| ? |
Nick
begins dating English socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson |
|
| Jan |
John
and Terroristen perform 'Fields of Eden' and
'Getting Intimate' semi-acoustically at the
Launch studios |
|
| Jan |
John
& Terroristen rehearse for live shows; video
of these rehearsals later shown on TTP |
|
| |
John
Taylor Terroristen in Japan
Stan Harrison, who played with
Duran in the Notorious era, joins the band |
|
| Feb
1 |
John
Taylor Terroristen: Big Cat, Osaka, Japan |
|
| Feb
2 |
John
Taylor Terroristen: Club Quatro, Nagoya,
Japan |
|
| Feb
4 |
John
Taylor Terroristen: Club Quatro, Tokyo,
Japan
two shows |
|
| ? |
John
and Gela take a few days off in Osaka as part
of their working honeymoon |
|
| Feb
21 |
Duran
Duran: Festival de Viña del Mar,
Viña del Mar, Chile (with Enrique
Iglesias and others)
need more information on
this date! |
|
| Mar |
Launch
CD-ROM magazine (Issue #38) features John Taylor
performances and an article |
|
| Mar
7 |
'Last
Day on Earth' single released in Japan {b/w
'Starting To Remember'} |
|
| Mar
16 |
Live
online chat with John Taylor at TTP |
|
| Apr
10 |
Duran
are interviewed live on the Ruud de Wild show
on Dutch radio station 3FM; Simon and Warren
do an acoustic version of 'Someone Else Not
Me' and 'Starting to Remember; and exclusively
air 'Playing With Uranium'; Nick is also present,
but doesn't take part in the acoustic performance. |
|
|
Duran
tapes an episode of 'VIG' (Very Important Guest),
where they get to choose their favorite videos,
at TMF studios (Dutch music channel The Music
Factory) |
 |
| Apr
14 |
'Girls
On Film: The Collection' released in the UK
and the Netherlands by EMI |
|
| Apr |
'The
Essential Collection' released on EMI |
|
| |
Duran
asks Hollywood Records to include Spanish version
of 'Someone Else, Not Me' on Pop Trash; two
days later, Simon (who does not speak Spanish)
has a translation in his hands |
|
| May
2 |
'Someone
Else, Not Me' single released in US and Germany |
|
| Apr |
Duran
Duran collaborates with the Internet production
team Fullerene for the 'Someone Else Not Me'
video; Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Warren
Cuccurullo are transformed into digital animation |
|
| Apr |
Terroristen
shows/rehearsals taped for later broadcast on
TTP |
|
| Apr
28 |
John
Taylor Terroristen: morning, The Palace,
Hollywood, CA, USA
A farewell party for retiring
KROQ deejay (and longtime Duran friend) Richard
Blade |
|
| Apr
28 |
John
holds an open rehearsal in Burbank, California,
allowing 20 random people who submitted requests
to the TTP website to attend |
|
| May |
Jonathan
Davis of Korn is asked to remix 'Playing With
Uranium'; reportedly "very flattered" |
|
| May
3 |
John
Taylor Terroristen: The Key Club,
Hollywood, CA, USA |
|
| May
6 |
John
Taylor Terroristen: Club Makeup (The El
Rey Theater), Hollywood, CA, USA (with Glamnation) |
|
| May
6 |
The
"duranradio" website is launched;
later to evolve into "Late Bar Radio"
and "Meltdown Radio" |
|
| May
8 |
'Video
Killed the Radio Star: The History of Music
Video' aired on VH1 |
|
| May
9 |
John
appears on 'Politically Incorrect' |
|
| May
12 |
Duran tapes an appearance in New York for 'CBS
Saturday Morning' show; the 'Today' show airs
'Hungry Like The Wolf', 'Someone Else Not Me',
and 'Girls on Film' (Australian affiliates also
get 'Come Undone'); the 'Later Today' show airs
'Notorious' |
|
| May
22 |
'Someone
Else Not Me' is released in Germany |
|
| May
24 |
'Greatest' is certified gold |
|
| May
24 |
John does online interview and guest-DJ stint
with Mark Goodman for Soundbreak.com |
|
| May
26 |
Duran
performs 'Someone Else Not Me' on the 'Springer'
show on Channel 5 in England |
|
| May
30 |
'Much More Music' airs Duran performance on
'Hard Rock Live' |
|
| May |
'Someone
Else, Not Me' video shown on VH1 in UK |
|
| Jun
2 |
Duran
interview airs on French TV |
|
| Jun
6 |
Duran
Duran: UNICEF charity show, [venue?],
London, UK
performed 'Come Undone' and
'Ordinary World' |
|
| Jun
6 |
'Pop
Trash' is released in France; the French album
includes the 12 standard tracks plus 'Someone
Else, Not Me' in French and Spanish, plus
the 13-piece 'Prototypes'
|
|
| Jun
7 |
Duran
sonicnet.com online chat |
|
| Jun
10 |
CBS
'Saturday Early Show' airs taped performance
of 'Lava Lamp' & 'Girls On Film'
|
|
| Duran
appears on 'Access Hollywood' |
|
| Duran
appears on VH1's 'Teen Idols' Video Collection |
|
|
Duran appears on VH1's 'Behind the Music' |
|
| Jun
11 |
Duran
appears on 'Loveline', KROQ radio (Los Angeles)
|
|
| Nick
is interviewed on DrDrew.com |
|
| Jun
12 |
BBC
Music Live Festival on Riffage.com
|
|
| Simon
appears on 'Politically Incorrect' |
|
| Duran
appears on 'Later with Cynthia Garrett' (NBC) |
|
| Jun
13 |
'Pop
Trash' released in US, with Spanish version
of 'Someone Else, Not Me' |
 |
| Japanese
release of 'Pop Trash' include 'Prototypes' |
|
| Two
basic versions of 'Pop Trash' are released in
Germany; one with the standard twelve tracks,
and the fifteen-track version with French and
Spanish versions of 'Someone Else, Not Me',
plus 'Prototypes' |
 |
|
'World
of Music' record store in Germany offers an
limited edition (2000 copies) of a sixteen-track
'Pop Trash', which includes 'Starting To Remember'
acoustic |
 |
| 'Someone
Else, Not Me' video debuts on Shockwave.com,
which has the Internet exclusive for two weeks. |
|
| Duran
"stock" becomes available on the Hollywood
Stock Exchange (HSX.com) |
|
| Duranduran.com
is relaunched |
|
| Jun
13 |
Duran
Duran: The Wherehouse, Beverly Connection,
Beverly Hills, CA, USA
signing followed by performance
in the parking lot |
|
| Jun
14 |
Duran
online chat at TWEC.com
|
|
| Duran
appears on 'Late Show with Craig Kilborn' (CBS)
|
|
| Jun
15 |
'Someone
Else Not Me' video premieres on VH1
|
|
| Duran
appears on the 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno'
(NBC) |
|
| Jun
15 |
Duran
Duran: Hollywood Records' Second Annual
Bunny Ball, The Playboy Mansion, Los Angeles,
CA, USA |
|
| Jun
17 |
Duran
Duran: Virgin Records, Union Square, New
York City, NY, USA
1:00 pm show, followed by
record signing |
|
| Jun
19 |
'Pop
Trash' album released in UK
|
|
| Band
appears live on VH1 show 'The Daily One' |
| Band
appears on 'The View' (ABC) in New York |
| Jun
20 |
Band
appears live on 'Canada A.M.' & MIX 99.9
|
|
| Band
tapes interviews for 'E Now', 'CBC
Morning', 'Bynon', Much More Music, & Chum
FM |
| Duran
does live chats on CANOE.com, Jam Showbiz |
| Live
interview on "Live in Toronto" show
at The Edge |
| Jun
22 |
Duran
appears on 'Later With Cynthia Garrett' |
|
| Jun
25 |
Duran
tapes a performance for VH1 'Storytellers' at
Bray Studios in Middlesex, UK
on bootleg CD 'Storytellers' |
|
| Jun
26 |
'Pop
Trash' album released in Australia on Festival
Records |
|
| late
Jun |
John
films his part in the VH1 movie 'Back in Black'
(later renamed 'Strange Frequency') -- his sequence
is called 'Ballroom Blitz' (later renamed 'Room
Service') |
|
| late
Jun |
Simon
and Nick see David Bowie perform at the BBC
Theatre in London, and bump into Sterling Campbell
(now drumming with David) |
|
| Jul |
The
'Rio' video is #1 on VH1's 'Top Ten Videos of
the '80's' |
|
| Jul
4-5 |
Simon,
Nick and Warren film their portion of 'Wild
Boys', a BBC documentary on the history of Duran |
|
| Jul
|
Nick
and Stephen Duffy do some catching up during
the filming of the 'Wild Boys' documentary,
and end up discussing plans to make some music
together |
|
| Jul
|
SYN
establishes the Syn recording label, and secures
a distribution deal with BMG Records |
|
| Jul
8 |
Duran
Duran and others: The Festival Bar, Venice,
Italy
Duran
performs one song |
|
| Jul
10 |
Duran
begins production preparations for the Pop Trash
tour at a rehearsal facility in Florida |
|
| Jul
15 |
Duran's
episode of 'VIG' (Very Important Guest) finally
aired on TV in the Netherlands |
|
| Jul
17 |
Edel
Records (European arm of Hollywood Records)
cancels plans to release a CD single of 'Playing
with Uranium' in Germany on this date |
|
| Jul
20 |
Last
day of rehearsals in Florida |
|
| Jul
21 |
Duran
takes part in a Star Motorcade and Handprint
ceremony at Downtown Disney in Orlando, followed
by a Q&A session with the fans; the band
visits the Disney parks |
|
| Jul
22 |
Duran
record signing at Virgin Mega-Store, Orlando,
FL |
|
| |
The
POP TRASH Tour
With
Wes Wehmiller and Joe Travers |
|
| Jul
21 |
Duran
Duran: The House of Blues, Orlando, FL,
USA (no opening act)
set list includes 'Late Bar' |
|
| Jul
22 |
Duran
Duran: The House of Blues, Orlando, FL,
USA (no opening act) |
|
| Jul
23 |
Duran
Duran: Mars Music Amphitheater, West Palm
Beach, FL, USA |
|
| Jul
25 |
Duran
Duran: AmSouth Amphitheater, Antioch (Nashville),
TN, USA |
|
| Jul
27 |
Duran
Duran: Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, TX,
USA (with Tsar)
|
|
| Jul
29 |
Duran
Duran: Palladium at Carowinds, Charlotte,
NC, USA
(with
Tsar) |
|
| Jul
30 |
Duran
Duran: Kings Dominion, Doswell (Richmond),
VA, USA
videographer Andrew Day begins
documenting the tour |
|
| Aug
1 |
Nick,
Simon and Warren chat on SunSpot |
|
| Aug
1 |
Duran
Duran: Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA, USA |
|
| Aug
2 |
Duran
Duran: Alltel Pavilion, Walnut Creek (Raleigh),
NC, USA (with Tsar)
venue suffers a power outage
during 'Hallucinating Elvis' |
|
| Aug
4 |
Duran
Duran: Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, MD,
USA (with Tsar) |
|
| Aug
5 |
Duran
Duran: FleetBoston Pavilion, Boston, MA,
USA (with Tsar)
Simon and Warren play 'Starting
to Remember' alone when one of Nick's synths
goes down |
|
| Aug
6 |
Duran
Duran: Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, CT,
USA (with Tsar) |
|
| Aug
7 |
Duran
appears live on CBS news in New York city |
|
| Aug
8 |
Duran
Duran: PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ,
USA (with Tsar) |
|
| Aug
9 |
Duran
Duran: Jones Beach Amphitheater, Wantagh
(Long Island), NY, USA (with Tsar) |
|
| Aug
? |
John
records six or seven songs in the studio with
Mathew Hagar (who co-produced the 'Mr. J' single) |
|
| Aug
10 |
Simon
Le Bon and others: "Garland for Linda"
Tribute Concert, Roseland Ballroom, New York,
NY, USA
A tribute to Linda McCartney;
Simon performs 'Notorious' with Nile Rodgers
|
|
| Aug
11 |
Duran
Duran: Bethlehem Musikfest, Bethlehem, PA,
USA (with Tsar)
[River Palace?
] |
|
| Aug
12 |
Duran
Duran: Molson Amphitheater, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada (with Johnny Favourite) |
|
| Aug
12 |
Much
More Music in Canada airs Duran special |
|
| Aug
13 |
Simon
and Nick visit the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh |
|
| Aug
13 |
Duran
Duran: Iron City Light Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh,
PA, USA |
|
| Aug
15 |
Duran
Duran: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls
(Cleveland), OH, USA (with Tsar) |
|
| Aug
17 |
Duran
Duran: Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston
(Detroit), MI, USA |
|
| Aug
18 |
Duran
Duran: New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park
(Chicago), IL, USA (with Tsar) |
|
| Aug
19 |
Duran
Duran: Kings Island, Kings Mills (Cincinnati),
OH, USA (with Tsar) |
|
| Aug
20 |
Duran
Duran: Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, OH,
USA (with Tsar) |
|
| Aug
21 |
Duran
Duran: Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland
Heights (St. Louis), MO, USA (with four local
opening acts)
bootlegged |
|
| Aug
24 |
Duran
Duran: Coors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista,
CA, USA
on bootleg CD 'Live At the
Coors Amphitheatre' |
|
| Aug
25 |
VH1
'Storytellers' airs in the UK |
|
| Aug
25 |
Duran
visits the Liberace museum in Las Vegas again |
|
| Aug
25 |
Duran
Duran: House of Blues (Mandalay Bay), Las
Vegas, NV, USA (no opening act)
set list includes 'Late Bar' |
|
| Aug
26 |
Duran
Duran: House of Blues (Mandalay Bay), Las
Vegas, NV, USA (no opening act)
Nick plays guitar on Lou
Reed's 'Sweet Jane' |
|
| Aug
27 |
Simon
and Warren attend a Padres/Mets baseball game
in San Diego |
|
| Aug
28 |
BBC
airs documentary 'Wild Boys - The Story of Duran
Duran', featuring footage from US summer dates |
|
| The
Le Bon and Rhodes families visit LA to see the
first House of Blues show; before the show,
some winners from Star 98 radio attend a soundcheck
party |
|
| Aug
28 |
Duran
Duran: House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA,
USA |
|
| Aug
29 |
Duran
Duran: House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA,
USA |
|
| Aug
30 |
Duran
Duran: House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA,
USA
webcast at hob.com |
|
| Aug
31 |
Warren,
Nick and Simon do a chat on MSN Online |
|
| John
does interview for TTP; discusses the possible
release of a 'Making of the Japan Album' CD,
tracking the development of the album from acoustic
demos to final remixes |
|
| Aug
31 |
Duran
Duran: House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA,
USA |
|
| Sep
1 |
Duran
Duran: House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA,
USA |
|
| Sep
2 |
Duran
Duran: House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA,
USA |
|
| Sep
3 |
Duran
Duran: Great America, Santa Clara, CA, USA |
|
| ? |
It's
rumored Simon may do duet with Johnny Marr on
'Perfect' on a Smashing Pumpkins tribute CD
|
|
| Sep |
TTP
gets a makeover, with new graphics, chatroom
& message boards, and the addition of video
and Meltdown Radio Internet audio to the site;
audio clips include some tidbits from John's
collection of Duran recordings |
|
| |
TTP
releases 'Better Off Alive' video -- five live
numbers from the May 3 Key Club show, with some
John Taylor interview footage |
|
| Sep
12 |
Duran
returns to England |
|
| Sep
? |
'Ordinary
World' is covered by Aurora featuring Naimee
Coleman; the cover version enters the charts
at #5 |
|
| Sep
? |
Nick
visits Salvador Dali exhibit at County Hall
in London |
|
| Sep
18 |
Live
online chat with John Taylor at TTP's Delphi
chatroom |
|
| Sep
? |
Simon
and Nick work on lyrics for Duran's next studio
album |
|
| Sep
? |
Nick
attends the opening of the Royal Academy Apocalypse
Exhibition |
|
| Sep
23 |
Duran's
'Storytellers' premieres on VH1 in USA |
|
| late
Sep |
Nick
visits Los Angeles |
|
| Oct |
John
returns to Canada to film a small part in the
VH1 movie "A Diva's Christmas Carol" |
|
| Oct
? |
Nick
attends the Versace spring/summer show in Paris
(he appears on E! Fashion File) |
|
| Oct
3 |
Simon
donates drawings of his dream scooter to artVespa,
a charity auction at Sotheby's London to support
Action on Addiction |
|
| Oct
6 |
House
of Blues.com airs a repeat of the Duran webcast
from August 30 |
|
| Oct
9 |
Simon
and Nick tape interviews for 'History of Top
of the Pops' and 'Unlocked' for the BBC |
|
| Oct
9-16 |
Warren
appears on several radio and TV stations in
Brazil |
|
| Oct
13 |
Nick
is interviewed for a music program about synthesizers
called 'The Shape of Things That Hum' |
|
| Oct
16 |
Nick
works in the studio with Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy |
|
| Oct
17 |
Simon
is interviewed for a program called 'The Real
Paula Yates' |
|
| Oct
? |
Nick's
missing suit appears on Ebay |
|
| Oct
? |
Nick
and Warren meet with Charmed Technology to create
some 2D/3D "augmented reality" visual
effects to take out on the road |
|
| Oct
? |
Warren
attends an anniversary dinner for race car driver
and Duran fan Emerson Fittipaldi |
|
| Oct
? |
Warren
does photo shoot for a nude layout for 'G' magazine
in Brazil |
|
| Oct
26 |
Warren
and his girlfriend Claudia attend Milton Nascimiento's
birthday party in Brazil |
|
| Oct
26 |
Simon
celebrates his 42nd birthday in London |
|
| Oct
? |
Simon
and Nick are interviewed for a "20 Years
of MTV" special; neither could remember
any details of their New Year's Eve performance
for MTV in 1983 |
|
| Oct
30 |
Simon
and Nick appear on GMTV Live |
|
| Oct
31 |
Nick
and Stephen Duffy are reported to have finished
twelve songs in twelve days in the studio for
their unnamed side project |
|
| Nov
? |
Simon
goes to Tokyo to work on projects for SYN, including
a duet with Robert Palmer on 'Baby You Can Drive
My Car' for a Ford car commercial |
|
| Nov
? |
Nick
and Simon interviewed for UK TV show 'Soundtrack'
(later renamed 'Walk On By') |
|
| Nov
2 |
Duran
appears on Sky News; also on Heart FM |
|
| Nov
3 |
Duran
makes a surprise visit on VH1 Europe |
|
| Nov
7 |
'The Real Paula Yates' program airs on Channel
4 in the UK; includes interviews with Simon |
|
| Nov
12 |
Duran
appears on Channel 5 |
|
| Nov
17 |
Duran
performs two songs ('Girls on Film' and 'Hallucinating
Elvis') for the Children In Need charity on
BBC1 in the UK |
|
| Nov
20 |
Simon's
scheduled appearance on the Frank Skinner Show
is canceled |
|
| Nov
21 |
Missing
Persons albums 'Rhyme and Reason' and 'Color
In Your Life' are issued on CD for the first
time, each with some additional unreleased and
live bonus tracks |
|
| Nov
24 |
Nick
and Stephen Duffy put the final touches on their
side project |
|
| Nov
? |
Nick
and his daughter Tatjana attend a Destiny's
Child concert at Birmingham NIA |
|
| Nov
28 |
Nick
goes to Madonna show at Brixton Academy,
London |
|
| Nov
29 |
Duranduran.com
gives away five pairs of tickets to the invitation-only
Hard Rock Cafe opening party in Manchester;
two fans are also pulled from the crowd outside
to attend the party |
|
| Dec
? |
Warren
releases solo album 'the blue' through Medazzaland
Discs and G&S Music |
|
| Dec
1 |
Duran
Duran: Grand Opening Party, Hard Rock Cafe,
Manchester, England
Charity bash; proceeds go
to Christie's Against Cancer. The band donate
casts of their hands -- one to the Cafe, and
one to be auctioned for the charity
|
|
| Dec
2 |
VH1
airs 'Behind The Movie' about the making of
'A Diva's Christmas Carol' |
|
| Dec
2 |
Duran
Duran: Crusaid, The Albert Hall, London,
England
cancelled |
|
| Dec
4 |
Duran
appears on the Big Breakfast show |
|
| Dec
? |
Simon
is interviewed for a Sky One TV special about
cancer |
|
| Dec
8 |
Nick
and Simon appear live on BBC Breakfast News,
and record an interview for BBC Liquid News |
|
| |
The
POP TRASH Tour
Tour uses
"augmented reality" technology to
allow computer-generated characters to interact
live with the band on a video screen; during
'A View To A Kill', a film clip directed by
Nick (and starring Elizabeth Hurley) is projected
behind the band |
|
| Dec
9 |
Duran Duran: Exhibition & Conference
Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland (with The Vegastones) |
|
| Dec
10 |
Duran Duran: Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow,
Scotland (with The Vegastones) |
|
| Dec
11 |
Simon
appears on the Jools Holland show on BBC2 Radio |
|
| Dec
11 |
Duran Duran: Apollo, Manchester, England
(with The Vegastones) |
|
| Dec
12 |
Duran Duran: Apollo, Manchester, England
(with The Vegastones)
webcast |
|
| Dec
13 |
VH1 debuts 'A Diva's Christmas Carol', starring
Vanessa Williams; John plays the part of the
Ghost of Christmas Present |
|
| Dec
14 |
Duran
Duran: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham,
England
(with The Vegastones)
webcast on House of Blues
(hob.com); 'Late Bar' performed live in front
of a UK audience for the first time in 18 years.
During an extended version of 'Girls on Film',
Simon interacts with a 3D animated girl projected
onto the backdrop (scrapped after this show
as Simon thought it was tacky). A 'Notorious
word association game involves Birmingham place
names, street names, night spots, etc. |
|
| Dec
16 |
Duran Duran: Bournemouth International
Centre, Bournemouth, England (with The Vegastones)
webcast
|
|
| Dec
17 |
Duran
Duran: Wembley Arena, London, England
(with The Vegastones)
recorded; webcast delayed;
guest
Sally Boyden appears
onstage to perform backing vocals for 'Come
Undone' with the band |
|
| Dec
18 |
Duran
Duran: Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff,
Wales (with The Vegastones)
webcast
|
|
| Dec
19 |
Duran
Duran: Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
(with The Vegastones)
webcast
|
|
| Dec
? |
John
does live chat on Meltdown Radio over the Internet |
|
| Dec
22 |
'A
Night At The Rum Runner' premieres on the Internet
on Late Bar Radio and Meltdown Radio; it is
a four-hour radio special that consists of tracks
from 1980 chosen by Nick and John to recreate
the atmosphere of the Rum Runner club when they
were plotting the ascension of Duran Duran |
|
| Dec
31 |
Duran
Duran: New Year's Eve Party - two shows
8
pm - Pleasure Island/Downtown Disney, Lake Buena
Vista (Orlando), FL
10 pm - Pleasure Island/Downtown Disney, Lake
Buena Vista (Orlando), FL
Nile Rodgers and
Chic also perform two shows that night,
between and after the Duran sets |
|
| ? |
Warren
considers the idea of remixing and re-releasing
'Medazzaland' album, possibly changing the song
selection |
|
