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 in concert in Tampa, Florida—an area that just a week earlier had experienced a close brush with Hurricane Irene. Chris mildly complains to an interviewer about the lingering bad weather.
They perform in Austin, Texas.
Chris and Neil discuss packaging art for their next album with Mark Farrow. Later Sam Taylor-Wood and the Boys throw a party at London’s White Cube gallery to celebrate the pending release of their collaborative cover of ‘I’m in Love with a German Film Star.’ Various celebrities attend, including David Walliams of Little Britain.
The Pet Shop Boys receive the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Music’ award at this year’s Q Magazine awards show in London. Robbie Williams presents them with the award.
Having recovered from his bout of food poisoning, Neil travels with Chris by car from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, where they perform this evening their first U.S. date on the Super Tour.