| ? |
'Night
Versions' EP released in Australia ('Girls on
Film' and 'Planet Earth') |
|
| ? |
Duran
performs 'Anyone Out There' live on 'Old Grey
Whistle Test' in the UK |
|
| ? |
'Girls
on Film' included on K-Tel compilation 'The
Beat' |
|
| ? |
John goes to Ebony (his favorite clothing store
on King's Road) to buy some drugs, but is blocked
by so many fans out front that the police come
in a Black Maria to escort him home |
|
| Jan |
First
broadcast of "Off the Record" concert
(recorded at Chichester Festival in November
1981) on TVS; later shown on Nickelodeon in
the US |
|
| Jan-Feb |
Andy's
girlfriend, hairdresser Tracey Wilson, joins
the band as they work on writing new material
in France |
|
| Feb
16 |
Andy
proposes to Tracey on his 21st birthday while
she is ill; at first, she thinks she dreamed
his proposal |
|
| spring |
Duran
records the 'Rio' album at Air Studios, London with
producer Colin Thurston |
|
| spring |
Long
before the days of easy sampling, Nick creates
live sounds for the album, including the lighting
of the match in 'Last Chance on the Stairway'
and the keys in 'The Chauffeur'; the laughter
in the 'Rio' track belongs to his girlfriend
Cheryl |
|
| ? |
Andy
buys a huge gothic-styled townhouse in Wandsworth,
south London |
|
| |
'Rio'
cover paintings commissioned from Patrick Nagel;
he delivers two |
|
| |
Band
and management lay plans for a complete video
album, and thus prepare to shoot videos for
several album tracks in addition to those already
shot for the singles from the 'Duran Duran'
and 'Rio' albums |
|
| |
Duran
hires director Russell Mulcahy (who directed
'Planet Earth') to work on several more videos |
|
| ? |
'The
Chauffeur' video directed by Ian Emes; inspired
by the 1974 movie 'The Night Porter' and by
Helmut Newton's photography (the dancing girl
at the end is Perri Lister, once Billy Idol's
girlfriend) |
|
| |
'My
Own Way' video shot at St. Johns Wood directed
by Russell Mulcahy |
|
| Mar |
Missing
Persons signs record deal with Capitol |
|
| Mar
19 |
'Hold
Back the Rain' written |
|
| |
Nick
and Andy work on mixing several 'Rio' tracks
right up to the day their plane leaves for Sri
Lanka |
|
| early
Apr |
Duran
travels to Sri Lanka to film videos for
'Hungry Like The Wolf', 'Save a Prayer', and
the color portions of 'Lonely in Your Nightmare'
with Russell |
|
| ? |
The
band hires a bodyguard named Simon; to avoid
confusion, they begin calling Simon Le Bon "Charley"
(from his middle name Charles) |
|
| |
The
RIO Tour
first tour of Australia;
most dates are sold out
|
|
| Apr
15 |
Duran
Duran: Barton Town Hall, Adelaide, Australia
|
|
| Apr
17 |
Duran
Duran: Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia |
|
| Apr
18 |
Duran
Duran: Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
bootlegged |
 |
| Apr
20 |
Duran
Duran: Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia |
|
| Apr
21 |
Duran
Duran: Horden Pavilion, Sydney, Australia |
|
| Apr
22 |
Duran
Duran: Horden Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
Andy collapses of pyrexia
(a tropical fever brought on by the water in
Sri Lanka) just before the encore |
|
|
|
John and Nick appear on 3XY FM radio (Australia),
describing the songs on the Rio album
|
|
| Apr
25 |
Duran
Duran: Nihon Seinenkan Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
|
| Apr
26 |
Duran
Duran: Banpaku, Osaka, Japan |
|
| Apr
27 |
Duran
Duran: Kinro Kaikan, Nagoya, Japan |
|
| Apr
28 |
Duran
Duran: Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan |
|
| May
1 |
Duran
Duran: Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan |
|
| May |
Duran
flies from Japan to Antigua in the Leeward Islands |
|
| May |
Russell
films 'Rio' video in Antigua; the boat scenes
are filmed at English Harbour, the beach scenes
(probably) at Miller's Beach, and the scene
with Nick on the raft at Shirley's Height (part
of a national park) |
|
| May |
Russell films 'Waiting for the Nightboat' video
in Antigua |
|
| May |
Band
returns to England and appears on Peter Powell's
'Get Set for Summer' TV program [on a Saturday] |
|
| May |
Andy
spends five days in hospital with malaria |
|
| May |
Due
to Andy's illness, European dates for June and
July are postponed to September, leaving the
album unsupported by live dates for two months
|
|
| May
4 |
'Hungry
Like the Wolf' single released worldwide {b/w
'Careless Memories (Live)'} |
|
| ? |
Duran
performs lip-synch of 'Hungry Like the Wolf',
'Lonely in Your Nightmare' and 'Hold Back the
Rain' on 'Get Set for Summer' in the UK |
|
| May
10 |
'Rio'
album released worldwide; the North American
version is released on the Harvest label,
and doesn't do well
There
are several different versions of this album;
the details of this first pressing:
- Nine
tracks, 42:38 playing time
- US
version released on Harvest label: matrix
number (ST-1-12211-Z1 #1); sound quality
is not great
|
|
| May
13 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Hungry Like The Wolf' |
 |
| May
15 |
'Hungry
Like the Wolf' peaks at #5 in UK |
|
| ? |
Duran
performs lip-synch of 'Hungry Like the Wolf'
for the first time on BBC's 'Top of the Pops' |
|
| ? |
Duran
performs lip-synch of 'Hungry Like the Wolf'
on 'Dance Fever' |
|
| May
22 |
'Rio'
album peaks at #2 in UK |
|
| May
27 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Hungry Like The Wolf' |
|
| Jun
5 |
'Rio'
album peaks at #5 in US - remains in the US
charts for 129 weeks |
|
| Jun
17 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Hungry Like The Wolf' |
|
| Jun
23 |
Duran
Duran: Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, NJ, USA |
|
| Jun
24 |
Duran
Duran: Ontario Theatre, Washington, DC,
USA |
|
| Jun
25 |
Duran
Duran: Dr. Pepper Summer Concerts, Pier
42, New York, NY, USA (with Split Enz
and others) |
 |
| Jun
26 |
Duran
Duran: Mann Music Center, Philadelphia,
PA, USA |
|
| Jun
29 |
Duran
Duran: North Stage Theater, Long Island,
NY, USA |
|
| summer |
John
does phone interview on Molly Meldrum's breakfast
show (Australia) |
|
| Jul
1 |
Duran
Duran: Chance, New York, NY, USA |
|
| Jul
2 |
Duran
Duran: Peppermint Lounge, New York, NY,
USA |
|
| Jul
3 |
Duran
Duran: Paradise, Boston, MA, USA |
|
| Jul
5 |
Duran
Duran: Le Club, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada |
|
| Jul
6 |
Duran
Duran: Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Simon performs with a torn
knee ligament |
|
| Jul
? |
Nick and John interviewed on 'Much Music' TV
show in Canada |
|
| Jul
? |
Simon and Roger interviewed on 'Much Music'
TV show in Canada |
|
|
Jul
8
|
John appears on WRCT Jumpin' Joe Show (Pittsburgh,
PA college radio)
|
|
| Jul
8 |
Duran
Duran: Heaven, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
|
| Jul
9 |
Duran
Duran: Clutch Cargo, Detroit, MI, USA
bootlegged |
 |
| Jul
10 |
Duran
Duran: Parkwest, Chicago, IL, USA |
|
| Jul
11 |
Duran
Duran: Palms, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
|
| Jul
14 |
Duran
Duran: 1st Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
|
| Jul
16 |
Duran
Duran: Playhouse, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada |
|
| Jul
18 |
Duran
Duran: Dinwoodie Lounge, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada |
|
| Jul
19 |
Duran
Duran: McEwan Hall Ballroom, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada |
|
| Jul
21 |
Duran
Duran: Commodore, Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada |
|
| Jul
23 |
Duran
Duran: Showbox Theater, Seattle, WA, USA
The show is the same day
as a massive outdoor Foreigner concert; Duran
plays to 660 people |
|
| Jul
25 |
Duran
Duran: Kabuki Theater, San Francisco, CA,
USA
cancelled |
|
| Jul
27 |
Duran
Duran: Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
|
| Jul
? |
Nick
meets department store heiress Julie Anne Friedman
at a Los Angeles yacht party |
|
| ? |
Simon
and Nick interviewed on the California Music
Channel |
|
|
?
|
Simon and Nick are interviewed about band's
early days on Over The Top With Duran Duran
on KIQQ radio (Los Angeles, CA)
|
|
| Jul
29 |
After
several postponements, Andy finally marries
Tracey Wilson at Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood,
California; John serves as best man |
|
| Aug
? |
Two
weeks after meeting Nick, Julie Anne leaves
home to follow the band on tour |
|
| |
Blondie's
TRACKS ACROSS AMERICA Tour
The band finishes
their US tour as an opening act for Blondie
on their final, ill-fated tour
|
|
| Aug
2 |
Blondie:
Starlight Amphitheater, Kansas City, KS, USA
(with Duran Duran) |
|
| Aug
4 |
Blondie:
Metro Center, Rockford, IL, USA (with Duran
Duran) |
|
| Aug
5 |
Blondie:
Five Seasons, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA (with Duran
Duran) |
|
| Aug
7 |
Blondie:
Parade Stadium, Minneapolis, MN, USA (with Duran
Duran) |
|
| Aug
8 |
Blondie:
Poplar Creek, Chicago, IL, USA
(with Duran Duran)
duplicate date - unconfirmed |
|
| Aug
8 |
Duran
Duran: The Savoy, New York, NY, USA
unconfirmed |
|
| Aug
9 |
'Save
a Prayer' single released in UK {b/w 'Hold Back
the Rain' remix} |
|
| Aug
9 |
Blondie:
Pine Knob, Detroit, MI,
USA (with Duran Duran) |
|
| Aug
10 |
Blondie:
Agora Theater, Cleveland, OH,
USA (with Duran Duran) |
|
| Aug
12 |
Blondie:
Civic Center, Providence, RI,
USA (with Duran Duran) |
|
| Aug
14 |
Blondie:
Meadowlands, East Rutherford, NJ,
USA (with Duran Duran and David Johansen)
Andy Warhol attends |
|
| Aug
16 |
Blondie:
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD,
USA (with Duran Duran) |
|
| Aug
18 |
Blondie:
Canadian National Exhibition Grandstand, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
(with Duran Duran)
[Maple Leaf Gardens?] |
|
| Aug
19 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Save A Prayer' |
|
| Aug
21 |
Blondie:
JFK Stadium, Philadephia, PA,
USA (with Duran Duran) |
|
| Aug |
John
meets Chic's Tony Thompson in the men's
room at one of the Blondie shows |
|
|
? |
Simon and Nick film commercial for MTV |
|
| ? |
A
7" (but 33-1/3 rpm) picture disc entitled
"An Interview With Simon Le Bon" is
issued; there are three versions, with three
different sets of pictures (#3 has John on side
1 and Nick on side 2) |
|
|
summer
|
Paula Yates interviews Simon in the UK
|
|
| Aug
21 |
'Save
a Prayer' peaks at #2 in UK |
|
|
Aug 23 |
The Duran boys visit Andy Warhol |
|
| ? |
Duran
hires David Kershenbaum to help the band create
night versions and dance mixes of several tracks |
|
| Sep
2 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Save A Prayer' |
|
| Sep |
'Carnival'
EP (night versions and remixes of 'Rio', 'Hold
Back The Rain', 'My Own Way', 'Hungry Like The
Wolf', and 'New Religion') released in North
America, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan and Taiwan |
|
| Sep |
US
deejays begin playing remixed dance versions
from the Carnival album |
|
| |
The
band picks up the European dates postponed from
May and June |
|
| Sep
23 |
Duran
Duran: Draken Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden |
|
| Sep
24 |
Duran
Duran: Draken Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden |
|
| Sep
25 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Oslo, Norway |
|
| Sep
27 |
Duran
Duran: Turku Concert House, [city?], Finland |
|
| Sep
28 |
Duran
Duran: Kuttwritalo / House of Culture, Helsinki,
Finland |
|
| Sep
30 |
Duran
Duran: Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark |
|
| Oct
2 |
'Carnival'
EP sits at #98 in the US for one week; it is
the first EP to make any appearance at all on
the US charts |
|
| |
Following
initial success of the Kershenbaum remixes,
Capitol changes marketing strategy on Duran
from New Romantic to dance band |
|
| |
Unhappy
with some of the original mixes, the band capitalizes
on the moment and presses Capitol to allow them
to issue a remixed and remastered version of
the 'Rio' album in North America |
|
| |
David
Kershenbaum returns to oversee the remixing
of the album |
|
| Oct
2 |
Duran
Duran: Audimax, Hamburg, West Germany |
|
| Oct
3 |
Duran
Duran: Zeche, Bochum, West Germany |
|
| Oct
4 |
Duran
Duran: Trinity Theatre, Hamburg, West Germany |
|
| Oct
5 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Dortmund, West Germany |
|
| Oct
6 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Stuttgart, West Germany |
|
| Oct
8 |
Duran
Duran: Ballroom, Hanover, West Germany |
|
| Oct
9 |
Duran
Duran: Biskuithalle, Bonn, West Germany |
|
| Oct
10 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Darmstadt, West Germany |
|
| Oct
12 |
Duran
Duran: Music Center, Utrecht, Netherlands |
|
| Oct
13 |
Duran
Duran: Brielpoort, Deinze, Belgium |
|
| Oct
14 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Paris, France |
|
| Oct
18 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Lisbon, Portugal |
|
| Oct
20 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Oporto, Portugal |
|
| Oct
|
John
injures his right hand in Munich, Germany by
putting his fist through a glass wall in a fit
of temper; band postpones some European dates |
|
| |
The
band begins a sold-out 25-date tour of the UK
|
|
| Oct
30 |
Duran
Duran: Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland |
|
| Oct
31 |
Duran
Duran: Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland |
|
| Nov
1 |
'Rio'
single released worldwide {b/w 'The Chauffeur
(Sing Blue Silver)'}; a Japanese 12" is
backed with a Missing Persons song |
|
| Nov
? |
'Rio'
single released in the US, France and Germany
{b/w 'Hold Back The Rain'} |
|
| Nov
1 |
Duran
Duran: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland
|
|
| Nov
3 |
Duran
Duran: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England |
|
| Nov
4 |
Duran
Duran: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
recorded; 'Come Up and See
Me (Make Me Smile)' later used as a b-side
|
|
| Nov
5 |
Duran Duran: Apollo, Manchester, England |
|
| Nov
6 |
Duran Duran: Apollo, Manchester, England |
|
| Nov
8 |
Duran Duran: De Montfort Hall, Leicester,
England |
|
| Nov
9 |
Duran Duran: Empire Theatre, Liverpool,
England |
|
| Nov
10 |
Duran Duran: Empire Theatre, Liverpool,
England |
|
| Nov
11 |
Duran Duran: City Hall, Newcastle, England |
|
| Nov
12 |
Duran Duran: City Hall, Newcastle, England |
|
| ? |
Duran
performs lip-synch of 'Rio' on BBC's 'Top of
the Pops' |
|
| ? |
Duran
performs lip-synch of 'Rio' and 'Hungry Like
The Wolf' on 'Dancing On Air' |
|
| Nov |
Capitol
re-releases 'Rio' album in US with Kershenbaum
remixes (earliest shipments include a Nagel-esque
sticker noting the difference)
The
significant differences on this second pressing:
matrix # (ST-1-12211-Z13-REI #1)
-
Kershenbaum 'My Own Way' - drastically different
from the original
-
Kershenbaum "album version" of
'Hungry Like The Wolf' (later used on the
American 7" single re-release)
- Kershenbaum
"nite version" of 'Hold Back The
Rain'
- Kershenbaum
'Lonely In Your Nightmare'
The
Kershenbaum versions of 'My Own Way' and 'Lonely
In Your Nightmare' are only available
on the second and third pressings of this
vinyl album; they have not yet been issued
on CD
|
|
| ? |
Capitol
rushes a third pressing of the 'Rio' album
into stores, identical to the second except:
-
Kershenbaum "album version" of
'Hungry Like The Wolf' replaced with longer
Kershenbaum "nite version"
The
third pressing is vastly more common than
the second, and has a matrix number (ST-1-12211-Z16
#2)
|
|
| Nov
13 |
'Rio'
single peaks at #9 in UK |
|
| Nov
14 |
Duran
Duran: Hammersmith
Odeon, London,
England |
|
| Nov
15 |
Duran
Duran: Hammersmith
Odeon, London,
England |
|
| Nov
16 |
Duran
Duran: Hammersmith
Odeon, London,
England
bootlegged |
|
| Nov
18 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Rio' |
|
| Nov
18 |
Duran
Duran: Shepton
Mallet Showering Pavilion, Shepton Mallet, Somerset,
England |
|
| Nov
19 |
Duran
Duran: Brighton
Centre, Brighton,
England |
|
| Nov
20 |
Duran
Duran: Southampton
Gaumont, Southampton,
England |
|
| Nov
21 |
Duran
Duran: Southampton
Gaumont, Southampton,
England |
|
| Nov
22 |
Duran
Duran: St.
Austell Cornwall Coliseum, Cornwall,
England
bootlegged |
|
| Nov
24 |
Duran
Duran: Glouster
Leisure Centre, Glouster,
England |
|
| Nov
25 |
Duran
Duran: Odeon,
Birmingham,
England |
|
| Nov
26 |
Duran
Duran: Odeon,
Birmingham,
England |
|
| Nov
27 |
Duran
Duran: Odeon,
Birmingham,
England |
|
| Dec
1 |
Duran
Duran: Odeon,
Birmingham,
England
bootlegged |
|
| Dec
2 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Rio' |
|
| Dec
3 |
The
Kershenbaum remix of the 'Hungry' single released
in US; includes album version and 'Carnival'
remix |
|
| ? |
Duran
records 'Is There Something I Should Know',
produced by Ian Little and the band |
|
| ? |
Simon spends Christmas with girlfriend Claire,
then flies back to Sri Lanka to meet with his
other girlfriend |
|
| Dec
25 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Hungry Like The Wolf' |
|
| 'Hungry'
peaks at #3 in US |
|
| Dec
31 |
Missing
Persons: The Long Beach Arena, Long Beach,
CA, USA |
|
| Dec
31 |
Duran
Duran: MTV's New Year's Eve Rock'n'Roll
Ball, The
Savoy, New York, NY, USA
[or the Palladium?] |
|
