Timeline:1990
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Duran Duran finishes the recording and mixing of the Liberty album, then spends the rest of the year promoting the album and the singles "Violence of Summer" and "Serious" in Europe and Australia; there is no tour. Andy releases the covers album Dangerous, and continues to produce. | ||
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| ? | Sterling and Warren take a brief trip to Japan to tour with Tetsuya Komuro's band. |
| Jan 15 | Band begins recording Liberty again at Olympic Studios. |
| Jan 16-25 | Nick and John Jones work on keyboard overdubs at Blue Weavers Studio. |
| Jan | John continues to struggle with his addictions and claims that "I can just remember smoking hash oil, that's all I can really remember about making that album.". |
| Mar 22 | Duran finishes recording and mixing Liberty album at Olympic. |
| ? | Duran holds a completion party with many celebrities, and the fans are invited in the studio. |
| Mar 26 | The Happyland club in New York City is destroyed by fire, killing 89; the event inspires the song "Sin of the City" on The Wedding Album. |
| Mar | "Violence of Summer" shot in Paris with director Camilla Nickerson. |
| Mar | "Serious" videos shot in Paris with director Venetia Scott. |
| Mar 30 | Playback of the album at Abbey Road for EMI executives. |
| ? | A thief breaks into the DD Productions office and makes off with some minor equipment, leaving behind the gold records and memorabilia; it's thought the thief had no idea whose office he was robbing. |
| Apr 3-4 | Duran records a 12" version of "Violence of Summer" at Olympic Studios. |
| May | "Follow In My Footsteps" single (lyrics and vocal by Simon Le Bon) released in Italy from the Requiem For The Americas album. |
| May 31 - Jun 4 | Duran does more work on 12" remixes at Maison Rouge. |
| Jun | The band sells their office on Church Row in Wandsworth to Mick Jagger, and move to new offices on Harwoord Road in Fulham. |
| early July | Duran does promotion in Milan, Italy to do promotion, including a long interview and preview of the album on radio Rete. |
| Jul | Andy films a video for "Lola"; the video features Duran's tour backing singer Melanie Redmond. |
| Jul 23 | "Violence of Summer" single released in UK {b/w "Violence of Summer" (story mix) |
| Jul 24 | Duran tapes lip-synch performance of "Violence of Summer" on BBC 1 TV chat show Wogan. |
| Jul 28 | Simon appears on Radio 1 Round Table in UK with Dave Stewart and Jackie Brambles. |
| Jul 29 | Simon and Warren interviewed on The Phillip Schofield Show, Radio 1 (UK). |
| Jul 31 | John and Warren appear on BBC TV show The Garden Party, broadcast from Glasgow. |
| Aug 2 | Top of the Pops airs Duran's lip-synch performance of "Violence of Summer". |
| Aug 3 | Duran does interviews at Blake's Hotel in London. |
| Aug 4 | "Violence of Summer" single peaks at #20 in UK. |
| Aug | Andy Taylor's cover album Dangerous released on A&M label in UK and Japan. |
| ? | Andy's single "Lola" released in UK {b/w "Space Station No. 5". |
| Aug 10 | Duran's tapes another performance for the Wogan show at studios in Shepherd's Bush. |
| Aug 11 | "Violence of Summer" single released in US {b/w "Yo Bad Azizi"; CD single includes "Throb". |
| Aug 14 | Duran attends meetings at EMI building; does phone promo. |
| Aug 14 | Simon phones KROQ radio in Los Angeles> |
| Aug 16 | Photo session with Denis O'Regan. |
| Aug 17 | Duran plays "Violence of Summer" on the Japanese TV show Hit Studio International, broadcast live from a studio in the Wembley area of London. |
| Aug 20 | Liberty album released worldwide. |
| Aug 21 | John and Nick guest on Amanda's BBC show The Word. |
| Aug 27 | Duran leaves London for Belgium and the Netherlands.Duran lip-synchs "Violence of Summer" on a Belgian music show called Tien Om Te Zien; broadcast on Belgian TV three days later. |
| Aug 29 | Duran Duran celebrates the opening of a new EMI CD factory in Uden, The Netherlands by jointly making a painting for the entry hall. |
| end Aug | Duran returns from Belgium and the Netherlands. |
| Sep 1 | "Violence of Summer" single peaks at #64 in US. |
| Sep 1 | Liberty album peaks at #8 in UK. |
| Sep 2 | Simon, Nick and Sterling fly from London to Los Angeles. |
| Sep 5 | Simon, Nick, John and Warren interviewed on KROQ (Los Angeles, CA. |
| Sep 8 | Liberty album peaks at #46 in US. |
| Sep | Duran does a press conference and two days of promotion in Milan, Italy, including interviews for TV show Radio Carolina and a contest for radio Rete 105. |
| Sep | Duran travels to Florence to record a performance of "Violence of Summer" for the TV show Vota la Voce in an ancient Roman theatre; when the show is over they return to the stage and fans are allowed in the open air theatre as the band perform "Serious" and "Liberty (song) |
| Sep | Andy's single "Stone Cold Sober" released in UK {b/w "Suffragete City". |
| Sep 22 | Duran is the headlining act of the 5th Annual Veronica Music Day on the Countdown program, broadcast live on Dutch television station. |
| Oct 1 | "Serious" single released in UK {b/w "Yo Bad Azizi"; CD single includes "Water Babies". |
| Oct | A 29-minute version of the Three To Get Ready documentary video is released in US; a limited-edition 75-minute version is released later in the year |
| Oct 12 | The band flies to Rome, Italy for promotion; in the afternoon they do an interview with Rome's first daily IL MESSAGGERO. |
| Oct 13 | Duran does a soundcheck for the TV show Fantastico, are interviewed backstage for Rai Stereo Uno, then perform "Serious" and a comic segment on the show that night. |
| Oct 14 | Duran arrives in Athens, Greece for a short promotional trip. |
| Oct 17 | Duran tapes a lipsynch performance of "First Impression", "Wild Boys", "Union of the Snake" and "Serious" at the Tunnel club for the TV special Duran Duran in Athens. |
| Nov | Duran does one-week promotional tour of Australia and New Zealand. |
| Nov 11 | Simon and Warren interviewed on 89FM radio (Auckland, New Zealand). |
| Nov 12 | Simon and Warren interviewed on 91FM radio (Auckland, New Zealand); answer callers' questions. |
| Nov | Duran lip-synchs a performance of "Violence of Summer" for the Australian show Hey Hey It's Saturday on Channel 9 Network. |
| Nov | "Serious" single released in US {b/w "Yo Bad Azizi", "Liberty" (fade) and "First Impression" (fade). |
| Nov | "Serious" single peaks at #6 in Japan. |
| Nov 16 | Duran receives an award at the Diamond Awards Festival in Antwerp, Belgium, which were taped for TV broadcast; they lipsynch a performance of "Serious" and "First Impression". |
| Nov 17 | "Serious" single peaks at #48 in UK. |
| late Nov - early Dec | Duran plans to film videos for "First Impression" (which was to be released as a single in the US) and "Liberty" (which was to be released in Europe) - a production company goes so far as to prepare storyboards, plan locations, and hire extras. |
| Nov | EMI cancels funding for the new videos just a few days before "First Impression" is to begin filming. |
| ? | Allison Anders watches Three To Get Ready video, begins correspondence & friendship with John. |
| ? | Andy produces second album Laughing on Judgement Day for the band Thunder. |
| Dec 12 | John is stopped for speeding and driving erratically through the streets of London on his way home from a party; Simon is in the car with him. |
| Dec 13 | John is fined £250 for drunk driving and his license is suspended for one year. |
| Late Dec | Duran Duran in Athens special is broadcast by the second National Broadcasting Channel in Greece.
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