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 perform at Wembley Arena in London, their final show before a four-week break in the Nightlife Tour.
Continuing the U.K. leg of their Pandemonium Tour, the Boys perform in Manchester. This same evening, BBC6 radio broadcasts a program that Neil and Chris had recorded several days earlier focusing on dance music that has especially influenced them.
‘Neil Tennant’s Smash Hits Christmas,’ a special program that focuses on Neil’s time as an assistant editor with the magazine, airs on BBC Radio 4.
An hour-long edit of Performance, the film of the Pet Shop Boys’ 1991 tour, is televised this evening on BBC4.