Timeline:2009
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| Jan 5 | Simon and Yasmin attend the UK premiere of The Wrestler (a film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Mickey Rourke) at Vue Cinema in London. |
| Jan 8 | R&B singer Lamya Al-Mugheiry, former background vocalist for Wedding Album and Thank You, passes away at 35. |
| Jan 22 | John is on a panel talking about 80s fashion for the BBC Radio 4 show Style On Trial, hosted by Stuart Maconie and Lauren Laverne. |
| Jan 28 | Duran Duran tape a live performance and a long interview with Will Hodgkinson about songwriting and lyrics for Sky Arts 1’s Songbook at the Hospital Club Studios, Covent Garden, London. Dom Brown’s wife Martha appears on stage and plays violin in some tracks such as A View to a Kill. |
| Feb ? | Nick and John confirm the band’s spending a few days in Sphere Studios, London, to begin writing new songs and Dom Brown has joined them for the first time. |
| Feb 7 | Simon and Yasmin take part in the Finch & Partners’ Pre-BAFTA party held at Annabel’s nightclub in London. |
| Feb 19 | British newspaper Daily Mail announces Nick and his girlfriend Meredith Ostrom have just split up. |
| Feb 21 | Simon and Yasmin attend the Qasimi show at London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2009 at Saint Mary’s Church in London. |
| Feb ? | Simon and his brother Jonathan take part in an ice sailing race on a frozen lake in Sweden as guests of the BBC Two program High Altitude, presented by Ed Leigh and Graham Bell and scheduled to be aired on March 8. |
| Mar 5 | Roger and his partner Jake Fonique play a DJ set at Cielo club in New York City. |
| Mar 7 | Roger and Jake deejay at Gryphon nightclub at Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. |
| Mar 9 | The British Music Experience, a permanent, high-tech, interactive British rock and pop music exhibition, opens in The O2 Bubble. Seven musical eras, from 1945 to the present day, are represented with their own exhibition zones. The 1975-85 zone also contains a blue silk suit worn by Roger in Rio video. |
| Mar 12 | Nick attends the Naked Soul art exhibition in Howick Place, London. The event is presented by his former girlfriend Meredith in support of Youth for Youth, a charity that works to prevent gang violence and drug use. |
| Mar 18 | The band enters the studio with music producer Mark Ronson and sound engineer Andrew Newton. |
| Mar 23 | John participates in the Tap Project Radio, a collaboration between DJs, musicians, celebrities and music lovers to raise awareness for the world water crisis. |
| Mark Ronson invites Kaiser Chiefs’ drummer and songwriter Nick Hodgson to Duran Duran sessions. New Musical Express reports they have worked for a few hours with the band and written three songs together. | |
| Mar 26 | Sky Arts 1 airs the performance live Songbook recorded on late January. |
| Mar 27 | From his blog on the official Duran Duran website, Simon tells the band’s parting ways with Sony Music. |
| Apr 1 | As a part of a charity auction for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London, Roger teaches a Duran Duran fan a drumming lesson. |
| Apr 3 | The Independent features an interview by Gillian Orr with John about his dream-band, which includes Justin Timberlake on vocals, Nile Rodgers and Steve Jones on guitars, Stuart Zender on bass, Jools Holland on piano, Phil Collins and Bill Bruford on drums, Earth, Wind and Fire on horns and Bond on strings. |
| Apr 18 | Simon and Yasmin are among guests invited to the wedding of actress Patsy Kensit and English DJ Jeremy Healy at The Royal Houseguards in London. |
| Apr 21 | Nick takes part in the Vanity Fair party during the annual Tribeca Film Festival at the State Supreme Courthouse in New York City. |
| Apr 24 | Nick and John attend the opening night of Rigoletto at Wortham Theater Center in Houston. |
| Apr 25-30 | Simon crews on his close friend Charles Dunston’s Transpac 52 Rio that wins overall honors for the Antigua Sailing Week, one of the top five regattas in the world. |
| Apr 30 | John reveals Mark Ronson is producing new Duran Duran album. |
| May 4 | Simon and Yasmin are present at The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion costume institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. |
| May 9 | Simon is interviewed by Lauren Laverne on her BBC 6 Music radio show and confirms the band’s coming back in the studio for starting a new session with Mark Ronson before summer tour reahearsals. |
| May 21 | Mark Ronson plays a revised version of Rio on BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe Show. |
| May 22 | Yasmin hosts an eighties-themed party at Raffles nightclub in London and is joined by Simon and their daughter Amber. |
| Jun 2 | An article on British tabloid newspaper Daily Star reports Mark Ronson has been working with the band for six weeks on an album that sounds like Rio. |
| Jun 4 | Duran Duran: Ledovy Dvorets, Saint Petersburg, Russia It’s a free show with special guest Anastacia. About 1500 attend this concert in spite of heavy rain and wind. |
| Jun 5 | During an interview by Georgie Rogers of BBC 6 Music radio, Mark Ronson says new Duran Duran album is their best for twenty years and could be released before the end of the year. |
| Jun 6 | Simon, Yasmin, Nick and an unknown guest (later identified as Marie-Louise Stoffel, a young Swiss socialite being actually in London for study purposes) join the fourth annual fundraising gala dinner for the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation at Hampton Court Palace in London. |
| Jun 15 | Dom Brown and Blue To Brown: The Bedford, Balham, London, United Kingdom (with The Legendary Rhythm Methodists) It’s a special one-off gig with Dom’s father Rob on vocals, Magnus Box on bass, Mike Bramwell on keyboards, Martha Riley on violin and Andy Treacy on drums. |
| Jun 19 | Nick and Roger reveal the group have made no plans to take a step back from the spotlight. |
| Jun 25 | John appears as a famous rocker named Tommy Wilder on ABC program Samantha Who?. |
| Jun 29 | According to British magazine Contact Music, Duran Duran expect big things from their collaboration with Kaiser Chiefs’ drummer Nick Hodgson and it seems there won’t be a brass section on the upcoming album unlike things Mark has done before. |
| Roger is interviewed by Warm 106.9 FM radio station in Bremerton, Washington. | |
| Jul 2 | John does an interview on 103.7 FM radio station in Seattle, Washington. |
| Jul 3 | Andrew Matson of The Seattle Times defines the band oddly underrated musically, despite its international fame. |
| Scottish tabloid newspaper Daily Record announces Mark Ronson will join Duran Duran on stage at their massive Edinburgh Castle gig. | |
| Jul 5 | Duran Duran: Marymoor Amphitheatre, Redmond, Washington, United States (with Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head) |
| Jul 7 | Duran Duran: The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, United States The band dedicates Do You Believe in Shame? to Michael Jackson. |
| On an article by James Cabooter of British tabloid Daily Star, Roger says Duran Duran are going back to their roots but in a contemporary way. Mark Ronson is even rumoured to be planning a guest appearance in Victoria Park. | |
| Jul ? | Simon and John are filmed in San Francisco while shopping for some vinyls at Amoeba Music, one of the world’s largest independent record store. |
| Jul 8 | Duran Duran: Mountain Winery, Saratoga, California, United States (with The Limousines) |
| Jul 9 | John visits Mix 94.1 radio station in Henderson, Nevada. |
| Jul 10 | Duran Duran: The Pearl, Palms Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| The London Paper features an interview by Malcolm Mackenzie to Simon, Nick and Roger, who talk about the recording sessions with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake and Mark Ronson. | |
| Jul 11 | Duran Duran: Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, California, United States |
| Jul 14 | John does an interview on BBC 6 Music’s George Lamb Show. |
| Jul 15 | During an interview by Alison Maloney of The Sun, Nick says Andy is an extraordinary guitarist, but with different issues from the rest of the band, and his walking away in 2006 was a relief for the remaining four members. |
| Jul 16 | Duran Duran: Edinburg Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kigdom Mark Ronson plays guitar on a few tracks during the last part of this sold out concert. |
| Nick is interviewed by Matt Bendoris of The Scottish Sun and says to hope people remember Duran Duran more for their music than their image. | |
| Jul 18 | Duran Duran and others: Lovebox, Victoria Park, London, United Kingdom The band, hip-hop group N*E*R*D and Pharrell Williams join festival founders Groove Armada as headline acts. Mark Ronson also joins the band on stage. |
| Sep 1 | Daily Mail announces Nick’s former wife Julie Anne is writing a memory combining tales of her life with him with favourite recipes. |
| Sep 11 | Simon appears on Dutch fashion magazine James. |
| Sep 14 | AFP announces Duran Duran, Fergie, Lilly Allen, Scorpions, Mark Ronson and many other international celebrities are recording a song as a part of the Tck Tck Tck campaign on the global warming crisis, organised by the Global Humanitarian Forum. The song is Beds Are Buring, a 1987 hit single by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. |
| Sep 17 | Nick and Marie-Louise take part in the Hervé Léger launch dinner in London. |
| Sep 19 | Nick attend the launch party of the Kinder Aggugini pop-up store in London. |
| Sep 20 | Simon and Yasmin take part in the Unique private dinner at The Ivy, a famous restaurant in Covent Garden, London. |
| Sep 21 | Live at Hammersmith '82! and Duran Duran: Rio (2 CD Special Edition) are released worldwide (except the United States). |
| Nick and Marie-Louise attend the Pringle of Scotland show at Saatchi Gallery in London. | |
| Sep 22 | Nick and Marie-Louise take part in the afterparty for the Burberry Prorsum show at Horseferry House, London. |
| Sep 25 | Nick is seen at the Whitechapel Gallery during the London Art Book Fair. |
| Sep 26 | Nick reports all bass and drums parts of new album are already done, while Simon is working with lyrics. The band counts to finish the album by December. |
| Correspondence, a project made by John and Mexican visual artist Laureana Toledo, is premiered at Birmingham Comedy Festival and can be seen at the Eastside Projects, a new artist-run public gallery in Birmingham. | |
| Sep 28 | Simon and Yasmin attend the West End premiere of Andrew Bovell’s play Speaking In Tongues at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London. |
| Oct 1 | Beds Are Burning song for the Tck Tck Tck campaign is released as a free download. |
| The Atheist’s Guide To Christmas, first British atheist charity book initiative whose royalties will go to Terrence Higgins Trust, is published. It also features a contribution by Simon entitled Losing my faith. | |
| Oct 6 | Live at Hammersmith '82! and Duran Duran: Rio (2 CD Special Edition) are released in the United States. |
| Oct 7 | Nick and Marie-Louise take part in Louis Vuitton prêt-à-porter show at Cour Carrée du Louvre in Paris. |
| Oct 8 | Duran Duran are forced to cancel a live performance at Oxfam’s music festival Oxjam (scheduled for October 16 at Matter, an inside events space at The O2) because they’re currently in the studio with Mark Ronson. The band offers two tickets for one of its next concerts in 2010-2011. |
| Oct 10 | Simon and Yasmin attend the wedding of his friend Charles Dunstone and Celia Gordon Chute at Christ Church, Spitafields, London. |
| Oct 13 | Duran Duran and families take part in the opening of first ever Juicy Couture flagship store on Bruton Street in London. |
| Oct 14 | Dom Brown and Blue To Brown: The Bedford, Balham, London, United Kingdom It’s another show with Dom’s father Rob. |
| Oct 15 | Roger plays a dj set at Almada club in London during the Omega Constellation launch party. |
| Oct 20 | American duo Beautiful Small Machines EP The Robots in Love goes on sale. Simon lends backing vocals to the track Simple Joys. |
| Oct 29 | John is part of a panel at UCLA’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Internet. The symposium take places at Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science with John speaking about pop culture. |
| Oct 30 | Simon, Yasmin and Amber attend a party held for the grand opening of Magazan Beach Resort in El Jadida, Morocco. |
| Nov 2 | Gary Barlow, Damien Rice, Kaiser Chiefs and others: Concert for CARE International, O2 Academy Brixton, London The concert also features a special appearance by Simon during Mark Ronson’s set. Proceeds from this show go to CARE International, one of the most important aid agencies in the world, fighting poverty and injustice. |
| Nov 14 | Dom Brown and Blue To Brown: Coach and Horses, Isleworth, London, United Kingdom |
| Nov 21 | Nick’s selected photos from the Flag series and American TV are available for Music auction organized by Phillips de Pury & Company in Howick Place, London. |
| Dec 7 | EMI releases some digital versions of early 80s concerts, originally recorded by BBC series In Concert, including Duran Duran’s 1982 show in Hammersmith Odeon. |
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