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”.
‘Domino Dancing,’ the Pet Shop Boys’ last Top 20 single in the U.S., hits its #18 peak. (Interestingly, it will prove to be the only song to peak at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the entire year of 1988.)
Their first concert film, Highlights, is released on VHS.
On their official website, Neil and Chris state that they’ve been in a North London church hall this week with a choreographer and dancers ‘work-shopping’ some of the music they’ve written for a possible ballet ‘to see how they work together.’
Yes is nominated for a Grammy Award as the Best Electronic/Dance Album of 2009. Meanwhile, the Boys perform this evening at Tesla Arena in Prague.