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1978

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”.

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2000

The Pet Shop Boys perform in Hamburg, Germany.

2003

Disco 3 is released in the U.K.

2010

While working on the track ‘Heaven Is a Playground,’ the Boys make major changes to it, resulting in an essentially new song they call ‘I’m Leaving’ (which will soon become simply ‘Leaving’).