on Top of the Pops.
The Release Tour concludes in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Australian production of Seriously: Pet Shop Boys, Reinterpreted—a ‘chamber musical’ of Tennant-Lowe songs, now updated to include some material from Fundamental—begins a run for most of the month of August at the DeMarco Roxy Art House in Edinburgh, Scotland. On the same day, the Pet Shop Boys headline the Freedom 2007 festival in Malaga, Spain.
Neil and Chris are in Singapore in preparation for their Electric Tour show there the following evening.
They perform this evening at the Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland.
The Boys attend a dress rehearsal for Musik. Also in attendance are various show-business friends of its star, Frances Barber, including actors Ian McKellen, Simon Callow, and Derek Jacobi.