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”.
‘Love Comes Quickly’ is released as a single.
The Boys continue work on ‘The Out Crowd’ (which is later transformed into ‘Hell’).
After working in the studio on ‘Breathing Space,’ they watch the Oscars on television. Later they go out to dinner and then to L.A.‘s famous Troubadour club for a performance by the band Archers of Loaf.
They perform at Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, U.K.
It’s announced that the Pet Shop Boys and New Order have scheduled a co-headlining concert tour, dubbed ‘The Unity Tour,’ in the United States and Canada for late summer and early fall 2020. (Unfortunately, this tour will later be postponed on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.) On this same day, Tom Watkins, the Pet Shop Boys’ first manager, passes away of undisclosed causes following a long series of serious health issues, although his death won’t be announced to the general public for another two weeks.
In the wake of its recent use in an Allstate Insurance commercial during the Super Bowl broadcast, the roughly 35-year-old ‘Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)’ hits #1 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart, where it will remain for four weeks.