| Jan
7 |
'All
She Wants Is' peaks at #9 in UK |
|
| Jan |
'Do
You Believe In Shame' filmed in New York City
with acclaimed Chinese director Chen Kaige |
|
| Jan
9 |
Simon
and Nick interviewed on location during the
filming of 'Do You Believe In Shame' on the
'Live at Five' TV news show, New York |
|
| |
The
ELECTRIC THEATRE Tour continues
John
struggles with his health and with serious
drug problems
|
|
| Jan
11 |
Duran
Duran: Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, USA (with
The Pursuit of Happiness) |
|
| Jan
13 |
Duran
Duran: Tampa Sun Dome, Tampa, FL, USA (with
The Pursuit of Happiness) |
|
| Jan
14 |
Duran
Duran: Miami Arena, Miami, FL, USA (with
The Pursuit of Happiness) |
|
| Jan
16 |
Duran
Duran: Warner Theater, Washington, DC, USA
|
|
| Jan
17 |
John
and Simon interviewed on Z-100 radio in New
York City |
|
| Jan
18 |
Duran
Duran: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, (Long
Island), NY, USA |
|
| Jan
19 |
Duran
Duran: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA (with
The Pursuit of Happiness) |
|
| Jan
20 |
Duran
Duran: Centrum, Worcester, MA, USA (with
The Pursuit of Happiness)
bootlegged |
|
| Jan
24 |
Duran
Duran: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield (Cleveland),
OH, USA |
|
| Jan
26 |
Duran
Duran: The Palace, Auburn Hills (Detroit),
MI, USA (with The Pursuit of Happiness) |
|
| Jan
27 |
Duran
Duran: University of Illinois at Chicago
(The Pavilion), Chicago, IL, USA
bootlegged |
|
| Jan
28 |
Duran
Duran: Mecca Arena, Milwaukee, WI, USA (with
The Pursuit of Happiness) |
|
| Jan
30 |
Duran
Duran: Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO,
USA |
|
| Feb
1 |
Duran
Duran: ASU Activity Center, Tempe, AZ, USA
(with The Pursuit of Happiness) |
|
| Feb
2 |
Duran
Duran: Universal Amphitheater, Universal
City (Los Angeles), CA, USA
At least one of the two Universal
shows was bootlegged [anyone know which one,
or was it both?] |
|
| Feb
3 |
Duran
Duran: Universal Amphitheater, Universal
City (Los Angeles), CA, USA |
|
| Feb
5 |
Duran
Duran: Civic Auditorium, Portland, OR, USA
Simon & John smooch onstage |
|
| Feb
6 |
Duran
Duran: Pine Exhibition Park, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada |
|
| Feb
7 |
Duran
Duran: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA,
USA |
|
| ? |
Duran
appears on the Arsenio Hall show |
|
| Feb
11 |
Duran
Duran: Cham-sil Olympic Gymnasium, Seoul,
South Korea
bootlegged |
|
| Feb
15 |
Duran
Duran: Kinen World Hall, Kobe, Japan |
|
| Feb
16 |
Duran
Duran: Kinen World Hall, Kobe, Japan |
|
| Feb
17 |
Duran
Duran: Kinen World Hall, Kobe, Japan |
|
| Feb
20 |
Duran
Duran: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan |
|
| Feb
22 |
Duran
Duran: Tokyo Dome (aka The Egg), Tokyo,
Japan
concert is filmed for TV
broadcast; a high-quality bootleg CD is engineered
off the video of this broadcast |
|
| Feb
24 |
Duran
Duran: The Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong
Kong |
|
| Feb
25 |
Duran
Duran: The Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong
Kong
bootlegged
|
|
| Feb
27 |
Duran
Duran: Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines |
|
| Feb
28 |
Duran
Duran: Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines |
|
| Mar
3 |
Duran
Duran: The Gardens, Taipei, Taiwan |
|
| Mar
4 |
Duran
Duran: The Gardens, Taipei, Taiwan
bootlegged |
|
| Mar |
Duran
interviewed on syndicated radio show 'Hitline
USA' |
|
| ? |
'6ix
by 3hree' video compilation released on VHS
and laserdisc in UK and Japan (includes videos
for 'Notorious', 'Skin Trade', 'Meet El Presidente',
'I Don't Want Your Love', 'All She Wants Is'
and 'Do You Believe In Shame') |
|
| Mar
10 |
Duran
Duran: Radio City Music Hall, New York,
NY, USA
bootlegged |
|
| Mar
11 |
Duran
Duran: The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ,
USA |
|
| Mar
12 |
Duran
Duran: Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, USA |
|
| Mar
? |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Pittsburgh, PA, USA (no
opening act) |
|
| Mar
16 |
Duran
Duran: Holiday Star Plaza, Merrillville,
IN, USA |
|
| Mar
17 |
Duran
Duran: Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis, MN,
USA |
|
| Mar
18 |
'Do
You Believe in Shame' peaks at #72 in US |
|
| Mar
19 |
Duran
Duran: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS, USA
(no opening act) |
|
| Mar
20 |
Duran
Duran: Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, USA |
|
| Mar
23 |
Duran
Duran: Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley,
CA, USA |
|
| Mar
24 |
Duran
Duran: Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine,
CA, USA |
|
| Mar
25 |
Duran
Duran: San Diego State University Open Air
Amphitheater, San Diego, CA, USA |
|
|
Mar
26
|
Simon, Nick, John, Warren, and Sterling answer
fans' questions on 'Hitline USA' radio show
|
|
| Mar
27 |
Duran
Duran: Centennial Hall, Tucson, AZ, USA |
|
| Mar
? |
Duran
Duran: Laurie Auditorium, San Antonio, TX,
USA |
|
| Mar
30 |
Duran
Duran: Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO,
USA |
|
| Mar
31 |
Duran
Duran: Will Rogers Auditorium, Fort Worth,
TX, USA |
|
| ? |
Duran
Duran: Austin Opera House, Austin, TX, USA |
|
| Apr
2 |
Duran
Duran: Music Hall, Houston, TX, USA |
|
| Apr
3 |
Duran
Duran: Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA,
USA (no opening act) |
|
|
early
Apr?
|
Duran
re-record 'Drug' (a studio recording of the
live version they were playing on tour) in
Los Angeles with "house" producer
Marshall Jefferson, with a view to releasing
it as the fourth single from 'Big Thing';
poor success of 'Do You Believe In Shame'
means it is never released
|
|
| Apr
10 |
'Do
You Believe in Shame' single released worldwide
{b/w 'Krush Brothers LSD Edit' (a remix of 'Edge
of America' and 'Lake Shore Driving')} |
|
| Assorted
12" and CD versions of the 'Do You Believe
In Shame' single include these rarities: 'Palomino
(edit)', two spoken-word pieces, 'God (London)'
and 'This Is How A Road Gets Made', and the
original version of 'Drug' -- the one that John
vehemently preferred to the album mix |
 |
|
A
numbered, limited edition 10" single of
'Do You Believe In Shame' is also released |
 |
| Apr
12 |
The
CD version of the 'Do You Believe In Shame'
single is recalled, as its overlong playing
time makes it ineligible for inclusion in the
official sales charts; rarity value skyrockets |
|
|
Duran
tapes a performance of 'Do You Believe In Shame'
for 'Top Of The Pops'; the band wanted to play
live, but tight TOTP filming schedules wouldn't
allow for proper equipment setup, so Simon and
backing vocalists performed live to a playback |
|
|
The
Musicians' Union protests Sterling's appearance
on the 'Top Of The Pops' show as he did not
play on the original recording; the point ends
up being moot as the show never airs due to
the single's lackluster performance |
|
|
Apr
14
|
Simon phones in to London radio station from
Newcastle for interview; mentions Warren's
"underwear parties"
|
|
| Apr
15 |
Duran
Duran: City Hall, Newcastle, England (with
Thrashing Doves)
bootlegged |
|
| Apr
16 |
Duran
Duran: Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland (with
Thrashing Doves) |
|
| Apr
17 |
Part
1
of a limited edition 'Do You Believe In Shame'
7" triple pack is released |
|
|
Non-limited
edition 'Do You Believe In Shame' 10" single
released (actually now more rare than the limited
edition version) |
|
| Apr
18 |
Duran
Duran: Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland (with
Thrashing Doves)
bootlegged |
|
| Apr
19 |
Simon
appears on Radio 1 with Philip Schofield |
|
| Apr
19 |
Duran
Duran: City Hall, Sheffield, England (with
Thrashing Doves) |
|
| Apr
20 |
Duran
Duran: Royal Centre, Nottingham, England
(with Thrashing Doves) |
|
| Apr
22 |
'Do
You Believe in Shame' peaks at #30 in UK |
|
| Apr
22 |
Duran
Duran: London Arena, London, England (with
Thrashing Doves)
opening of new arena; heavily
covered by press; George Michael attends;
show is halted when Sterling's drum kit breaks
down; bootlegged |
|
| Apr
? |
Part
2 of limited edition 'Do You Believe In Shame'
triple pack is released |
|
| Apr
23 |
Duran
Duran: Bournemouth International Centre,
Bournemouth, England (with Thrashing Doves) |
|
| ? |
Renee
Simonsen returns from kibbutz in Israel |
|
| ? |
John
and Renee finally separate for good |
|
| Apr
24 |
Producer
John Jones works with John on some songs at
JT's house in London |
|
| Apr
25 |
Duran
Duran: Apollo, Manchester, England (with
Thrashing Doves)
audio and video bootlegged;
recorded by BBC Radio 1, with highlights broadcast
later; John mangles the bassline during the
reprise of 'Drug' |
|
| Apr
26 |
Duran
makes Warren and Sterling official members of
the band |
|
| Apr
26 |
Duran
Duran: Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England
(with Thrashing Doves)
Stan Harrison (saxophone)
and Spike Edney (trombone & piano) have
a pillow fight on-stage
with Nick. Sterling stays up all night in the
hotel
with fans,
celebrating his acceptance into the band. |
|
| Apr
? |
Part
3 of limited edition 'Do You Believe In Shame'
triple pack is released |
|
| ? |
Radio
1 airs highlights of Manchester show |
|
| ? |
The
CD version of the 'Do You Believe In Shame'
is made available once more as the single slips
down the charts |
|
| May
8-25 |
Duran
rehearses songs for upcoming summer festivals
(including 'The Chauffeur' and a soul version
of 'Careless Memories'), and writes new music
for the album to become 'Liberty', at Stanbridge
Rehearsal Studios |
|
| May
17 |
John
records an interview for 'Eurochart Hot 100'
radio show in Amsterdam, but the show is never
broadcast |
|
| Jun |
'Decade'
greatest hits album released worldwide
|
|
| |
European
Summer Festivals
Set lists include
'Get It On', 'Nuclear War' (later to become
'Yo Bad Azizi'), and 'My Family' (never released) |
|
| Jun
30 |
Duran
Duran and others: [festival?], [venue?],
Leysin/Lausanne, Switzerland
filmed, bootlegged;
Duran plays 'Edelweiss' at the sound check |
|
| Jul
5-10 |
More
work on 'Liberty' at Stanbridge rehearsal hall;
John is heavily involved in writing and demoing
tracks |
|
| Jul
15 |
Simon
and John attend the enormous Pink Floyd concert
in Venice; their visit to the decaying city
inspires the lyrics to 'Venice Drowning' |
|
| ? |
'Requiem
for the Americas' album released in US |
|
| Jul
? |
Duran
Duran and others: [festival?], Bull Ring,
Malaga, Spain
[On Saturday, Sunday or Monday?
Jul 22, 23 or 24?]; includes
the
brand new 'Venice Drowning' |
|
| Jul
28 |
Duran
Duran and others: Puerto
Real Festival, Bull Ring,
Cadiz, Spain
Bootlegged;
John
fumbles the beginning of 'Is There Something
I Should Know' so badly that Simon has to call
a halt; after he admits that he can't remember
the bassline, the band finally moves on to 'My
Family'; |
|
| Aug
6 |
Duran
Duran and others: Belga
Beach Festival,
De
Panne, Belgium
Stage is set up on the beach,
facing the ocean;
'Venice Drowning' omitted from the set as the
band was running late; the onstage monitors
fail and the band goes badly out of key during
'The Chauffeur', 'Palomino', and 'A View To
A Kill' |
|
| Aug
13 |
Duran
Duran and others: Skanderborg
Festival, open
air stage, Aarhus, Denmark
bootlegged |
|
| Aug |
Warren
buys Simon and Yasmin's house in Battersea,
London |
|
| ? |
John
gives up his home in Paris and settles into
Knightsbridge (London) |
|
| Aug
10 |
More
work on 'Liberty' at Stanbridge rehearsal hall;
demos bootlegged (later distributed on bootleg
CD 'Didn't Anybody Tell You?') |
|
| Aug
23 |
The
band restarts work on Liberty with John Jones
at their Wandsworth office; by October, they
have demos of 21 songs |
|
| Aug
25 |
Amber
Rose Tamara Le Bon born to Simon and Yasmin |
|
| Oct
6 |
Last
day of demo recording at Wandsworth office |
|
| Oct
9 |
Duran
begins recording 'Liberty' at Olympic Studio
with producer Chris Kimsey and engineer Chris
Potter |
|
| Oct
14-15 |
While
the band works downstairs at Olympic, John Jones
records 'Burning The Ground' upstairs |
|
| Oct
21-22 |
'Burning
The Ground' mixed with engineer Chris Potter |
|
| Oct
26 |
The
band records 'Serious', 'First Impression',
'Can You Deal With It', and 'Worth Waiting For' |
|
| Oct
27 |
John
Jones edits single and Ben Chapman 12"
Mix for 'Decadance' |
|
| Oct |
Artwork
for the 'Decade' album goes missing when designer
Stephen Sprouse inadvertantly leaves it in a
taxi after showing it to the band |
|
| |
After
the first month or so in the studio working
on the 'Liberty' album, John seems to lose interest
and rarely attends sessions; he later says (on
TTP) he wishes he had worked harder, because
he felt he had the key to unlock those songs
yet he made no effort to, which is why they
sound disappointing on the album. |
|
| Nov
16 |
Duran
flies to Rome to do promo for 'Decade' |
|
| Nov
17 |
Duran
does a rehearsal and soundcheck for Italian
TV show 'Fantastico' (which Simon used to watch
on satellite TV from his favorite Italian restaurant
in London) |
|
| Nov
18 |
Duran
lip-synchs 'The Reflex' in front of hundreds
of screaming fans at the 'Fantastico' show |
|
| Nov
21 |
'Decade'
album released in UK |
|
| |
Video
album 'Decade' released on VHS and laserdisc |
|
| Nov
25 |
'Decade'
album peaks at #5 in UK |
|
| Nov
29 |
Dutch
TV show 'Countdown' on Veronica features Simon
reading the Top 10 |
|
| Simon,
Nick and John return to Rome for a short promo
trip |
|
| Nov
29- Dec 1 |
Radio
RAI Stereo 2 airs an interview with Simon, Nick
and John in three parts |
|
|
? |
Simon,
Nick and John do interviews for Red Ronnie's
show 'Be Bop a Lula' on Italia Uno TV |
|
|
? |
Film
directer Federico Fellini invites the band to
see the final cuttings on what was to be his
last movie: 'La voce della luna'
|
|
| ? |
Duran
refuses to appear on Italian Sunday show 'Domenica
In' [anyone know why?]
|
|
| ? |
'Burning
the Ground' remix created with producer John
Jones at Olympic Studios, Barnes |
|
| Dec |
'Burning
the Ground' promotional single released worldwide
{b/w 'Decadance'} |
|
| Dec
9 |
'Decade'
album peaks at #67 in US |
|
| Dec
10 |
Band finishes work at Olympic Studios
for Christmas break |
|
| Simon
and John interviewed on Greater London Radio |
|
| Dec
16 |
'Burning
The Ground' single peaks at #31 in UK; never
makes the charts in the US |
|
|
Dec
17
|
Simon, Nick and John answer fans' questions
on 'Hitline USA' radio show
|
|
| Dec |
Duran
presents the 'Decade' gold record to MTV Europe |
|
| Dec
21 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs 'Burning The Ground' |
 |
| Dec |
The
band does a lipsynch performance of 'Notorious'
during the filming of a UK TV New Year's special
with Cilla Black at a West End theater in London
[the Palladium?] |
|
| Dec
28 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Is There Something I Should Know' |
|
| Dec
31 |
'Cilla's
Goodbye To The 80's' is broadcast on ITV |
|
| ? |
'Burning
the Ground' video released; rarely played in
the US |
|
| ? |
Andy
produces British biker band Silver Destruction |
|
