| Jan
4 |
Sweet:
Lyceum Auditorium, London, England (with Duran
Duran)
|
 |
| Jan
16 |
The
band appears on the Richard Skinner sessions
on BBC; they perform 'Sound of Thunder', 'Is
There Anyone Out There', 'Friends of Mine',
and 'Careless Memories' |
|
| ? |
Duran
begins using hairdressers Wilson, Wilson and
Wilson in Wolverhampton; Andy begins dating
Tracey Wilson |
|
| ? |
BBC
airs a three-minute Duran Duran Profile |
|
| ? |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], London, England
"The last time I saw
that flash was when Ken East of EMI took me
to a club on Charing Cross Road underneath
the old Astoria to see the first London
gig of Duran Duran as their first single was
about to enter the charts. So it was a career-breaking
moment. The group were on that exciting tightrope
and it showed. The drummer was real, and was
as opposite to the group as Charlie Watts
was to the Stones and it worked. They were
hungry young pups with a view for the kill."
- Andrew Loog Oldham (who discovered and managed
the Rolling Stones)
|
|
| Feb
2 |
'Planet
Earth' single {backed with 'Late Bar'} released
in UK |
|
| Feb
? |
'Planet
Earth' single {backed with 'To The Shore'} released
in US |
|
| Feb
? |
Duran
does first photo session with photographer Andy
Earl |
|
| Feb
21 |
'Planet
Earth' peaks at #12 in UK |
|
| |
First
UK Tour
The first headlining
tour of the UK, in support of the 'Duran Duran'
album
|
|
| Feb
27 |
Duran
Duran: Aston Villa University, Birmingham,
England
bootlegged
|
|
| Mar
2 |
Duran
Duran: Brady's Club, Liverpool, England
cancelled
|
|
| Mar
3 |
Duran
Duran: Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester,
England
|
|
| Mar
4 |
Duran
Duran: Sundown Club, London, England
bootlegged |
|
| Mar
5 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Planet Earth' |
|
| Mar
5 |
Duran
Duran: Rock City, Nottingham, England
|
|
| Mar
6 |
Duran
Duran: Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales
|
|
| Mar
7 |
Duran
Duran: Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester,
England
|
|
| Mar
8 |
Duran
Duran: Top Rank, Sheffield, England
|
|
| Mar
19 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Planet Earth' |
|
| |
On
strength of the video, 'Planet Earth' single
hits #1 in Australia |
|
| Apr
20 |
'Careless
Memories' single {b/w 'Khanada'} released in
UK; the 12" single includes a cover of
David Bowie's 'Fame' |
|
| ? |
Duran
performs lip-synch of 'Careless Memories' on
BBC's 'Top of the Pops' |
|
| May |
'My
Own Way' written |
|
| May |
Duran
appears on their fist magazine cover: Smash
Hits UK |
|
| |
Duran
begins a love/hate relationship with teen magazines
(Smash Hits/Star Hits, 16, Bop, Tiger Beat,
etc.) which fuel their fame but damage their
credibility |
|
| May |
'Nite
Romantics' EP released in Japan (night versions
of 'Planet Earth' and 'Girls On Film' plus 'Fame'
and 'Khanada') |
|
| May
9 |
'Careless
Memories' peaks at #37 in UK |
|
| May
21 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Careless Memories' |
|
| |
First
North American Club Tour
The first US
dates
took place in May and June
[does
anyone know where or when, specifically? need
more information on this tour!]
|
|
| May
? |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
played to about eleven people
|
|
| Jun
10 |
Duran
Duran: The Roxy, Hollywood, CA, USA
[4 dates?]
|
|
| Jun
15 |
'Duran
Duran' album released worldwide; first pressing
does not include 'To The Shore' |
|
| Jun
19 |
The
band appears on the Peter Powell show on BBC;
they perform 'Nightboat', 'Girls on Film', 'Is
There Anyone Out There', and 'Like An Angel' |
|
| Jun
27 |
'Duran
Duran' album peaks at #3 in UK; remains in the
charts for 118 weeks |
|
| |
The
FASTER THAN LIGHT Tour
|
|
| Jun
29 |
Duran
Duran: Brighton Dome, Brighton, England
|
|
| Jun
30 |
Duran
Duran: Gaumont, Southampton, England
|
|
| Jul
1 |
Duran
Duran: Rock City, Nottingham, England
switched from De Montfort
Hall, Leicester
|
|
| Jul
3 |
Duran
Duran: Apollo, Manchester, England
|
|
| Jul
4 |
Duran
Duran: City Hall, Newcastle, England
|
|
| Jul
5 |
Duran
Duran: Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland
|
|
| Jul
6 |
Duran
Duran: Odeon, Edinburgh, Scotland
|
|
| Jul
8 |
Duran
Duran: Royal Concert Theatre, Liverpool,
England
|
|
| Jul
9 |
Duran
Duran: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
bootlegged
|
|
| Jul
10 |
Duran
Duran: New Theatre, Oxford, England
|
|
| Jul
11 |
Duran
Duran: Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham, England
|
|
| Jul
13 |
'Girls
on Film' single {b/w 'Faster Than Light'} released
worldwide |
|
| ? |
BBC
'Swap Shop' shows promo for 'Friends of Mine'
and 'Girls on Film' |
|
| ? |
Duran
performs lip-synch of 'Girls on Film' on BBC's
'Top of the Pops' |
|
| Jul
25 |
'Girls
on Film' peaks at #5 in UK |
|
| Jul
30 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Girls On Film' |
|
| Aug
1 |
MTV
launched in US |
|
| Aug
13 |
'Girls
on Film' video filmed at Shepperton Studios
with directors Kevin Godley and Lol Creme (formerly
of 10cc) |
|
|
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Girls On Film' |
|
| Aug
27 |
'Last
Chance on the Stairway' written |
|
| |
European
Promo Performances
|
|
| Sep
7 |
Duran
Duran: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
|
|
| Sep
8 |
Duran
Duran: Capitaine Video Club, Paris, France
EMI spends £9,000 on publicity
and another £2,000 ferrying Duran fans from
the Rum Runner to Paris to ensure there's
a crowd! Broadcast on French radio; some songs
appear on various concert bootlegs.
|
|
| Sep
? |
Duran
Duran performs 'Girls On Film' at the Internationale
Funkausstellung (IFA) in Berlin for a television
broadcast |
|
| ? |
Simon
is interviewed on Vapor radio, Portugal |
|
| Sep
11 |
Simon,
Nick & Andy do interview [by phone?] with
WHFS radio (Bethesda, MD) |
|
| Sep
11 |
Duran
Duran: Mandagsborsen, Stockholm, Sweden
filmed for Swedish TV1; bootlegged; Simon
interviewed after the show
|
|
| Sep
12 |
Duran
Duran: Paradiso Club, Amsterdam, Netherlands
bootlegged
|
|
| Sep
15 |
Band
flies to America |
|
| |
First
North American Headlining Tour
Eighteen
dates [still missing one or two]. EMI arranges
a press conference along the way [anyone
know where or when?]; set lists include a
cover of David Bowie's 'Fame'
|
|
| Sep
16 |
Duran
Duran: Spit, Long Island, NY, USA
Sponsored
by WLIR radio (Garden City, NY)
|
|
| Sep
17 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Boston, MA, USA
|
|
| Sep
18 |
Duran
Duran: Peppermint Lounge, New York, NY,
USA
|
|
| Sep
22 |
Duran
Duran: Bayou Theater, Washington, DC,
USA
|
|
| Sep
23 |
Duran
Duran: Eastside Club, Philadelphia, PA,
USA
|
|
| ? |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Pittsburgh, PA, USA
bootlegged [may be Philadelphia
show, misidentified as Pittsburgh?]
|
|
| Sep
25 |
Duran
Duran: Le Club Montreal, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada
|
|
| Sep
26 |
Duran
Duran: El Macombo, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
[or El Mocambo?]
|
|
| Sep
27 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Detroit, MI, USA
|
|
| Sep
29 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Minneapolis, MN, USA
|
|
| Sep
30 |
Duran
Duran: Parkwest, Chicago, IL, USA
|
|
| Oct
2 |
Duran
Duran: The Roxy, Hollywood, CA, USA
|
|
| Oct
3 |
Duran
Duran: The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles,
CA
|
|
| Oct
4 |
Simon,
Nick, John & Roger do interview with Rodney
Bingenheimer on KROQ radio (Los Angeles, CA)
|
|
| Oct
5 |
Duran
Duran: I-Beam, San Francisco, CA, USA
(with Quiet Room)
|
|
| Oct
8 |
Duran
Duran: Pirate's Cove, Cleveland, OH,
USA
|
|
| Oct
9 |
Duran
Duran: Left Bank, Mount Vernon, NY, USA
|
|
| Oct
10 |
Duran
Duran: Underground Club, The Savoy, New
York, NY, USA
about 2,500 in attendance
|
|
| Oct
10 |
After
the show, Duran meets Andy Warhol backstage,
and take him in the limo over to Studio 54 for
a party |
|
| ? |
Duran
visits the MTV studios (when MTV was only sixteen
people in three rooms) in New York, and discuss
the possibilities of video |
|
| Oct
? |
Band
hangs out with Andy Warhol; parties at the Savoy |
|
| Oct
21-27 |
Duran
spends a week at Townhouse Studios in London,
recording the single and 12" mix of 'My
Own Way' |
|
| Oct
29 |
Band
flies to Germany |
|
| |
FIRST
GERMAN TOUR
Fourteen dates;
need more information on this tour!
|
|
| Oct
30 |
Duran
Duran: Die Wartburg, Wiesbaden, Germany
|
|
| Oct
31 |
Duran
Duran: Markthalle Veranstaltungsentrum,
Hamburg, Germany
|
|
| Nov
4 |
Duran
Duran: Jovel, Münster, Germany (with
Our Daughter's Wedding)
|
|
| Nov
12 |
EMI
holds a presentation to award the band with
their Gold and Silver records for the sales
of the 'Duran Duran' album |
|
| Nov
16 |
'My
Own Way' single {b/w 'Like An Angel'} released
worldwide, except in US |
|
| Nov
23 |
Duran
performs lip-synch of 'Girls on Film' on 'Rock
Pop Germany' |
|
| Nov
? |
Band
visits Barcelona |
|
| Nov
28 |
'My
Own Way' peaks at #14 in UK |
|
| |
The
CARELESS MEMORIES Tour
|
|
| Nov
29 |
Duran
Duran: Gaumont, Southampton, England
|
|
| Nov
30 |
Duran
Duran: Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester,
England
(with
punk poet John Cooper Clarke)
filmed for the TVS series
"Off The Record"
|
 |
| Dec
3 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'My Own Way' |
|
| Dec
3 |
Duran
Duran: Rum Runner, Birmingham, England
|
|
| Dec
7 |
Duran
Duran: Kent University Sports Hall, Canterbury,
England
|
|
| Dec
8 |
Duran
Duran: University of East Anglia, Norwich,
England
|
|
| Dec
10 |
Duran
Duran: City Hall, Sheffield, England
|
|
| Dec
11 |
Duran
Duran: Apollo, Manchester, England
|
|
| Dec
12 |
Duran
Duran: De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England
|
|
| Dec
13 |
Duran
Duran: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
band is involved in a car
crash on the way to this gig
|
|
| Dec
15 |
Duran
Duran: Arts Centre, Poole, England
|
|
| Dec
16 |
Duran
Duran: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
|
|
| Dec
17 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'My Own Way' |
|
| Dec
17 |
Duran
Duran: BBC College Concert, Hammersmith
Odeon, London, England
filmed by the BBC; 'Careless
Memories' recording later released as a b-side;
bootlegged
|
|
| Dec
19 |
Duran
Duran: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh,
Scotland
|
|
| Dec
20 |
Duran
Duran: Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England
|
|
| Dec
21 |
Duran
Duran: Odeon, Birmingham, England
|
|
| Dec
22 |
Duran
Duran: Odeon, Birmingham, England
|
|
| Dec
23 |
Duran
Duran: Odeon, Birmingham, England
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