Merrillville 1989

Merrillville 1989
unofficial live album
Venue	Star Plaza Theatre, Merrillville, IN, USA
Recorded	16 March 1989
Released	Unknown
Label	Unknown Label
Format	2xCD
Length	22 tracks
Genre	Pop
Producer	Duran Duran
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Merrillville 1989 is an unofficial Duran Duran live album, recorded during The Big Live Thing Tour at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, IN, USA, on 16 March 1989.

About the album

The album is a recording of Duran Duran's performance at the Star Plaza Theatre, a 3,400 capacity venue located at 8001 Delaware Place in Merrillville. This was the only show performed in the state of Indiana on the tour.

As the crowd watched from two semicircle seating levels around the stage, Duran Duran appeared in this intimate theatre and opened the show with "Big Thing". "I Don't Want Your Love" was next, a single that rose to number four in the USA.

Duran Duran's nineteenth single "Do You Believe in Shame?" soon followed, which a grieving Simon Le Bon wrote after his friend David Miles died from a drug-related accident in 1987.

During the show, there was a medley featuring Duran Duran's current single at the time "All She Wants Is", with the band's debut release "Planet Earth".

The set closed with the packed house singing along to "Rio".

Tickets for the event cost around $22.00.

Track listing

CD 1

1. "God (London)"
2. "Big Thing"
3. "I Don't Want Your Love"
4. "Hungry Like the Wolf"
5. "Do You Believe in Shame?"
6. "Election Day" / "Some Like It Hot"
7. "All She Wants Is" / "Planet Earth"
8. "Winter Marches On"
9. "Palomino"
10. "A View to a Kill"
11. "The Edge of America" / "Lake Shore Driving"

CD 2

1. "Skin Trade"
2. "Girls on Film"
3. "Notorious"
4. "Is There Something I Should Know?"
5. "Drug (It's Just a State of Mind)"
6. "The Wild Boys"
7. Band Introduction
8. "Save A Prayer"
9. "Get It On (Bang a Gong)"
10. "The Reflex"
11. "Rio"

Personnel

Duran Duran are:

• Simon Le Bon - vocals
• John Taylor - bass guitar
• Nick Rhodes - keyboards

With:

• Warren Cuccurullo - guitar
• Sterling Campbell - drums
• Stan Harrison - horns
• Spike Edney - keyboards, trombone
• Melanie Redmond - backing vocals
• Jacqui Copland - backing vocals

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See also

• Duran Duran - 1989 Bootleg CDs
• 1989 - 16 March: Merrillville, IN (USA)