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| The Duran Duran Timeline | ||
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| Date | Event |
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| Jan | American Top 40 with Shadoe Stevens: The Top 100 Hits of 1993 broadcast, featuring "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone". |
| ? | The British Rover car group give away the Rio (compilation) CD to people who test drove the 'Metro Rio'. |
| ? | "Save A Prayer" (Steve Anderson Mix) is included on the DMC Presents The Best of U.S. Remixes Vol. One compilation album. |
| The DILATE YOUR MIND Tour continues The band finishes the North American tour, picking up some of the dates postponed from October | |
| Jan 2 | Duran Duran: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA (with James) |
| Jan 4 | Duran Duran: The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI, USA (with James) |
| Jan 6 | Duran Duran: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, USA (with RuPaul and James) |
| Jan 9 | Duran Duran: The Patriot Center (George Mason University), Fairfax, VA, USA (with James) |
| Jan 10 | Duran Duran: Eisenhower Hall, West Point, NY, USA (with James) |
| Jan 11 | Duran Duran: Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY USA (with James) bootlegged on New York: 11 January 1994 |
| ? | The DJ remix album The Edge: Level 1 released in the USA, featuring Duran Duran. |
| Jan 12 | Simon: appears again on the Z100 Morning radio show (New York, NY); answers callers questions Nick and John interviewed on the Larry King radio show; take callers questions |
| Jan 12 | Duran Duran: Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA (with James) |
| Jan 13 | Duran Duran: Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA (with James) bootlegged on New York '94 |
| Jan 15 | Duran Duran: Elliott Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (with James) |
| Jan 16 | Duran Duran: McGaw Hall (Northwestern University), Evanston, IL, USA (with James) |
| ? | "Too Much Information" is included on the promo compilation album Details: Music Matters Special Edition 5, released in the USA. |
| Jan 17 | John: interviewed on Fritz Radio, Germany |
| Jan 17 | New York based Westwood One radio broadcast a Duran Duran special using In Concert - New Rock: 94-04 album bootlegged on Live At Westwood One |
| The DILATE YOUR MIND Tour in the UK Band returns to England to perform dates rescheduled from 1993; opening act is World Service, with early Duran Duran member Andy Wickett | |
| Jan 22 | Duran Duran: G-Mex Centre, Manchester, England (with World Service) bootlegged on Manchester 22.01.94 |
| Jan 24 | "Ordinary World" is featured in Baywatch: The Red Knights, broadcast in the USA. |
| ? | A live version of "Ordinary World" is released on The Superstar Best Collection: Volume 5. |
| Jan 24 | Duran Duran: Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England (with World Service) The only UK show John doesn't wear a kilt; bootlegged on Sheffield 1994 |
| Jan 25 | Duran Duran: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England (with World Service) |
| Jan 27 | Duran Duran: Cardiff International Centre, Cardiff, Wales (with K-Passa) the opening act is a Bristol-based "cajun/folk/headbang" band fronted by Simon Le Bon's cousin, Simon Edwards; IWERKS film crew does preliminary shots in preparation for a full-scale filming in London; bootlegged on Cardiff 1994 |
| Jan 28 | Duran Duran: Wembley Arena, London, England (with opening act Paris Working, and guests Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five) Show is filmed in widescreen IWERKS format, directed by Kevin Godley; this footage has never been released. Amanda De Cadenet's TV show The Word has a live broadcast from the backstage after-show party; bootlegged on Wembley Arena 94 |
| Jan 31 | Simon is "god for a day" on BBC Radio 1; he decides who he would like on his cloud, who he would make a saint, and who he would hit with a thunderbolt |
| ? | The mixed compilation album Journeys By DJ: Volume 4 Silky Mix With John Digweed released in the UK, featuring "Drowning Man" (D:Ream Mix). |
| Jan 31 | Duran Duran: Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England (with World Service) bootlegged on Bournemouth: 31-01-94 |
| Feb 1 | Simon interviewed while lying in bed, by Paula Yates, on London TV show The Big Breakfast |
| Feb 1 | Duran Duran: Brighton Centre, Brighton, England cancelled so that the band can attend a record company meeting in France |
| The DILATE YOUR MIND Tour in Europe | |
| Feb 4 | Duran Duran: Forest National, Brussels, Belgium (no opening act) |
| Feb 5 | Duran Duran: Le Zénith, Paris, France bootlegged on 05 / 02 / 1994 |
| Feb 6 | Duran Duran: Sports Centre, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg |
| Feb 8 | Duran Duran: Cineramma, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Feb 9 | Duran Duran: Cineramma, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Feb 11 | Duran Duran: Pepsi Dance Nights 1, World Trade Centre, Istanbul , Turkey broadcast live on Turkish T.V. |
| Feb 21 | Extraordinary World documentary released on laserdisc and on video; includes all the videos from the Liberty album and The Wedding Album) |
| ? | Duran works on the Thank You album in Entibe |
| ? | Simon calls from Los Angeles to do phone interview during Q101 Retro Flashback Weekend in Chicago, IL, USA (during recording of the Thank You album) |
| ? | Simon meets Michael Hutchence; it's difficult to pry Simon away from his new friend to get him into the studio - Nick Rhodes (Deluxe Magazine 12/98) |
| ? | "Come Undone" is included on the promotional only Rebok sportswear compilation album Boks Rock. |
| ? | Simon falls out a first floor window, but lands without injury |
| ? | Nick arranges for John Jones to help the band set up a studio in a villa on the Cap d'Antibes in the South of France; a truckful of equipment is driven in from London. |
| ? | Roger joins Nick and Warren in France to work on "Perfect Day", "Watching the Detectives", "Ball and Chain" and "Jeepster" (later scrapped) |
| ? | "Perfect Day" and "Watching the Detectives" sent to Dave Richards in Switzerland for mixing. |
| ? | Duran records Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay", and an Alice Cooper song. |
| ? | John Jones works for three months in Los Angeles mixing and overdubbing the Thank You album. |
| Mar 22 | Cover of Led Zeppelin's "Thank You" (demo version) released on With Honors soundtrack from Madonna's Maverick Label |
| Mar 24 | Duran appears on the final episode of long-running British TV show The Word (series 5, episode 17); they perform a live set including "Hungry Like The Wolf" and "White Lines" (with Grandmaster Flash & the gang) |
| ? | World Business Class - Classic Rock 'n' Roll: Vol. 1, Disc 5 released in the USA, featuring "Some Like It Hot". |
| Mar 29 | Duran's live version of "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" available on CD for the first time on the Threesome movie soundtrack from Epic Soundtrax |
| The DILATE YOUR MIND Tour in the Middle East | |
| Apr 2 | Duran Duran: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Apr 4 | Duran Duran: Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore, Singapore |
| Apr 6 | Duran Duran: Bangkok International Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Apr 8 | Duran Duran: Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Apr 10 | Duran Duran: Jakarta Hilton Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Apr 12 | Duran Duran: Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, HI, USA |
| Apr 14 | Baktabak release Duran Duran in Conversation, a 69 minute interview album. |
| May | "Ordinary World receives Ivor Novello award for Most Performed Work. |
| Jun 2 | "Girls on Film" appears on the Rhino compilation New Wave Hits of the 80s: Volume 4 |
| end June | Warren goes back to New York, works for ten days with his brother and ex-Kajagoogoo bassist Nick Beggs on some new solo material. |
| ? | John announces The Power Station reunion on Larry King's Open Mike America programme, as he goes back into the studio with the band. |
| ? | Warren does phone interview on Z100 radio (New York, NY) |
| Jul 18 | Duran's Dilate Your Mind tour stage manager Don Burton marries Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan. |
| Aug | Warren records Thanks 2 Frank album over the course of two days. |
| Sep | Anthony J. Resta mixes "911 Is a Joke" at Sound Techniques studios in Boston, adding new drums and samples of conch shells, a cowboy lady, and more |
| Sep 10 | Tallulah Pine Le Bon born to Simon and Yasmin. |
| Sep | Nick appears on Modern Roots radio show in UK |
| Oct | Anthony J. Resta and his partner Bob St. John are invited to London to do post-production and mixing on the rest of the Thank You album |
| Oct-Nov | Anthony and Bob work at Metropolis Studios in London on much of the Thank You album, and two remixes of "White Lines" |
| Nov | Alternative rock band Hole release the single "Doll Parts", featuring a live cover version of "Hungry Like The Wolf". |
| Dec ? | John chats with fans on AOL |
| Dec | The In Tune with the World compilation album is given to EMI employees, featuring "Too Much Information". |
| ? | Anthony and Bob work on a new mix for Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" at Longview Farm Studios in Boston, but the track is deemed too "way out there" by the band. |
| ? | Tim Palmer remixes "Lay Lady Lay" again, using some of Anthony's work. |
| Dec 30 | John reports on AOL that the record company is holding up the release of Thank You over the arrangements for "Lay Lady Lay" |
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