January 24
John Taylor and Renee Simonsen attend the 43rd
Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton
Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. [1]
Late January till early February
Nick Rhodes visits Andy Taylor and stays for a week
and a half. They worked on 3 songs [ideas] together
in a studio in Los Angeles. [2]
There is a rare shot of Andy and Nick being photo-
graphed on January 30th at the Spago Restaurant in
West Hollywood, California. [3]
February 15
Drum (with Simon Le Bon on board) leaves Auckland,
New Zealand. [4] [5]
February 19
Nick and Julie Anne Rhodes have been seen in Los
Angeles. [6]
February 25
Nick and Julie Anne attend the 28th annual Grammy
Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. [7]
March
John is doing promotion for his solo single 'I Do What I
Do'. He appears on quite a few TV shows.

Early April
Video shoot for Arcadia's single 'The Flame' at the
Docklands in London over 3 days with Russell Mulcahy;
John, brandishing a contract, appears briefly in the
video. [8] [9]
April 5
Nick is in London. He was picked up at his Fulham
residence by a chauffeur in a limousine. [10]
April 8
John is in London. He has been met by fans at his
house in Knightsbridge. [11]
April 9
John is in London, talking to fans at his house and is
ready to go to the world premiere of a musical called
'Time' at the Dominion Theatre. [12]
Drum (with Simon) leaves Punta del Este, Uruguay for
the next leg of the Whitbread race.
April 10
John and Nick visit to EMI offices in London. [13]
April 11 till 19
West Side Studios, London
John Taylor and Nick Rhodes were starting there.
They do some informal work and early demos together
at West Side Studios in London. [14] [15] [16]
Mark Saunders: "Not long after graduating from
assistant engineer to engineer, Duran Duran booked a
weekend in West Side Studios, London where I was
working. They wanted to audition the totally brilliant
drummer Steve Ferrone for the gig as Duran's
drummer, after the original guy [Roger Taylor] left.
Because it wasn't a 'real' recording session they made
do with the lowly house engineer - me! Simon
Le Bon wasn't around because he was taking part
in a yacht race. John Taylor asked if we could get