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”.
Chris and Neil have rented a country house near Henley, west of London, to do some recording. They’re taking a break at this time while the studio is being set up.
With the Pet Shop Boys’ summer tour with Take That now concluded, Neil enjoys a break, attending the two-day Leigo Lake classical music festival in Estonia.
The Boys are in the Philippines for their concert in Manila the following evening. They spend a little time this afternoon sight-seeing, as they subsequently report on their official website.
The Pet Shop Boys headline this year’s LGBT Pride Festival in the U.K. city of Brighton. They perform this evening before an estimated crowd of 40,000.
The PSB-Jonathan Harvey-Frances Barber cabaret show Musik debuts (its first ‘preview’ performance) at The Bijou in Edinburgh.