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| The Duran Duran Timeline | ||
| << 2019 | 2020 | 2021 >> |
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The second year recording their 15th album. Progress slows due to a global pandemic scare. John begins a series of interviews and bass tutorials. | ||
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Jan 9 | It is announced that in their only Danish performance in 2020, Duran Duran will return to Scandinavia to headline the iconic Jelling Musikfestival on Saturday, the 30th of May. |
| Jan ? | Later in the month the band confirm a headlining spot at Rock in Rio Lisboa. |
| Jan ? | PBS (US/Canada Public Broadcasting Station) air Duran Duran’s 2011 live concert film A DIAMOND IN THE MIND for their March pledge drive. New interviews with Simon & Nick, recorded at the end of 2019, are used through out the programming. |
| Jan 23 | Fan bootleg album Medazzaland Album Live (Reimagined) released on youtube, featuring live and alternative takes of songs. Reuploaded 3rd July 2021. (YouTube). |
| Jan 25 | Nick went to the Scottish Highlands for Burns Night. (Source). |
| ? | Nick does some filming with Mark Ronson for his upcoming documentary. (Source). |
| Feb 16 | Nick and Nefer attend Pam Hogg’s Fashion Show at Victoria House London, during London Fashion Week. (Photo), (Twitter). |
| Feb 16 | Andy Taylor is 59 years old today. |
| Feb 18 | duranasty.com enters its 18th year. |
| Feb/Mar? | The band recording DD15 at Assault and Battery Studio London. |
| Mar 10 | Duran Duran is announced at the final headliner for the BST Hyde Park on 12 July. Both Gwen Stefani and Nile Rodgers & Chic will be there, with others expected to be added. Duran Duran 2020 spring/ summer dates are announced as follows: (all cancelled or postponed until 2022) May 1, The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Las Vegas, NV;May 2, The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Las Vegas, NV;May 30, Jelling MusikFest, Jelling, Denmark;May 31, Sommarkvall Med… Concert Series, Stockholm, Sweden;Jun 7, St Anne’s Park, Dublin, Ireland;Jun 14, Isle of Wight Festival, Yarmouth, UK;Jun 27, Rock in Rio, Lisbon, Portugal;Jul 12, British Summertime Festival, Hyde Park, London, UK |
| Mar ? | It is announced that Duran Duran’s A Diamond in the Mind will be released as a limited edition Pink (transparent) Double LP Gatefold, including Bonus-Track “Is There Something I Should Know?” for Record Store Day Germany in June. |
| Mar 10 | Nick and John attended an Andy Warhol Retrospective at the Tate Modern, which Nick says was wonderfully curated. (Rhodes Website), (Promo Video). |
| Mar 15-16 | Andy Taylor travels up to the Baltic Studios in London for the weekend to record his co-created album with Reef. They record all twelve songs live, with half of the vocals finished before the world closed everything down the following Monday. (Source). |
| Mar 19 | Duran Duran announce they had to take a break from recording their 15th studio album because of the Coronavirus pandemic, which made them unable to go in to the Studio. Nick mentioned in several later interviews that they were "two weeks" from completing the recording sessions. |
| Mar 20 | The band started a weekly Twitter video chat with fans. Simon hosts the first chat on March 20 |
| Mar 24 | The Isle of Wright Festival postpones their Festival, which was meant to take place June 11-14, with Duran Duran headlining the Sunday evening bill. |
| Mar 27 | Roger's post-covid Twitter chat |
| Apr 1 | Duran Duran announce the postponement of their two Las Vegas dates, meant for the beginning of May |
| May 3 | Nick's post-covid Twitter chat |
| Apr 4 | Rock in Rio Lisboa postpone their festival for one year. |
| Apr 4 | John flys to L.A to be with his family during lockdown, but upon landing starts to feel ill. |
| Apr 5 | John Taylor posts a note on the band’s social media channels that he tested positive for Covid-19 but wanted fans to know that the illness “isn’t always a killer, and we can and will beat this thing.” |
| Apr 6 | The Jelling MusikFestival announce their postponement. |
| Apr 8 | BST Hyde Park announce postponement. |
| Apr 10 | John's post covid Twitter chat |
| April 11 | Nick accepts Duran Duran’s “Spirit of Yuri’s Night” award, in acknowledgement of the group’s influence on the style and aesthetics of space and the future, with a video in which he remembers the moon landings. |
| April 20 | Nick pays tribute to wildlife photographer Peter Beard: “I’m sad to hear that Peter Beard has left our world. He was truly one of life’s great adventurers, curious and fearless to the end. He seized every moment and and devoured it with intense joy. His energy and profound belief in natural beauty and art was an inspiration.” |
| Apr 20 | Record Store Day is held, an event when all independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art |
| Apr 21 | Simon and Katy record their first weekly radio show called WHOOOSH! on Duran Duran Radio. Simon chooses the songs and the pair discuss his choices and more. There is also a Massive Spotify playlist with all the songs they play on the Radio show. |
| Apr 26 | Roger Taylor is 60 years old today. |
| Apr 26 | For his April 26 birthday, Roger put together a House Party playlist on Spotify and left a special birthday video message for fans to thank them for all the greetings they left. |
| Apr 30 | Nick and John post an instagram message in aid of Sing Street Broadway's Covid 19 appeal. John plays bass while Nick talks. (Instagram). |
| May 4 | Nick made a 2.5 hour appearance with Italy’s famed DJ Red Ronnie for his first live interview on social media. It aired on Ronnie’s Facebook and YouTube channel, and two young fans had a great time participating with Nick. |
| May 6 | Nick writes a tribute to Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk when news of his passing was made public on May 6. He was a hero of Nick’s, both as a musician and a performer. |
| May 7 | John debuts Stone Love Bass Odyssey tutorial, showing fans how the band put together the track “Planet Earth.” (YouTube). After the first episode debuted, John and Chromeo’s Dave 1 did a LIVE Instagram chat together. (Instagram). |
| May 10 | John talks about his Stone Love series on MusicRadar.com. (Link). |
| May 12 | The band post a live version of their song, Ordinary World on their website; the song was recorded in September, 2017 at a show in Tokyo, Japan. |
| May 12 | Nick posts news on Instagram of a prize draw, in aid of the Covid 19 pandemic. (Instagram). |
| May ? | Roger starts filming a series of Desert Island Discs for duranduran.com, featuring meaningful songs that changed his life. The audio is very loud, while Roger is very quiet. Bands include Generation X, Stevie Wonder and Queen. Released June 24th to Aug 6th on YouTube. (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3). |
| May 14 | John's interviews on IG Live continue with The Bangles star Susannah Hoffs. (Instagram). |
| May 15 | John's Stone Love Bass Odyssey tutorial on youtube features Girls On Film. (YouTube). |
| May 20 | John interviews Mark Ronson on IG Live (instagram). |
| May 22 | John's Stone Love Bass Odyssey tutorial on youtube features Rio. (YouTube). |
| May 26 | John participates in an AMA on the bass guitar sub-Reddit forum. |
| May 27 | John interviews Nile Rodgers on IG Live (Instagram). |
| May 29 | John's Stone Love Bass Odyssey tutorial on youtube features The Reflex. (YouTube). |
| Jun 8 | Nick Rhodes is 58 years old today. Nick left a very “Nick Rhodes” birthday message. (Instagram). |
| Jun 8 | John interviews Billy Idol on his IG Live show. (Instagram). |
| Jun 11 | John's Stone Love Bass Odyssey tutorial on youtube features Some Like It Hot. (YouTube). |
| Jun 14 | Dominic Brown celebrates his birthday. |
| Jun 13 | Dom Brown posts a Birthday message on Duran Duran.com, about the difficult times and isolating, mixing music and spending time with his daughter (Link). He also posts a video of himself playing a cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb (Video). |
| Jun 17 | John interviews Roger on Instagram IG Live. (Instagram). |
| June 18 | John's Stone Love Bass Odyssey tutorial on youtube feature A View To A Kill. (YouTube). |
| June 19 | Nick and Warren do a retrospective about Pop Trash for Duran Duran.com, in honour of the record’s 20th anniversary. Also featuring contributions from Ken Scott (Engineer) and Andrew Day (Art Direction), with a pictorial accompaniment, featuring shots by Andrew Day. (Article), (Accompaniment Video). |
| Jun 20 | John Taylor is 60 years old today. He posts a special Thank You on Instagram. (Instagram), and also takes some live questions. (Instagram). |
| Jun 20 | JT puts together a 60 For 60 Spotify playlist for his birthday! |
| Jun 20 | Simon interviewed on Saturday Live show for BBC Radio 4. He talks about Starting Smoking at 15, Happy Birthday John. Long hours in the Studio, Listening to Less New Music, Mother/Family/Brothers, Growing up, His 1960's TV Adverts, Marriage/Yasmin, Sailing/Accident, Wild Boys Video and Pinner.(BBC Schedule/Download), (YouTube). |
| Jul | Duranasty's July issue posts news of the DD 40th Anniversary Anthology project. Nick "What I would really like to do is an anthology, or Duranthology as it’s know locally, where we resurrect few tracks that never got finished, and Don't Look Back is the first thing that comes to mind." and “instrumental versions of tracks we never got a vocal for, all things that would make the anthology more special”. (Source). |
| Jul 17 | WHOOOSH! podcast with Simon and Katy makes its debut on Spotify with episode #13. |
| Aug 10 | Duran Duran Appreciation Day. August 10 brought the 2020 Duran Duran Appreciation Day and featured a LIVE chat between Nick and John on Instagram. Nick says the album was two weeks away from being completed when the lockdown started. |
| Aug 12 | It was announced that Duran Duran would be participating in National Album Day UK by releasing their first record, Duran Duran (1981 album), on white vinyl. |
| Aug 23 | Fan bootleg album Thank You Album Live (Reimagined) release on Youtube, featuring live and alternative songs. (YouTube). |
| Sept 15 | Nick appeared on the CHAPLIN TALKS podcast with Charlie Chaplin’s grandson Spencer, talking about Charlie, the world’s first superstar. |
| Sept 11 | The band celebrated the 5th anniversary of PAPER GODS with a post on Duran Duran.com. John lists 5 reasons he loves the album. Nick provides a colourful photo gallery. Roger and Simon share some thoughts. (Link). |
| Oct 5 | The band announce the “Touch the Sunrise” weekend, taking place in Ibiza (rescheduled to October 8–11, 2021 - then postponed). The entire weekend was to be devoted to Duran Duran, culminating in a live performance by the band. |
| Oct 13 | Tickets go on sale for 'Touch The Sunrise' event. (Twitter News), (Newsletter). |
| Oct 16 | “Duran Duran (1981 album)” re-enters the UK charts at #71 for a week. |
| Oct 20 | John appeared on Rockonteurs podcast with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt for a terrific (and funny) conversation on the history of their bands. (YouTube).}} |
| Oct ? | The band is announced as a headliner at the Lytham Festival, which will take place during the summer of 2021. |
| Oct 27 | Simon Le Bon is 62 years old today. The next band birthday for 2020 was Simon – hear his birthday message here. |
| Oct 30 | Duran Duran is announced as a headliner at The Scarborough Open Air Theatre for summer 2021. |
| Oct 30 | Former Duran Duran front man Andy Wickett released Dreaming of Your Cars - 1979 Demos Part 2. The collection of 4 songs included a rough version of what would become To The Shore, available as a pre-order digital download, or specially pressed pink vinyl. |
| Oct 31 | Roger and Nick get in to the spirit of Halloween with playlists they made for the big day. Nick curated 13 pieces of music from movie soundtracks for Halloween, while Roger compiled a list of 15 songs with spooky names. You can listen to Roger’s here and Nick’s here! |
| Oct 31 | Nick announces a collaboration with the Vinyl Factory on the release of a new photo book called Bei Incubi (project). |
| Nov 4 | JT’s at it again! On November 4 he is a guest on The 500 Podcast with Josh Adam Meyers, discussing Roxy Music. |
| Nov 6 | Nick's Bei Incubi (project) is released, featuring two songs on signed 7" Vinyl by Nick - Bei Incubi (song) and Bei Incubi (Classical). The pack also contains a Gilt-Edged Ultra Glossy Hardback Book (signed), presenting photographs from the original Bei Incubi exhibition. And a Hand Silk-screened art printed on 300gsm Somerset Velvet (signed). The collection is limited to 300 stamped copies, available from The Vinyl Factory. |
| Nov 14 | The band post a clip of The Crown, Season 4 - showing Princess Diana roller skating (Link). |
| Nov 25 | Superdeluxeedition revisits Arcadia’s So Red the Rose with a retrospective that includes current interviews with Nick, Mark Egan, Andy MacKay & Carlos Alomar. (Link). |
| Nov 30 | The band announces that they’ve re-scheduled their BST Hyde Park show for 11 July, 2021 with special guests Nile Rodgers & CHIC and Grace Jones. |
| Dec 1 | The band post a video on facebook (Link), to promote a new book The Collapsing Symphony, limited to 500 COPIES. The book features Nick’s archives and surrealistic collages by Rory McCartney, available exclusively in the Duran Duran web store. (Link). |
| Dec 4 | Tickets go on sale for the BST Hyde Park Show, with Nile Rogers and Grace Jones. |
| Dec 8 | Warren Cuccurullo is 64 years old today. |
| Dec 8 | John writes a breakdown of The Beatles Sgt. Pepper Album for addiction recovery bulletin.org. (Link). |
| Dec 11 | John posts a rather freaky video of his Greyhound dog wearing a selection of clothing. (Instagram). |
| Dec 14 | An interview with John appears in UK newspaper The Sunday Post. He mainly talks about lockdown. (Link). |
| Dec 15 | Duran Duran are added to the line-up of a David Bowie Birthday Livestream, to be held Jan 8th 2021. The news is published on struggling media magazine NME's website. (NME.com). |
| Dec 15 | Andy Taylor's Nobody's Business is released. This is an unofficial release put together by the DD Fan Club. The Limited Collector's Edition 2CD features an 11-track album of original music (shelved from 1988), 35 minutes worth of bonus material, a 25 minute Japanese media interview from 1986, with a 12-page full color picture booklet outlining the making of Nobody's Business, including an exclusive postcard of Andy Taylor photo by Liz Wuillermin. (Shop link). |
| Dec 16 | Andy Taylor performs live with Reef on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show for UK's Virgin Radio. (Shoot Me Your Ace), (Summer's In Bloom), (Place Your Hands), (HLTW/WB), (Merry Christmas Everybody). |
| Dec 17 | End of Year Collectors Corner video is published on the official YouTube channel, celebrating the merch the band are selling on their web site. (YouTube). |
| Dec 25 | A personal seasons greetings from the band on Duran Duran.com. After a difficult year, Nick is glad to see the back of it. Simon sings a festive rhyme, and all of the band seem warm and reassuring (DD.com). |
| Dec 25 | Fan bootleg film Laughing with... Duran Duran - The Movie is released on YouTube; a 50min compilation of funny moments. Extra clips are seen in a trailer for the film, released Oct 31st. (Trailer), (Film). |
| Dec 27 | Simon and Yasmin's 35th Wedding Anniversary. |
| Dec 27 | Fan bootleg album Thanks Again - Thank You Album (Reimagined pt.2) is released on YouTube, featuring rare, live and mashed up concert material, to create an alternative Duran Duran covers album. (YouTube) |
| Dec Late | John is interviewed for the 'Please Kill Me' website, talking about the history of the band. He says they are hoping for a Spring 2021 release date for new material. "It's great to have new songs in the bag". Paul Morley and NME saw DD as a threat. The Heaven 17 album The Luxury Gap was about Duran Videos. (Article). |
| Dec 31 | DD 2020 Year End is posted on Duran Duran.com. The band talk about memorable movies, songs, and events of 2020. (DD.com). |
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