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 Pet Shop Boys’ first video collection, Television, is released on VHS.
The Boys perform ‘Left to My Own Devices’ on Top of the Pops. On the same day, their second video collection, Showbusiness, is released on VHS.
The PSB film It Couldn’t Happen Here is released on VHS and laserdisc.
BPI awards a U.K. platinum album award to Very. Also, the Projections collection of short Derek Jarman films created for the MCMLXXXIX Tour is released on VHS.
Neil is among the many celebrity guests attending the U.K. premiere this evening in London of the film musical Evita starring Madonna.
They appear in concert in Munich, Germany.
They perform in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The Super Tour comes to the Tempodrom in Berlin.