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| Jan | 2013 Lincoln MKS Commercial aires in the USA, featuring an electro cover version of "The Chauffeur". |
| Jan 6 | The Challenger released via YouTube, a short film featuring "Liberty" by Patrick O'Hearn. This track is also known as "Firefly", which appears on various Duran Duran bootleg albums such as Didn't Anybody Tell You?. |
| Jan 8 | The single "C’est Tout Est Noir" by Koishii & Hush released, a collaboration with John Taylor. |
| Jan 13 | Beth Sherburn releases her debut single "Ordinary World", after music mogul John McLaughlin overhears her singing a Michael Bublé song at the Chanel counter in Debenhams, Merry Hill Center near Birmingham. |
| Jan 15 | Roger Taylor DJs a special invitation only show for Géau Vitamin Water on the beach in Punta del Este, Uruguay. |
| Feb 2 | The duo Koishii and Hush announce that due to demand, they will be releasing a limited edition CD Maxi single with several mixes of "C’est Tout Est Noir", as well as a CD-only exclusive remix that will not be available digitally. Using a popular crowd sourcing platform, they announce only 500 copies will be put in to production, including 20 to be signed by John. |
| Feb 15 | John Taylor receives the Experience, Strength and Hope Award, presented by Robert Downey Jr at Skirball Hall in Los Angeles. John is being honored by Writers In Treatment for his commitment to his sobriety and in celebration of his book, In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran. Others joining the gala include Buzz Aldrin, Steve Jones, Ione Skye, Michael Des Barres, Ed Begley Jr and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait. |
| Feb 17 | The pre-sale for TV Mania’s Bored with Prozac and The Internet? begins on The Vinyl Factory website, where fans could purchase a TV Mania Box Set that is limited to 100 copies and signed by both Nick and Warren or the gatefold vinyl edition. |
| Feb 28 | John Taylor is named the Greatest Bassist of All Time in a new poll, compiled by MusicRadar.com and electronics firm Orange Amps. Taylor topped the bassist list with 30 per cent of the public vote. |
| Mar | Duran Duran return to the studio with producer Mark Ronson to begin work on their 14th studio album. |
| Mar | Gefährlich gute Grooves Liebe, Tod & Duran Duran (In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran) published in Germany by Hannibal. |
| Mar 6 | Tetsuya Komuro's Digitalian Is Eating Breakfast 3 (DEBF3) is released, an album co-produced by Nick Wood which features Saffron Le Bon. |
| Mar 7 | To celebrate the release of the forthcoming TV Mania album, Bored with Prozac and The Internet?, an exhibition of a collection of original photographic works by Nick Rhodes is held at The Vinyl Factory Chelsea in London (from March 7 – April 5, 2013). The exhibition is called Bei Incubi: "Beautiful Nightmares", which premiered on March 7 at a private, star-studded event. Open to the general public from March 8. |
| Mar 11 | TV Mania release Bored with Prozac and The Internet?, an album that's been ready for 17 years, available as a limited edition vinyl record and download. Featuring artwork created by Andrew Day and Nick Rhodes, the album is entirely made from samples taken from television, so the lead vocalist is the TV. |
| Mar 25 | Oh No It's...The Wonder Stuff 2-disc album released, featuring a cover version of Duran Duran's "Planet Earth". This track was originally released on From The Midlands with Love (Part 3) single during December 2012. |
| Mar 27 | Simon and Yasmin Le Bon attend a Range Rover launch party in New York with James Bond actor Daniel Craig. |
| Apr | The American science fiction film Oblivion is released, which features a copy of Duran Duran's Rio. |
| Apr 2 | "Feed Me Diamonds" by MNDR released as various remixes. The single features the Radiant Cut Remix by Nick Rhodes. |
| Apr 9 | David Bowie's "Let’s Dance 30th Anniversary Radio Documentary" featuring John Taylor is aired by on Absolute 80s at 8:00pm. An hour-long documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Bowie's biggest selling album, Let's Dance. |
| Apr 13 | Doctor Who: Cold War aires in the UK. During the episode, Clara sang the chorus from "Hungry Like the Wolf" to deactive some submarine warheads. |
| Apr 14 | John Taylor signs copies of In the Pleasure Groove at Tranquebar, Borgergade 14, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Apr 20 | In conjunction with Record Store Day 2013, "Is There Something I Should Know?" (B-side "Faith in this Colour") 30th Anniversary limited edition is released on blue vinyl. |
| May 9 | John Taylor headlines the 10th UK/European Symposium on Addictive Disorders Conference in London. He speaks about how to recover from addiction. |
| May 15 | Simon Le Bon attends Manchester United’s Player of The Year Awards. |
| May 23 | Duran Duran: amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS Gala, Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Cap d’Antibes, France. Cannes Film Festival related event |
| Jul 19 | John Taylor holds a reading from his book In the Pleasure Groove at the Latitude Festival, Literary Arena (4:25pm), Henham Park, Suffolk, UK. Cancelled |
| Oct 7 | Bold, Beautiful and Damned: The World of 1980s Fashion Illustrator Tony Viramontes published, featuring artwork for Arcadia and comments from Nick Rhodes. |
| Oct 18-20 | Durandemonium 2013 Convention is held at the Amalfi Hotel in Chicago, IL, USA, an event sponsored by Daily Duranie. |
| ? | Duran Duran: Legacy by Derek Supryka is published, a visual guide to all officially released Duran Duran items. |
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