| ? |
John
enters four weeks of rehab for cocaine and alcohol
addiction |
|
| ? |
'Rio'
album issued on CD in the UK for the first time |
 |
| ? |
The
'Femme Fatale' single released in France only
{b/w 'Fallen Angel'} |
|
| ? |
Simon
calls from LA to do phone interview during Q101
Retro Flashback Weekend in Chicago, IL |
|
| ? |
Andy
tries again to auction his Gothic flat in south
London, this time for £300,000; again,
there are no takers |
 |
| ? |
'Rio'
(the 7" Kershenbaum remix) appears on Rhino
compilation 'Just Can't Get Enough, Volume 9' |
|
| ? |
Duran
does some recording for 'Thank You' in Prince's
Paisley Park studios in Minneapolis |
|
| |
The
DILATE YOUR MIND Tour continues
The
band finishes the North American tour, picking
up some of the dates postponed from October
|
|
| Jan
2 |
Duran
Duran:
Target
Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA (with James)
|
 |
| Jan
4 |
Duran
Duran: The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI, USA
(with James) |
|
| Jan
6 |
Duran
Duran: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford,
CT, USA (with RuPaul and James) |
|
| Jan
9 |
Duran
Duran: The Patriot Center (George Mason
University), Fairfax, VA, USA (with James)
bootlegged |
 |
| Jan
10 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], West Point, NY, USA (with
James) |
|
| Jan
11 |
Duran
Duran: Radio City Music Hall, New York,
NY, USA (with James)
videotaped |
|
|
Jan 12
|
Simon appears again on the Z100 Morning Zoo
radio show (New York, NY); answers callers'
questions
|
|
| Nick
and John interviewed on the Larry King radio
show; take callers' questions |
|
| Jan
12 |
Duran
Duran: Radio City Music Hall, New York,
NY, USA (with James) |
|
| Jan
13 |
Duran
Duran: Radio City Music Hall, New York,
NY, USA (with James)
Warren
plays 'Watermelon in Easter Hay' in remembrance
of Frank Zappa; bootlegged |
|
| Jan
15 |
Duran
Duran: Elliott Hall, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN, USA (with James) |
|
| Jan
16 |
Duran
Duran: McGaw Hall (Northwestern University),
Evanston, IL, USA (with James) |
|
| Jan
17 |
John
interviewed on Fritz Radio, Germany |
|
| |
The
DILATE YOUR MIND Tour in the UK
Band
returns to England to perform dates rescheduled
from 1993; opening act World
Service is early Duran member Andy Wickett's
band |
|
| Jan
22 |
Duran
Duran: G-Mex Centre, Manchester, England
(with World Service)
bootlegged |
|
| Jan
24 |
Duran
Duran: Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
(with World Service)
The
only UK show where John DOESN'T wear a kilt |
|
| Jan
25 |
Duran
Duran: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham,
England (with World Service)
bootlegged |
|
| Jan
27 |
Duran
Duran: Cardiff International Centre, Cardiff, Wales (with
K-Passa)
the opening act is a Bristol-based "cajun/folk/headbang"
band fronted by Simon Le Bon's cousin, Simon Edwards; IWERKS
film crew does preliminary shots in preparation for full-scale
filming in London |
 |
| Jan
28 |
Duran
Duran: Wembley Arena, London, England (with
opening act Paris Working, and guests
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
Show is filmed in widescreen
IWERKS format, directed by Kevin Godley; this
footage has never been released. Audio and
video bootlegged. |
|
| Jan
28 |
Amanda
De Cadenet's TV show 'The Word' has a live broadcast
from the backstage after-show party |
|
| Jan
31 |
Simon
is "god for a day" on BBC Radio 1;
he decides who he would like on his cloud, who
he would make a saint, and who he would hit
with a thunderbolt |
|
| Jan
31 |
Duran
Duran: Bournemouth International Centre,
Bournemouth, England (with World Service)
bootlegged |
|
| Feb
1 |
Simon
interviewed while lying in bed, by Paula Yates,
on London TV show 'Big Breakfast' |
|
| Feb
1 |
Duran
Duran: Brighton Centre, Brighton, England
cancelled so that the band
can attend a record company meeting in France |
|
| |
The
DILATE YOUR MIND Tour in Europe |
|
| Feb
4 |
Duran Duran: Forest National, Brussels,
Belgium (no opening act)
[note: this is the closest Duran has gotten
to Holland since the Ahoy show in Rotterdam was so dramatically
interrupted in September of 1993] |
 |
| Feb
5 |
Duran
Duran: Le Zénith, Paris, France |
|
| Feb
6 |
Duran
Duran: Sports Centre, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
bootlegged |
|
| ? |
The
band flies from Paris back to England; John
heads straight for Los Angeles to work on the
Power Station album |
|
| Feb
21 |
'Extraordinary
World' documentary released on laserdisc and
on video; includes all the videos from 'Liberty'
and 'Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)' |
|
| |
The
DILATE YOUR MIND Tour in the Middle East |
|
| Feb
? |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Tel Aviv, Israel |
|
| Feb
? |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Haifa, Israel |
|
| Feb
11 |
Duran Duran:
Pepsi Dance Nights 1, Istanbul , Turkey
broadcast live on Turkish
T.V. |
|
| ? |
Duran
works on Thank You album in Entibe |
|
| ? |
Simon
calls from Los Angeles to do phone interview
during Q101 Retro Flashback Weekend in Chicago,
IL [during recording of Thank You album?] |
|
| ? |
'ZTV' public access show moves to L.A., where
they film numerous concerts, live events and
interviews |
|
| |
Band
works on more songs for 'Thank You' |
|
| ? |
Simon
meets Michael Hutchence; it's difficult to pry
Simon away from his new friend to get him into
the studio |
|
| ? |
Simon
falls out a first floor window (that's second
floor to Americans), but lands without injury |
|
| ? |
Nick
arranges for John Jones to help the band set
up a studio in a villa on the Cap d'Antibes
in the South of France; a truckful of equipment
is driven in from London
|
|
| ? |
Roger joins Nick and Warren in France to work
on 'Perfect Day', 'Watching the Detectives',
'Ball and Chain' and 'Jeepster' (later scrapped)
|
|
| ? |
'Perfect Day' and 'Watching the Detectives'
sent to Dave Richards in Switzerland for mixing |
|
| ? |
Duran records Dylan's 'Lay Lady Lay', and an
Alice Cooper song |
|
| ? |
Nick is unhappy with 'I Wanna Take You Higher';
John Jones and the band rework it to become
'I Wanna Take You Higher Again' |
|
| ? |
John Jones works for three months in Los Angeles
mixing and overdubbing the 'Thank You' album |
|
| Mar
22 |
Cover
of Led Zeppelin's 'Thank You' (demo version)
released on 'With Honors' soundtrack from Madonna's
Maverick Label |
|
| Mar
29 |
Duran's
live version of 'Come Up and See Me (Make Me
Smile)' available on CD for the first time on
the 'Threesome' soundtrack from Epic Soundtrax |
|
| Apr
12 |
Duran
Duran: Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, HI, USA
need more information on
this date |
|
| May |
'Ordinary
World' receives Ivor Novello award for Most
Performed Work |
|
| Jun
2 |
'Girls
on Film' appears on Rhino compilation 'New Wave
Hits of the 80s: Volume 4' |
|
| end
June |
Warren
goes back to New York, works for ten days with
his brother and ex-Kajagoogoo bassist
Nick Beggs on some new solo material |
|
| ? |
John
announces the Power Station reunion on
Larry King's 'Open Mike America' program, as
he goes back into the studio with the band |
|
| ? |
Warren
does phone interview on Z100 radio (New York,
NY) |
|
| Jul
6 |
Warren
Cuccurullo: midnight, The Stone Pony, Asbury
Park, NJ
Warren plays his first solo
show, a three-hour gig where he performs his
own music along with some Frank Zappa songs
and 'Ordinary World'. Warren's adopted son,
Mayko Cuccurullo, is present at the show (along
with Warren's friends and family) and Warren
sings Happy Birthday to him. Side musicians
are Nick Beggs and Jay Cuccurullo.
|
|
| Jul
18 |
Duran's
'Dilate Your Mind' tour stage manager Don Burton
marries Cranberries lead singer Dolores
O'Riordan |
|
| Aug |
Inspired
by the solo show, Warren records 'Thanks 2 Frank'
over the course of two days |
|
| ? |
Record
company delays production and release of 'Thank
You' album |
|
| summer |
Warren
begins discussing plans for a Missing Persons
reunion (as a side project while Duran is idle)
with Patrick O'Hearn and Terry Bozzio; after
disagreeing over who should handle vocals in
Dale Bozzio's absence, plans fall apart until
2001 |
|
| |
Power
Station continues to record |
|
| Aug |
Dale Bozzio asks Warren to collaborate on some
abstract techno-oriented pieces she had been
working on with Anthony J. Resta, her producer
and drummer for about three years |
|
| late
Aug |
Anthony sends a tape of Dale's current work
to Warren; he includes his solo album 'Demo's
of Saturn' on the other side of the tape |
|
| Sep |
Warren, enthusiastic about Anthony's production,
sends him tapes of '911 is a Joke' for mixing |
|
| Sep |
Anthony mixes '911 Is A Joke' at Sound Techniques
studios in Boston, adding new drums and samples
of conch shells, a cowboy lady, and more |
|
| Sep
10 |
Tallulah
Pine LeBon born to Simon and Yasmin |
|
| Sep |
Nick
appears on 'Modern Roots' radio show in UK |
|
| |
The
WARREN CUCCURULLO Solo Shows
With
bassist Nick Beggs and drummer Joe Travers |
|
| Sep
30 |
Warren
Cuccurullo: Marquee Club, London, England
2-1/2 hour show; bootlegged |
|
| ? |
John
begins recovery from his drug addictions (again),
and meets Steve Jones at a Narcotics Anonymous
meeting |
|
| Oct |
Anthony J. Resta and his partner Bob St. John
are invited to London to do post-production
and mixing on the rest of the 'Thank You' album |
|
| Oct
18 |
'Rio'
appears on Rhino compilation 'New Wave Hits
of the 80s: Volume 9' |
|
| Oct-Nov |
Anthony and Bob work at Metropolis Studios in
London on much of the 'Thank You' album, two
remixes of 'White Lines' (the Oakland fonk mix
and the 70's club mix), and also a live version
of 'Rio' for the as-yet-unreleased IWERKS film |
|
| Nov |
John's
wife Amanda De Cadenet begins posting in the
"DD Lives" forum on America Online;
it takes several weeks to establish her identity,
but she passes on info about Power Station
and the delays in the 'Thank You' release; John
posts a couple of times under her screen name |
|
| Nov
26 |
Warren
Cuccurullo: Wembley Convention Center, London,
England
bootlegged |
|
| Nov
27 |
Warren
Cuccurullo: Orange Club, London, England |
|
| Dec
? |
John
chats with fans on AOL |
|
| ? |
Anthony and Bob work on a new mix for Dylan's
'Lay Lady Lay' at Longview Farm Studios in Boston,
but the track is deemed too "way out there"
by the band |
|
| ? |
Tim Palmer remixes 'Lay Lady Lay' again, using
some of Anthony's work |
|
| Dec
30 |
John
reports on AOL that the record company is holding
up the release of 'Thank You' over the arrangements
for 'Lay Lady Lay' |
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