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”.
‘West End Girls’ tops the U.K. pop charts.
In an onstage discussion facilitated by Michael Bracewell, Neil appears at the U.K. National Portrait Gallery to talk about the PSB approach to image and design. He’s accompanied by Philip Hoare and Chris Heath, authors of Pet Shop Boys Catalogue.
The Pet Shop Boys perform their Battleship Potemkin score with the BBC Concert Orchestra in a sold-out show at London’s Barbican Hall.
Neil and Chris meet Andrew Dawson in person for the first time at his Los Angeles studio. Together they listen to demos of prospective songs for their next album.