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 Boys kick off a brief summer tour in Jerusalem.
They bring their Release Tour to Dallas, Texas.
They work at Metropolis Studio, remastering the Battleship Potemkin album. Afterwards they attend the ballet to see Swan Lake.
They perform at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark. Chris is especially pleased to note that his grandfather had played at the same venue nearly a half-century before with his own band The Nitwits.
Chris and Neil appear on the BBC Breakfast television show to promote their new single, ‘Did You See Me Coming?’