| end
Jan |
'White
Lines' videos filmed |
|
| end
Jan |
'Perfect
Day' video filmed; Roger makes an appearance
behind the drum kit |
|
| ? |
John
backs out of The Power Station when the
album is nearly finished (and just days before
the band is due to sign with Polydor Records
in the US) due to the strain of rehab and troubles
with Amanda at home |
|
| ? |
John
and Amanda publicly separate |
|
| Feb
8 |
Nick
and Simon interviewed on Rete 105 radio in Milan |
|
| Feb
25 |
Duran
Duran : San Remo Festival, [venue?], San
Remo, Italy
Duran appears without John
- he reportedly "missed his flight";
band performs with a playback of 'White Lines';
Melle Mel joins the band onstage, and Lamya
"plays" bass |
|
| Feb |
Hein
Hoven invites John to come up to his Burbank
home studio and play, and they are soon discussing
a four-song EP |
|
| Feb-Mar |
When
Steve Jones comes around to Hein's place to
record a couple tracks with John, the idea becomes
a six-song EP, and then a full-fledged album,
eventually to be named 'Feelings Are Good (And
Other Lies)' |
|
| Mar
2 |
Warren,
Nick and Simon interviewed on KROQ radio (Los
Angeles, CA) |
|
| Mar
5 |
Simon,
Nick and Warren interviewed on syndicated US
radio show 'Modern Rock Live'; answer fans'
questions |
|
| Mar
7 |
Warren
and Simon interviewed on Z100 radio (New York,
NY) |
|
| Mar
7 |
'Come
Undone (live)' appears on EMI compilation album
'Loaded, Volume I' |
|
| Mar
|
Simon
interviewed on KDEG The Edge radio (Las Vegas,
NV); answers fans' questions |
|
| Mar
10 |
Duran
Duran: Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Grand Opening Party for the
Hard Rock; recorded for MTV; set list includes
Bowie's 'Rebel Rebel'; bootlegged |
|
| Mar
10 |
John
encounters Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan of
Guns'n'Roses among the other attendees at
the Hard Rock party, and Steve Jones is also
in attendance; they discuss "making some
music together someday" |
|
| Mar
14 |
Simon
and Warren interviewed on Simon Mayo show on
Radio 1 (UK); live acoustic performance of 'Ordinary
World', 'Perfect Day' and 'Crystal Ship' |
|
| Mar
? |
Simon
interviewed on 'Multitrack Express' radio show
(UK) |
|
| Mar
? |
Simon
and John review 'Thank You' on the 'Soundbites'
show on Radio 1 |
|
| Mar
18 |
Simon
and Warren fly from London to Amsterdam first
thing in the morning |
|
| Mar
18 |
Simon
and Warren: Fame Music Store, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Only 250 fans allowed in;
after
a 30-minute sound check,
Simon and Warren perform acoustic versions of
'Ordinary World' and 'Crystal Ship', followed
by autograph session; filmed for 'Xenomania'
TV show |
|
| Mar
18 |
Simon
and Warren fly from Amsterdam to Brussels |
|
| Mar
18 |
Simon
and Warren: La Gaiete Free Record Store,
Brussels, Belgium
They play 'Ordinary World',
'Thank You', '911 is a Joke', and 'Crystal Ship';
followed by autograph session |
|
| Mar |
Simon
and Warren perform an acoustic song on Belgian
TV show 'Kriebels' |
|
| ? |
'Lay
Lady Lay' released in Italy {b/w 'Ordinary World'
and 'White Lines'; CD single includes 'Diamond
Dogs'} |
|
| Mar
20 |
Nick
calls from New York to do phone interview on
Y-100 radio (Philadelphia, PA); takes callers'
questions |
|
| Mar
21 |
A
demo version of the song 'Thank You' is included
on the tribute album 'Encomium: A Tribute to
Led Zeppelin' |
|
| Mar
23 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'Perfect Day' |
 |
| Mar
25 |
'Perfect
Day' single released in US and UK {special 2-CD
set includes 'Needle and the Damage Done' and
'Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)'} |
|
| Mar
27 |
'Thank
You' album released in UK |
|
| Mar
28 |
The
'Fame Music' performance in Amsterdam aired
on the program 'Xenomania' on Dutch TV station
Veronica |
|
| Apr
4 |
'White
Lines' single released in US and UK in several
formats with numerous remixes |
|
| Apr
4 |
'Thank
You' album released in North America
|
|
| Apr
4 |
Duran
appears at a record signing for nearly 1,000
fans at HMV in Toronto, Ontario |
|
| Apr
? |
'Thank
You' album released in Japan; includes bonus
track 'Diamond Dogs' |
|
| Apr
? |
'Perfect
Day' single peaks at #28 in UK |
|
| Apr
? |
'Thank
You' album peaks at #12 in UK |
|
| Apr
? |
Roger appears with Duran on 'Top of the Pops'
to perform 'Perfect Day' |
|
| Apr
5 |
Band
appears at a record signing at Blockbuster Music,
Miami, FL |
|
| Apr
6 |
Warren
interviewed on Y-100 radio (Philadelphia, PA);
takes callers' questions |
|
| Apr
6? |
Band
appears at a record signing at Sam Goody Music,
New York, NY |
|
| Apr
? |
'Thank
You' album spends only one week on US charts,
at #19 |
|
| Apr
9 |
Band
performs 'White Lines' on the David Letterman
Show, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, NY |
|
| Apr
9 |
Duran
Duran: Grand Opening Party, The Fashion
Cafe, New York, NY, USA |
|
| Apr
10 |
Simon
and Warren interviewed on Star 98.7 radio (Los
Angeles, CA) |
|
|
KROQ
morning deejays Kevin and Bean thoroughly trash
the 'Thank You' album on the air (particularly
'911 is a Joke') |
 |
| Band
appears at a record signing at The Wherehouse
in Hollywood, CA; lines are around the block
and about 200 are turned away at the end of
the day |
|
| A
scheduled appearance on KROQ's late-night Loveline
show is cancelled |
|
| Apr
11 |
Simon
and Warren appear on KTLA (WB Network) Morning
Show, Los Angeles
|
|
| Warren
interviewed on KROQ; band records a special
performance of '911 is a Joke' |
 |
| Apr
12 |
Group
interview with Kevin and Bean; announcement
of free show |
|
| Apr
13 |
Simon
and Warren: 7:00 am, The House of Blues,
West Hollywood (Los Angeles), CA, USA
KROQ sponsors a free show
as an apology for the on-air razzing the band
received; and Simon and Warren appear as an
apology to those who were turned away at the
Wherehouse record signing; a pre-show interview
and the one-hour six-song acoustic performance
is broadcast live on KROQ; with drummer Joe
Travers; bootlegged
|
|
| Apr
13 |
Simon
and Warren tape performance for the 'Later with
Greg Kinnear' TV show |
|
| Apr
? |
Band
appears at a record signing in San Francisco,
CA |
|
| ? |
Andy
tries again to sell his Gothic fantasy flat
in south London, for £270,000 |
 |
| May |
Nick
appears on 'Dialed In' special on Planet 96.3
radio |
|
| May
5 |
Duran
Duran: X-Ray Club, Copenhagen, Denmark (with
opening act Planet Waves and special
guest Melle Mel)
A 'secret' promo/press performance
|
|
| May
6 |
Duran
appears at a record signing at Fona 2000 |
|
| Duran
records an appearance for 'Eleva2ren' in Copenhagen |
|
| May
6 |
Duran
Duran and others: The Rock Show,
[venue?], Copenhagen, Denmark
The band performs four songs as the 'surprise
act' at this annual open-air festival
|
|
| May
11 |
NBC
'Later' show airs performance recorded in April |
|
| May
14 |
John
writes the song 'Trust The Process' |
|
| ? |
Duran
appears on the final episode of long-running
British TV show 'The Word'; they perform a live
set including 'Hungry Like The Wolf' and 'White
Lines' (with Grandmaster Flash & the gang)
|
 |
| May
21 |
Duran
Duran: [venue?], Cannes, France |
|
| May
22 |
Nick
does phone interview with Clive Young |
|
| |
The
Radio Station Festival Tour
A tour of US radio station
summer festivals, with drummer Steve Alexander
and backing vocalist Curtis King
|
|
| May 24 |
Duran
Duran and others: WHYT
[event?], Pine Knob, Clarkston (Detroit), MI,
USA
Sound problems and a 'sod
war' started by The Ramones interfere
with the show; John leaves the stage in a temper |
|
| May 27 |
Duran
Duran and others: Q101
Jamboree, World Music Theatre, Tinley Park (Chicago),
IL, USA
With guest Melle Mel;
show begins with several false starts as John's
equipment fails to work properly, and he storms
off the stage in disgust; Nick goes to find
him, while Warren and Simon perform an unplanned
"Crystal Ship"; bootlegged |
|
| May 28 |
Duran
Duran: afternoon,
[event?], Sundance Square, Fort Worth, TX, USA
(with Deep Blue Something) |
|
| May 28 |
Duran
Duran and others: evening,
[event?], [venue?], Houston, TX, USA |
|
| May 29 |
Duran
Duran and others: [event?],
Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA
With guest Melle Mel;
bootlegged |
|
| May
30 |
Simon
appears on 'Lovephones' radio show |
|
| Jun
? |
Simon
does a phone interview on Chris Evans' Breakfast
Show on Radio 1 (London, UK) |
|
| Jun
? |
Simon
interviewed on WPLJ radio (New York, NY) |
|
| Jun 2 |
Duran
Duran and others: Y100
[event?], [venue?], Philadelphia, PA, USA
With guest Melle Mel;
bootlegged |
|
| Jun 3 |
Duran
Duran and others: KISS
[event?], Great Woods Performing Arts Center,
Mansfield (Boston), MA, USA |
|
| Jun 4 |
Duran
Duran and others: Q102
One Earth Party, P&G
Pavilion, Cincinnati, OH, USA
a free show |
|
| Jun 5 |
Duran
Duran and others: KAKH
[event?], [venue?], [city?], [state?], USA
[this has shown up
on several Duran concert listings, but I can't
even find a radio station called KAKH -- does
anyone have any details about this?] |
|
| Jun 7 |
Duran
Duran and others: [event?],
Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX, USA |
|
| Jun 9 |
Duran
Duran and others: Live
105's BFD II, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain
View, CA, USA
Melle Mel performs
with the band on most numbers, including 'The
Message'; bootlegged |
|
| Jun 10 |
Duran
Duran and others: Sunfest,
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
(other guests include Chris Isaak) |
|
| Jun
22 |
A
scheduled appearance on the Tonight Show is
cancelled when other guests run long |
|
| Jun
24 |
Duran
Duran and others: KIIS and Unite, Irvine
Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine, CA, USA
With
guest Melle Mel; filmed for ZTV; hundreds
of audience members leave as Duran takes the
stage; embarrassed and angry, the band's performance
suffers as they play to a half empty stadium;
bootlegged. John's last live date with the band
before his departure. |
|
| ? |
John
and Nick begin organizing a B-sides album |
|
| |
Matt
Sorum invites John, Duff and Steve Jones to
perform a one-off benefit show for a friend
of Viper Room owner Sal Jenco, who was suffering
from cancer |
|
| Jun
28 |
Matt,
John, Duff and Steve play together for the first
time at the afternoon rehearsal |
|
| Jun
28 |
Matt,
John, Duff and Steve: The Viper Room, Hollywood,
CA, USA
The band raises $10,000 performing
a 25-minute set to an enthusiastic audience |
|
| Jun
29 |
'Top
of the Pops' airs Duran's lip-synch performance
of 'White Lines' |
|
| Jun
30 |
Simon
interviewed on Chris Evans show on Radio 1 |
|
| summer |
Duran
makes several TV appearances (with backing vocalist
Tessa Niles) |
|
| Jul
1 |
'White
Lines' single released in UK {b/w ?} |
|
| Jul
? |
'White
Lines' single peaks at #17 in UK |
|
| Jul
21 |
Warren
hires Nomis Studios in London as a rehearsal
hall and the band works together (somewhat tensely),
writing and refining new material |
|
| Jul
24 |
Simon
arrives at Nomis Studios; struggles with writer's
block |
|
| Jul
28 |
Nick
flies to Paris with Madeleine |
|
| Aug
1 |
Simon
and family fly to Jamaica with Yasmin for an
ELLE magazine photo shoot, and a family
holiday |
|
| Aug
7-14 |
Warren,
John, and Steve Alexander record fourteen tracks
together at Metropolis Studios, London, including
'Butt Naked' (with John on vocals), 'Tabula
Rasa' (later scrapped), and tracks that will
become 'Midnight Sun', 'Medazzaland', 'Big Bang
Generation', and 'So Long Suicide' |
|
| Aug
14 |
John's
last day in studio with Duran before leaving
the band |
|
| Aug
15 |
Warren
and Steve continue recording, with Warren playing
bass. Talvin Singh joins them to record tabla
and santoor tracks for 'Before I Die' (later
to become 'Out Of My Mind') |
|
| Aug
17 |
Last
day in the studios; Warren invites fans to hear
completed tracks; tapes are couriered to John,
Nick and Simon |
|
| Aug
19 |
John
flies home to Los Angeles |
|
| Aug
? |
John
decides to market his album 'Feelings Are Good
and Other Lies' through a direct mailing to
fans |
|
| Aug
? |
John's
assistant Bev Raff begins compiling a list,
with help from some key fans, from the mailing
lists of various fanzines |
|
| summer |
Frustrated
with Simon's inertia on the Duran album, Warren
and Nick begin working on material that will
become the TV Mania project |
|
| Sep
11 |
Matt,
John, Duff and Steve: The Viper Room, Hollywood,
CA, USA (with guest Slash from Guns'n'Roses) |
|
| |
At
Sal Jenco's invitation, Matt, John, Duff and
Steve agree to create a fast'n'loose band to
play informal gigs every Monday night at the
Viper Room; the band is initially called Neurotic
Boy Outsiders, but they playfully change
the band's name and/or spelling each week. The
band has many special guests onstage, including
Izzy Stradlin and Ian Astbury [need dates for
their appearances!] |
|
| Sep
12 |
Simon
Le Bon: The Children of Bosnia/War Child
Series, Parco Novi Sad, Modena, Italy
Simon performs 'Ordinary
World' with Luciano Pavarotti and 'Linger'
with Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries
|
|
| Sep
16 |
John
and Hein hold a fan press conference and listening
party for 'Feelings Are Good and Other Lies' |
|
| Sep
17 |
John
and Steve Jones interviewed by Rodney Bingenheimer
on the 'Rodney on the ROQ' show (KROQ, Los Angeles) |
|
| Sep
18 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: The Viper Room, Hollywood, CA,
USA (with guest Brian Setzer)
bootlegged |
|
| Sep
25 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: The Viper Room, Hollywood, CA,
USA |
|
| Sep
30 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel,
Las Vegas, NV, USA
bootlegged |
|
| Oct
2 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: The Viper Room, Hollywood, CA,
USA (with guest Sal Jenco) |
|
| |
More
WARREN CUCCURULLO Solo Shows
With bassist Nick Beggs
and drummer Steve Alexander |
|
| Oct
7 |
Warren
Cuccurullo: Irish Music Fair, Royal Dublin
Society Main Hall, Dublin, Ireland |
|
| Oct
8 |
Warren
Cuccurullo: Irish Music Fair, Royal Dublin
Society Main Hall, Dublin, Ireland |
|
| Oct
? |
Warren
Cuccurullo: [venue?], Glasgow, Scotland |
|
| Oct
9 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: The Viper Room, Hollywood, CA,
USA |
|
| Oct |
Warren,
Nick and Simon do some work at Privacy on the
new material |
|
| Oct
16 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: The Viper Room, Hollywood, CA,
USA (with guests Simon Le Bon and Billy
Idol)
bootlegged |
|
| Oct
20 |
John
interviewed on Z100 radio (New York, NY) |
|
| Oct
20 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA
(with Nancy Boy) |
|
| Oct
21 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: The Trocadero, Philadelphia,
PA, USA (with Nancy Boy) |
|
| Oct
22 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: Mama Kin, Boston, MA, USA (with
Nancy Boy) |
|
| Oct
29 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: The Viper Room, Hollywood, CA,
USA
benefit show |
|
| |
Matt's
neighbor Madonna shows an interest in
the Neurotic Outsiders |
|
| ? |
Neurotic
Outsiders are offered a record deal by Gary
Oseary of Madonna's Maverick Records, to be
produced by Jerry Harrison of the Talking
Heads |
|
| ? |
The
band signs with Maverick and settle (at Madonna's
suggestion) on the name Neurotic Outsiders |
|
| ? |
The
'Neurotic Outsiders' album is recorded at The
Plant Studios, Sausalito (near Harrison's home),
and at NRG Studios and Pimp Studios in Los Angeles,
as well as Matt Sorum's home studio in the Hollywood
Hills |
|
| Oct
? |
Disappointed
by the response to their mail-order campaign,
John and Hein begin discussing marketing 'Feelings
Are Good' online |
|
| Nov
1 |
Warren
signs solo record deal with Imago Records to
release 'Thanks 2 Frank' |
|
| ? |
Nick
and Warren continue working on their self-described
"social junk culture triptych opera",
now called TV Mania |
|
| Dec
20 |
Neurotic
Outsiders: The Lava Room, Costa Mesa, CA
(with Dad's Porno Mag) |
|
| ? |
John
and Nick continue working with Left Bank management
on organizing an official B-sides album of rarities
unavailable on CD |
|
| ? |
By
year's end the Duran B-sides album is mastered
and sequenced, and the artwork is completed,
but EMI will not release it before another studio
album is completed |
|
| ? |
SYN
releases a Simon Le Bon and Nile Rodgers single,
'Do That Dance', in Japan |
|
| ? |
The
Power Station finally rekindles American
record company interest in the 'Living in Fear'
album and signs a new record deal; Bernard Edwards
re-records all of John's bass parts |
|
| ? |
'Come
Undone' (acoustic live version) appears on EMI
compilation 'Loaded, Volume 1' |
|
| ? |
'Wild
Boys (Wilder Than The Wild Boys extended mix)'
appears on German compilation 'Pop & Wave:
The 12" Mixes' on CBS Records |
|
