1994: The Duran Duran Timeline
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1994

Duran Duran finishes the postponed dates from the 'Dilate Your Mind' tour in the U.S. and Europe, finishing with festival dates in Israel and Turkey. The band completes recording of the 'Thank You' album in the south of France. Warren works on his own material and performs several solo shows. Power Station reunites in the studio.
? John enters four weeks of rehab for cocaine and alcohol addiction
 
? 'Rio' album issued on CD in the UK for the first time Tom McClintock
? The 'Femme Fatale' single released in France only {b/w 'Fallen Angel'}
TM: 1994
? Simon calls from LA to do phone interview during Q101 Retro Flashback Weekend in Chicago, IL
TM: 1994
? Andy tries again to auction his Gothic flat in south London, this time for £300,000; again, there are no takers Telegraph
? 'Rio' (the 7" Kershenbaum remix) appears on Rhino compilation 'Just Can't Get Enough, Volume 9'
TM: 1994
? Duran does some recording for 'Thank You' in Prince's Paisley Park studios in Minneapolis
The Ottawa Citizen
  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)

Rayah Martin
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
Nancy Wardle's Concert Collection
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

Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
Nick and John interviewed on the Larry King radio show; take callers' questions Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
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
Cyndi Glass, Nancy Wardle's Concert Collection
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) SecretOktober.com
Jan 17 John interviewed on Fritz Radio, Germany
Manon Wortel
  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

Aub
Jan 22 Duran Duran: G-Mex Centre, Manchester, England (with World Service)
bootlegged
Aub
Jan 24 Duran Duran: Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England (with World Service)
The only UK show where John DOESN'T wear a kilt
Aub
Jan 25 Duran Duran: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England (with World Service)
bootlegged
Manon Wortel
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
Ask Katy
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.
Aub, Manon Wortel
Jan 28 Amanda De Cadenet's TV show 'The Word' has a live broadcast from the backstage after-show party
Aub
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
Manon Wortel's Interview Collection
Jan 31 Duran Duran: Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England (with World Service)
bootlegged
Manon Wortel
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
Aub
  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]
Manon Wortel
Feb 5 Duran Duran: Le Zénith, Paris, France Manon Wortel, SecretOktober.com
Feb 6 Duran Duran: Sports Centre, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
bootlegged
Esther Habraken's audio list
? The band flies from Paris back to England; John heads straight for Los Angeles to work on the Power Station album
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
Feb 21 'Extraordinary World' documentary released on laserdisc and on video; includes all the videos from 'Liberty' and 'Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)'
TM: 1994, DG: Feb 21
  The DILATE YOUR MIND Tour in the Middle East  
Feb ? Duran Duran: [venue?], Tel Aviv, Israel Manon Wortel
Feb ? Duran Duran: [venue?], Haifa, Israel Manon Wortel
Feb 11 Duran Duran: Pepsi Dance Nights 1, Istanbul , Turkey
broadcast live on Turkish T.V.
Eren Uretmen
? 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?]
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
? 'ZTV' public access show moves to L.A., where they film numerous concerts, live events and interviews ZTV website
  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
Nick Rhodes - Deluxe Magazine 12/98
? Simon falls out a first floor window (that's second floor to Americans), but lands without injury
Nick Rhodes - Deluxe Magazine 12/98
? 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
JohnJones.com
? Roger joins Nick and Warren in France to work on 'Perfect Day', 'Watching the Detectives', 'Ball and Chain' and 'Jeepster' (later scrapped)
JohnJones.com
? 'Perfect Day' and 'Watching the Detectives' sent to Dave Richards in Switzerland for mixing
JohnJones.com
? Duran records Dylan's 'Lay Lady Lay', and an Alice Cooper song
JohnJones.com
? Nick is unhappy with 'I Wanna Take You Higher'; John Jones and the band rework it to become 'I Wanna Take You Higher Again'
JohnJones.com
? John Jones works for three months in Los Angeles mixing and overdubbing the 'Thank You' album
JohnJones.com
Mar 22 Cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Thank You' (demo version) released on 'With Honors' soundtrack from Madonna's Maverick Label
TM
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
TM
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)
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
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.
Cyndi Glass
Jul 18 Duran's 'Dilate Your Mind' tour stage manager Don Burton marries Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan Liza
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
Cyndi Glass 
  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
Anthony J. Resta 
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
Anthony J. Resta 
Sep Warren, enthusiastic about Anthony's production, sends him tapes of '911 is a Joke' for mixing
Anthony J. Resta 
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
Anthony J. Resta 
Sep 10 Tallulah Pine LeBon born to Simon and Yasmin
 
Sep Nick appears on 'Modern Roots' radio show in UK
Nancy Wardle's Interview Collection
  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
Cyndi Glass; Manon Wortel's Concert Collection
? 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
Anthony J. Resta 
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
Anthony J. Resta
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
The author was a member of the forum
Nov 26 Warren Cuccurullo: Wembley Convention Center, London, England
bootlegged
Cyndi Glass; Manon Wortel's Concert Collection
Nov 27 Warren Cuccurullo: Orange Club, London, England
Cyndi Glass
Dec ? John chats with fans on AOL
The author was part of the forum
? 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
Anthony J. Resta
? Tim Palmer remixes 'Lay Lady Lay' again, using some of Anthony's work
Anthony J. Resta
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'
The author was part of the forum
last updated: Friday, October 25, 2002
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