of June as he attempted to ring him at ∼23.20 LA time
on the 31st / ∼7.20 UK time on the 1st. This strongly
suggests that Andy thought that things were good
between them. [32]
   June 9
Simon and Yasmin with Jean-Paul Belmondo are at
a birthday party for Carlos Sotto Mayor at the
'Atmosphere' in Paris. [33]
   June 14
John went to see Queen during the Magic Tour at
Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris. [34] [35]
June 19 till 30
West Side Studios, London [36]
When John arrived to the studio on June 19th, he
announced to fans: "The album is going well... and the
single is ready. It's called 'Don't Look Back' and it's a
tear-jerker". [37]
Initially, the band already worked on this song in 1984
during the 'Wild Boys' sessions! They probably tried to
finish this '1984-track' in the summer of 1986, since
there are several articles where 'Don't Look Back' was
mentioned as a possible first single from the album
'Notorious'. But to this date, the song remains
unfinished. [38]
Gerry Laffy helps the band while they were at West
Side Studios: "I was in London, and they were out at
West Side Studios. And the material we were working
on was essentially working demos. The stuff I was
doing at the time was rock; that dirty Les Paul sound
through a Marshall amp. Andy and I, as guitarists, are
very much from the same school; similar style and
attitude." [39]
This is also backing the answer to the frequently asked
question: "Who played on the early 'rock demo' of
'A Matter Of Feeling'?" The demo was available on

Andy's 'Thunder' website, which claimed it was Andy
and therefore, as it was his voice, it was also his guitar.
But we now know that the demo was a copy with the
incorrect speed - thus making Simon's voice sound
more like Andy's. When slowed down, you can clearly
hear Simon singing and therefore the assumption that
Andy plays guitar is also invalid. It is Gerry Laffy
playing guitar on this particular demo.
   June 28
Simon came on stage for 'I'm Your Man', the last
encore of Wham!'s Final Show at Wembley Stadium
in London. Possibly not Simon's best suggestion.
George Michael was definitely pretty annoyed. [40]
July 5
Arcadia perform 'The Flame' on Eurotube. Rumours
that Andy performed here with Arcadia can't be
confirmed, he was definitively not there. [41] [42]
July 11 or 12
John went to see Queen again during the Magic Tour
at Wembley in London. [43] [44]
July 17 till 28
Maison Rouge Studios, London [45]
The band continue to work on the album at Maison
Rouge Studios in London.
   July 24
Simon and Yasmin are at a party celebrating Bob
Geldof's honorary knighthood at the Hard Rock Cafe
in London. [46]
Late July or early August
Warren Cuccurullo keeps calling the band - sending
tapes and videos, saying that he wants to help out,
while Duran Duran were still waiting for Andy to arrive.