1990: The Duran Duran Timeline
The Duran Duran Timeline: A Comprehensive History of the music group Duran Duran. Concert dates, charts, album and CD releases, TV appearances, band milestones, personal events.
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1990

Duran Duran finishes the recording and mixing of the 'Liberty' album, then spends the rest of the year promoting the album heavily in Europe and Australia.
 ? Sterling and Warren take a brief trip to Japan to tour with Tetsuya Komuro's band
 
Jan 15 Band begins recording 'Liberty' again at Olympic Studios
John Jones
Jan 16-25 Nick and John Jones work on keyboard overdubs at Blue Weavers Studio
John Jones
  John continues to struggle with his addictions and claims that "I can just remember smoking hash oil, that's all I can really remember about making that album."
 
Mar 22 Duran finishes recording and mixing 'Liberty' album at Olympic
John Jones
Duran holds a completion party with many celebrities, and the fans are invited in the studio
Christian D'Antonio
Mar 26 The 'Happyland' club in New York City is destroyed by fire, killing 89; the event inspires the song 'Sin of the City' on 1993's 'Duran Duran' album
 
 Mar 'Violence of Summer' shot in Paris with director Camilla Nickerson
date/place from Darran Guy; director from UK Elle magazine, Aug 92
 Mar 'Serious' videos shot in Paris with director Venetia Scott
date/place from Darran Guy; director from UK Elle magazine, Aug 92
Mar 30 Playback of the album at Abbey Road for EMI executives
John Jones
? A thief breaks into the DD Productions office and makes off with some minor equipment, leaving behind the gold records and memorabilia; it's thought the thief had no idea whose office he was robbing
Aub
Apr 3-4 Duran records a 12" version of 'Violence of Summer' at Olympic
John Jones
May 'Follow In My Footsteps' single (lyrics and vocal by Simon Le Bon) released in Italy from the 'Requiem for the Americas' album
Christian D'Antonio, TM: Jul 89
May 31 - Jun 4 Duran does more work on 12" remixes at Maison Rouge
John Jones
Jun The band sells their office on Church Row in Wandsworth to Mick Jagger, and move to new offices on Harwoord Road in Fulham
John Jones
July
[first week]
Duran does promotion in Milan, Italy to do promotion, including a long interview and preview of the album on radio Rete 105
Christian D'Antonio
Jul Andy films a video for 'Lola'; the video features Duran's tour backing singer Melanie Redmond
Aub
Jul 23 'Violence of Summer' single released in UK {b/w 'Violence of Summer (story mix)'}
TM, Darran Guy: Jul
Jul 24 Duran tapes lip-synch performance of 'Violence of Summer' on BBC 1 TV chat show 'Wogan'
Aub
Jul 28
Simon appears on Radio 1 Round Table in UK with Dave Stewart and Jackie Brambles
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
Jul 29
Simon and Warren interviewed on 'The Phillip Schofield Show', Radio 1 (UK)
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
Jul 31 John and Warren appear on BBC TV show 'The Garden Party', broadcast from Glasgow
Aub
Aug 2 'Top of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance of 'Violence of Summer' TOTP website
Aug 3 Duran does interviews at Blake's Hotel in London Vesna Pahor
Aug 4 'Violence of Summer' single peaks at #20 in UK
 
Aug Andy Taylor's cover album 'Dangerous' released on A&M label in UK and Japan
 
? Andy's single 'Lola' released in UK {b/w 'Space Station No. 5'}
 
Aug 10 Duran's tapes another performance for the 'Wogan' show at studios in Shepherd's Bush Vesna Pahor
Aug 11 'Violence of Summer' single released in US {b/w 'Yo Bad Azizi'; CD single includes 'Throb'}
 
Aug 14
Duran attends meetings at EMI building; does phone promo Vesna Pahor
Simon phones KROQ radio in Los Angeles
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
Aug 16 Photo session with Dennis O'Regan Vesna Pahor
 Aug 17 Duran plays 'Violence of Summer' on the Japanese TV show 'Hit Studio International', broadcast live from a studio in the Wembley area of London
Vesna Pahor
Aug 20 'Liberty' album released worldwide
TM, DG: Aug
Aug 21 John and Nick guest on Amanda's BBC show 'The Word' Vesna Pahor
Aug 27 Duran leaves London for Belgium and the Netherlands Vesna Pahor
Duran lip-synchs 'Violence Of Summer' on a Belgian music show called 'Tien Om Te Zien'; broadcast on Belgian TV three days later Fabienne Vermassen
 Aug 29 Duran Duran celebrates the opening of a new EMI CD factory in Uden, The Netherlands by jointly making a painting for the entry hall
Esther Habraken
Duran returns from Belgium and the Netherlands Vesna Pahor
Sep 1 'Violence of Summer' single peaks at #64 in US
 
Sep 1 'Liberty' album peaks at #8 in UK
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Sep 2 Simon, Nick and Sterling fly from London to Los Angeles Vesna Pahor
Sep 5
Simon, Nick, John and Warren interviewed on KROQ (Los Angeles, CA)
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
Sep 8 'Liberty' album peaks at #46 in US
 
Sep Duran does a press conference and two days of promotion in Milan, Italy, including interviews for TV show 'Radio Carolina' and a contest for radio Rete 105
Christian D'Antonio
Sep Duran travels to Florence to record a performance of 'Violence of Summer' for the TV show 'Vota la voce' in an ancient Roman theatre; when the show is over they return to the stage and fans are allowed in the open air theatre as the band perform 'Serious' and 'Liberty' for a second TV show
Christian D'Antonio
  Andy's single 'Stone Cold Sober' released in UK {b/w 'Suffragete City'}
 
 Sep 22 Duran is the headlining act of the 5th Annual 'Veronica Music Day' on the 'Countdown' program, broadcast live on Dutch television station 'Veronica'
Esther Habraken
Oct 1 'Serious' single released in UK {b/w 'Yo Bad Azizi'; CD single includes 'Water Babies'}
TM: Oct
Oct A 29-minute version of the 'Three to Get Ready' documentary video is released in US; a limited-edition 75-minute version is released later in the year
TM: Oct
Oct 12 The band flies to Rome, Italy for promotion; in the afternoon they do an interview with Rome's first daily 'IL MESSAGGERO'
Christian D'Antonio
Oct 13 Duran does a soundcheck for the TV show 'Fantastico', are interviewed backstage for 'Rai Stereo Uno', then perform 'Serious' and a comic segment on the show that night
Christian D'Antonio
Oct 14

Duran arrives in Athens, Greece for a short promotional trip

John Theloudis
Oct 17 Duran tapes a lipsynch performance of 'First Impression', 'Wild Boys', 'Union of the Snake' and 'Serious' at the "Tunnel" club for the TV special 'Duranduran in Athens'
John Theloudis
Nov Duran does one-week promotional tour of Australia and New Zealand
Andrew "OzDuran"
Nov 11
Simon and Warren interviewed on 89FM radio (Auckland, New Zealand)
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
Nov 12
Simon and Warren interviewed on 91FM radio (Auckland, New Zealand); answer callers' questions
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
Nov Duran lip-synchs a performance of 'Violence of Summer' for the Australian show 'Hey Hey It's Saturday' on Channel 9 Network
Andrew "OzDuran"
Nov 'Serious' single released in US {b/w 'Yo Bad Azizi', 'Liberty (fade)' and 'First Impression (fade)'}
Darran Guy: Nov
Nov 'Serious' single peaks at #6 in Japan
 
Nov 16 Duran receives an award at the Diamond Awards Festival in Antwerp, Belgium, which were taped for TV broadcast; they lipsynch a performance of 'Serious' and 'First Impression'
Fabienne Vermassen
Nov 17 'Serious' single peaks at #48 in UK
 
late Nov - early Dec

Duran plans to film videos for 'First Impression' (which was to be released as a single in the US) and 'Liberty' (which was to be released in Europe) -- a production company goes so far as to prepare storyboards, plan locations, and hire extras

Aub

EMI cancels funding for the new videos just a few days before 'First Impression' is to begin filming

Aub
? Allison Anders watches 'Three to Get Ready' video, begins correspondence & friendship with John
 
? Andy produces second album 'Laughing on Judgement Day' for the band Thunder
 
Dec 12 John is stopped for speeding and driving erratically through the streets of London on his way home from a party; Simon is in the car with him
Los Angeles Times; Tina Lawson
Dec 13 John is fined £250 for drunk driving and his license is suspended for one year
Los Angeles Times
late Dec 'Duranduran in Athens' special is broadcast by the second National Broadcasting Channel in Greece
John Theloudis
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