Timeline:2006
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| Jan | Duran Duran begin writing and recording for the new album with Michael Patterson in Northern California |
| Jan | VH1 show So Notorious uses the Duran Duran song "Notorious" as its theme music |
| ? | "Nice Remixes", including mixes by Eric Prydz, JD aka Dready, Johnson Somerset, Mike Greig and Pablo La Rosa, are added to iTunes. |
| ? | EMI releases Duran Duran’s video catalogue for electronic download. Videos include "What Happens Tomorrow"' "Girls on Film", "Rio" and "Save a Prayer". |
| ? | The deluxe version of Live from London (10 tracks + 2 bonus) is added to iTunes. |
| ? | Andy opens recording studio Andy Taylor Studios Ibiza |
| ? | SYN Productions release Simon Le Bon's solo song "Nobody Knows". |
| The ASTRONAUT Tour continues | |
| Jan 14 | Duran Duran: Morongo Key Club, Cabazon CA, USA. |
| Feb 2 | the 25th Anniversary of the release of Duran Duran’s "Planet Earth" single. Roger comments on Duranduran.com, “My strongest memory of the release of "Planet Earth" is one of us gathering around the radio in Chipping Norton studios (where we were recording tracks for the forthcoming first album) and hearing one of our songs being played on the radio for the first time, being absolutely ecstatic and feeling that we had really ‘arrived,’ when in fact it was just the start of a very long journey.”. |
| Feb 14 | Dream Boyz compilation album released by the Fan Club. |
| Feb 15 | Duran Duran: Olympic Winter Games, Medals Plaza Piazza Castello,Torino, Italy bootlegged on Torino 2006 |
| May 2 | The Ultimate Review DVD released by Classic Rock. |
| May 8 | John and Nick release Only After Dark, a compilation of their favorite music from the late 1970s/early 1980s Rum Runner era |
| Mar 14 | The Notte Prima Degli Esami movie soundtrack album released in Italy |
| ? | In another first, John and Nick step in to the history books to launch the UK Guardian newspaper’s Film & Music Podcast series, with a 2-part interview discussing their Only After Dark compilation. This mini-podcast-within-a-podcast makes UK media history, becoming the first time music from the major record labels and music publishers has been officially approved for use in a podcast. |
| Aug 4 | Duran Duran: Annual Red Cross Gala, Casino, Monte Carlo, Monaco. |
| Sep 13 | Duran Duran: CSLA Investor's Forum, Hong Kong. |
| Sep 23 | Duran Duran: Sluzewiec Race Track, Warsaw, Poland. (with Sistas and Myslovitz) The band performs for the first time in Poland, in front of 120,000 People. The show is televised nationally. |
| Oct 15 | Duran Duran: Expo Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia. |
| Oct 17 | Duran Duran: Hela 1, Belgrad, Serbia. |
| Oct 19 | Duran Duran: Palace Hall, Bucharest, Romania. |
| Oct 20 | Duran Duran: Winter Palace Of Sport, Sofia, Bulgaria. |
| Oct 22 | Duran Duran: Hellinikon Fencing Hall, Athens, Greece. |
| Oct 26 | Duran Duran: Sears Center, Chicago IL, USA. |
| Oct 29 | Duran Duran: Voodoo Music Experience, New Orleans LA, USA. |
| Nov 2 | Duran Duran: Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence RI, USA. |
| Nov 3 | Duran Duran: House Of Blues, Atlantic City NJ, USA. |
| Nov 4 | Duran Duran: Seneca Hotel & Casino, Niagara Falls NY, USA. |
| Nov 6 | Duran Duran: Palace PAC, Albany NY, USA. |
| Nov 7 | Duran Duran: Private Concert, New York NY, USA. |
| Nov 9 | Duran Duran: Pepsi Pavillion, Greenvile SC, USA. |
| Nov 11 | Duran Duran: Bang Music Festival, Bicentennial Park, Miami FL, USA. |
| Nov | To celebrate the end of the Astronaut World Tour, Duran Duran releases their first set of exclusive master ringtones, which include the Jason Nevins remix of "Sunrise". |
| ? | Duran launches their official Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/duranduran. |
| ? | Duran adds mobile graphics to their Mobile Webshop. |
| ? | Duran announces plans to create a virtual universe in Second Life, as well as perform a concert in-world. This news creates 1.8 million media and online mentions for the band, setting a record in terms of coverage. |
| ? | The longest running Duran Duran fanzine, The Dutch Go Duran ceases publication after 18 years. |
| ? | Nick Rhodes is a presenter at the first annual British Academy Video Games Awards In London. He is joined by his newly created Second Life Avatar. |
| ? | The band announces the departure of guitarist Andy Taylor and confirm that they will continue as a foursome as they finish up their new CD for Epic/Sony Records. |
| Dec 3 | Duran Duran 10 Track Collectors Edition album issued free with copies of The Mail On Sunday newspapers in the UK.
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