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”.
Tina Turner’s album Wildest Dreams is released, featuring the song ‘Confidential’ written and produced by the Pet Shop Boys.
2008: Neil attends the filming of the video for their latest collaboration with Sam Taylor-Wood: her cover version of ‘I’m in Love with a German Film Star.’
Billboard magazine declares ‘Love etc.’ to be the #2 best-selling single in the United States. But because of an almost total lack of radio airplay, it doesn’t appear at all on the more popular and prestigious ‘Hot 100’ singles chart.
The Pet Shop Boys perform a special concert this evening at London’s Royal Albert Hall, together with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and special guest Johnny Marr, to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust. Support vocalists include Sylvia Mason-James and Sally Bradshaw.
They conclude their brief mini-tour of East Asia this evening with a concert in Osaka, Japan.