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History

1978

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”.

On this day

1986

The Pet Shop Boys’ first video collection, Television, is released on VHS.

1988

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.

1989

The PSB film It Couldn’t Happen Here is released on VHS and laserdisc.

1993

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.

1996

Neil is among the many celebrity guests attending the U.K. premiere this evening in London of the film musical Evita starring Madonna.

1999

They appear in concert in Munich, Germany.

2009

They perform in Bratislava, Slovakia.

2016

The Super Tour comes to the Tempodrom in Berlin.