2000

7 January
Simon attends the Milan Collection for Male Fashion

10 January
Simon and Nick attend the premiere of The Beach at the Empire, Leicester Square, London

January
Simon and Yasmin attend the London Fashion show

February 7
Simon and Yasmin visit Dublin staying as guests with U2's Bono

February
Duran Record another two songs in Los Angeles

February 21
Duran Duran perform in Chile, at show for the "Festival de Viña del Mar"
The show is broadcast on Internet and TV

Nick splits amicably with his girlfriend of 2 months Tara Palmer Tomkinson

March
Promotional copies of Poptrash are released to the Media

March
The official Duran Duran website receives a front end makeover

Duran guest on MTV Italy's Total Request Live show and record a session for Sonic (MTV)

April 10
Simon gave a thirty minute interview with Mario Pergolini for the ^Cual Es^ radio show in Argentina

Duran appeared live in Holland for the Ruud de Wild Radio show on 3FM, they performed songs from poptrash

The band are interviewed by VJ Bridget on on The Music Factory and host an hour long video request show

Whilst in Holland Duran continue to give press interviews

April 14
Duran shoot the video for "someone else not me" in Los Angeles

May 5
Someone else not me single released in Ireland

May 6
Duran appeared on the French Channel M6

May 12
Duran perform live at the Rockefeller Center, New York at 8:30am for NBC's Today show

May 16
Nick appeared on Jo Whiley's show on Channel 4

May 19
Duran recorded a live version of SENM for the UK Jerry Springer chat show at Wood Lane, London, 
to be aired on Friday 26th May

June 6
Duran perform Come Undone and Ordinary World at a UNICEF fundraiser in London

June 13
Duran appear in store at The Warehouse - Beverly Connection, Los Angeles

Pop Trash is released in U.S., Germany and Sweden.

June 14
Duran appear on the Late Late show with Craig Kilbourn

June 15
Duran appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno

June 17
Duran perform in store at Virgin records New York City

June 19
Pop Trash is Released in the UK

Performance is recorded for The View and Later with Cynthia Garrett in NYC and the band 
visit VH-1

June 20
Promotional work in Toronto, Duran meet the astronaut Buzz Aldrin who entertained them 
with a song on his computer called "I want to go back to the moon"

full daily Schedule follows:

7:00am LOBBY CALL - meet the band & tour manager in their hotel lobby

DRIVE TO CTV STUDIOS - 9 Channel Nine CRT Scarborough (at 401 & McCowan)

8:00am to 9:00am CANADA A.M. - National TV (Live interview) (A Canadian version of the TODAY show) 
CTV Studios - Interviewer: Valerie Pringle

9:10am to 9:30am E NOW - National TV (Taped interview) A Canadian version of ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT) 
TV Studios - Interviewer TBC

PHONER: FM 96 (Rock Interviewer: Time:9:00am OR 10:50am (10 minutes)

DRIVE DOWNTOWN - Scallywags 11 St. Clair West

10:30am to 11:00am CBC MORNING - National TV (Taped interview)
Location: Scallywags - 11 St. Clair Ave Interviewer: Nancy Wilson

HEAD OVER TO THE MIX STUDIOS - 2 St-Clair Ave

11:15am to 11:40am MIX 99.9 (Top 40) 15 minute interview (Live Interviewer: TBC

DRIVE TO BYNON - Global Studios 81 Barber Greene Road (Don Mills)

*PHONER EDMONTON JOURNAL - Sandra Sperounes. This is a re-scheduled phoner 
with Simon LeBon; 15 minutes from the limo

12:15pm to 1:15pm BYNON - National TV (Taped Interview) A Canadian version of 
Larry King Live; Interviewer: Arlene Bynon

1:30pm to 3:00pm BREAK/LUNCH - Young Thailand Restaurant, 165 John Dtreet

HEAD OVER TO MUCH MORE MUSIC - 299 Queen Street West;

3:15pm to 4:00pm MUCH MORE MUSIC - National TV Taped Interview/30 minutes - 
Bill Welychka will be doing the interview for MuchMoreMusic.

DRIVE TO CANOE WEBCHAT - Sun Building 333 King Street East 3rd floor

4:30pm Webchat on CANOE (Canadian on-line Explorer) 30-40 minutes - 
(LIVE Chat on-line)Contact: John Sakamoto *1.16 million page views per week on average, 
(5) autographed CDs - giveaway to pre-promote the chat.

DRIVE TO CHUM FM - 1331 Yonge Street

5:30pm CHUM FM (HOT AC)Taped interview (20 minutes)Interviewer: Bruce Marshall / 
Contact: Sue Mills *over a million listeners

6:00pm CFMT "night life" - Local entertainment update (Taped interview)*runs during the 
David Letterman Show. *This interview will be done in the limo on the way to THE EDGE.

DRIVE TO THE EDGE - 228 Yonge Street *We will arrive at The Edge around 6:35pm.

7:00pm THE EDGE - "Live In Toronto" (Rock)Live in-studio interview (20 minutes) 
Interviewer: Dave Bookman

DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT Flight Info: TBC Approx. time of departure: 9:30pm

June 22
Duran return to UK and rehearse for the recording of VH-1's Storytellers

June 25
Storytellers is recorded for VH-1 at Bray Studios, Windsor

July 4/5
Simon, Nick and Warren film sections for a forthcoming BBC documentary on the band

July 6
Simon and Nick part of day doing phonbers for Malaysian magazines

July 8/9
Duran perform at The Festival Bar in Venice.

Simon and Nick went to see David Bowie in London at the BBC Theatre. They also managed to 
catch up with Sterling Campbell

July 10/11
Rehearsals begin for upcoming tour. including a reworking of Late Bar

July 15/16
Rehearsals continue at privacy Studios

July 18
The band leave for Orlando on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Gatwick 10:45

July 21
Duran Duran appear at Disney (putting their hands in cement at MGM/Disney 
and part of the star motorcade), Star Conversations, and Rock N Roller coaster photo session

July 22
Duran at an instore signing at the Virgin Mega Store in Orlando, Florida

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October
Nick spent some time in Studio working on material with original Duran frontman Stephen Duffy

November 17
Duran appear on BBC's Children in need and perform Girls on Film and Hallucinating Elvis

December 1
Duran appear at the opening night of Manchester's Hard Rock Cafe

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May
Duran Duran confirm that Andy, Roger and John have been working on new material in a studio in Wales earlier this year
and that Simon and Nick are to get together with them in the South of France to record for a new album.

Warren announces his departure from Duran Duran to rejoin his former band Missing Persons and pursue a solo career


June



POPTRASH TOUR (JAPAN)