1992: 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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1992

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? John and Amanda buy a home together in Bayswater (London) Aub
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 Aub
? 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 TM: 1992
Feb Warren records material for his solo album 'the blue' (to be released December of 2000) with Indian musician Shankar in Privacy Cyndi Glass
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") Amanda De Cadenet (via AOL)
? 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' Darran Guy
May 27 Simon suffers a bruised groin in a motorcycle race in Wales; he is treated overnight at Prince Philip Hospital in Dyfed D, Rie
Jun ? Andy travels to Uruguay with the band Thunder for a date at the General Artigas train station, opening for Iron Maiden Gustavo Ubal
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 Temple of St. Nick
end of summer The new album 'Duran Duran' (aka 'The Wedding Album') is completed Darran Guy
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" John Jones
? Duran records a cover of John Lennon's 'How' John Jones
? 'Femme Fatale' recorded; band decides to include it on 'The Wedding Album' John Jones
? 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' John Jones
? 'Come Undone' recorded entirely at Privacy with producer John Jones, with background vocals by Tessa Niles Ask Katy, John Jones
? Bored with the covers project, John Jones leaves Duran's employ for a while John Jones
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 Cyndi Glass, Nancy Wardle
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)'} TM
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
CM, DNancy Wardle, Manon Wortel
Dec 13 Duran Duran and others: KROQ Acoustic Christmas, Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA, USA CM, D
Dec ? Nick meets artist and heiress Madeleine Farley at a Christmas party; they begin dating shortly thereafter Temple of St. Nick
Dec 16 'Ordinary World' video filmed at Huntington Gardens, Pasadena, California with director Nick Egan Darran Guy: Dec 16; the author's been to the gardens
Dec 19 Duran announces in the UK Daily Mirror that they will kick off their next world tour in Moscow Daily Mirror (via Hamish P)
last updated: Sunday, April 14, 2002
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