| ? |
John
and Amanda buy a home together in Bayswater
(London) |
 |
| Jan |
EMI
shows entirely too much interest in the Power
Station project -- as a great way to further
Robert Palmer's career; John, Andy and Bernard
back off and agree to talk about it again at
a later date |
|
| ? |
Capitol
offers the five original members of Duran several
million dollars to reform and record a new album;
informal meetings take place and some legal
documents are drafted, but no consensus can
be reached among the band members |
|
| ? |
Andy
produces for the band Jericho (a reincarnation
of 80's band Then Jericho) |
|
| ? |
'Do
They Know It's Christmas' reissued on CD3 in
Japan |
|
| Feb |
Warren
records material for his solo album 'the blue'
(to be released December of 2000) with Indian
musician Shankar in Privacy |
 |
| Mar
31 |
Atlanta
Noo DeCadenet Taylor born at Wellington Hospital
in London ("Noo" is short for John
& Amanda's endearment "Noodlehead"
and is repeatedly misrepresented in the press
as "Knew") |
 |
| ? |
Nick
begins process of divorcing Julie Anne |
|
| ? |
Nick
works with Limahl and Nick Beggs on Kajagoogoo
singles remixes |
|
| Apr |
Duran
continues recording tracks for the new album,
including a never-released song called 'Firefly' |
|
| May
27 |
Simon
suffers a bruised groin in a motorcycle race
in Wales; he is treated overnight at Prince
Philip Hospital in Dyfed |
 |
| Jun
? |
Andy
travels to Uruguay with the band Thunder
for a date at the General Artigas train station,
opening for Iron Maiden |
 |
| Jun
? |
John,
Nick and Simon fly to New York for an EMI label
party [a Thursday evening] |
|
| |
John
and Amanda gradually begin having trouble with
drugs again |
|
| Jul |
Nick
and Julie Anne's divorce finalized |
|
| end
of summer |
The
new album 'Duran Duran' (aka 'The Wedding Album')
is completed |
|
| fall |
John
& Amanda move from London to Lookout Mountain
in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles to escape British
press, and to further Amanda's acting career |
 |
| fall |
John
builds a studio for himself and begins noodling
with music that will eventually be released
as 'Meltdown', with help from Gerry Laffy and
Gary Kemp |
|
| fall |
John
shares his new work with Allison Anders; she
uses some tracks as part of the score for her
film 'Mi Vida Loca' |
|
| ? |
Warren
convinces the band to begin working on some
covers, in order to "keep the team together" |
|
| ? |
Duran
records a cover of John Lennon's 'How' |
|
| ? |
'Femme
Fatale' recorded; band decides to include it
on 'The Wedding Album' |
|
| ? |
Warren
toys with a new "cover" of Duran's
'First Impression' (from the Liberty album);
the guitar part evolves into the beginnings
of 'Come Undone' |
|
| ? |
'Come
Undone' recorded entirely at Privacy with producer
John Jones, with background vocals by Tessa
Niles |
 |
| ? |
Bored
with the covers project, John Jones leaves Duran's
employ for a while |
|
| fall |
Someone
at Capitol leaks 'Ordinary World' to a couple
of Florida radio stations three months before
the intended release; a Jacksonville station
receives a hundred calls about it in the first
day. Capitol ends up rushing the US single to
early release. |
|
| ? |
Duran
is invited to be the headlining act both nights
at LA radio station KROQ's hugely popular annual
two-day Acoustic Christmas festival |
|
| ? |
Duran
hires drummer Fergus Gerrand, backing vocalist
Lamya, and a three-piece string section; Warren
arranges new string parts over the course of
ten days; John plays stand-up bass |
|
| Dec
11 |
Warren
hires a rehearsal hall in Los Angeles, and the
band rehearses a whole new acoustic sound for
many old hits in preparation for the KROQ show;
Simon's mother Anne visits L.A. and attends
rehearsals |
|
| Dec |
'Ordinary
World' single released in US {b/w 'Save A Prayer'
(7" edit); the cassette single includes
'Ordinary World (acoustic mix)'} |
|
| Dec
12 |
Duran
Duran and others: KROQ Acoustic Christmas,
Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA, USA
at least one of these two
shows bootlegged, possibly both |
|
| Dec
13 |
Duran
Duran and others: KROQ Acoustic Christmas,
Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA, USA
|
|
| Dec
? |
Nick
meets artist and heiress Madeleine Farley at
a Christmas party; they begin dating shortly
thereafter |
|
| Dec
16 |
'Ordinary
World' video filmed at Huntington Gardens, Pasadena,
California with director Nick Egan |
|
| Dec
19 |
Duran
announces in the UK Daily Mirror that they will
kick off their next world tour in Moscow |
|
