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 make their first live public appearance in the U.S., guesting on two songs with Electronic in Los Angeles.
The Boys record a demo for ‘It Always Comes as a Surprise.’
They headline the opening night of the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary.
They perform a late-night set (extending beyond midnight, into the wee hours of the next day) at the Lokerse Feesten Festival in Belgium.
Chris and Neil perform at the Wasa Open Air Festival in Vaasa, Finland.