The band is awarded Best Album and Best Group, and Simon is awarded Best Male Vocalist, at the British Rock & Pop Awards.

John is featured on Rockschool, demonstrating the “Planet Earth” bass line; the show includes an interview with Chic’s Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.

Nick produces the Kajagoogoo album White Feathers at Chipping Norton and Utopia studios, with Colin Thurston. The single “Too Shy” reaches #1 in the UK.

“Is There Something I Should Know” is released as a standalone single around the world except in US; It goes straight into the UK chart at #1, becoming the only the 4th single in history to accomplish that feat.

Duran Duran flies to New York City and performs “Hungry Like The Wolf” and “Girls on Film” on Saturday Night Live.

Duran Duran’s Video 45 with videos for “Girls on Film” and “Hungry Like The Wolf” is released in US. The VHS contains the MTV-friendly version of “Girls on Film”, while the Beta format has the uncensored Night Version.

At a video signing at the Video Shack in Times Square in New York City, the band is mobbed; twelve mounted police are called in to break up the crowd and the band has to be smuggled out the back of the shop. John, Roger and Nick are interviewed by New York’s Channel 7/ABC News about the mob scene at the signing.

The band’s first album is repackaged with “Is There Something I Should Know” and re-released worldwide (“ITSISK” has replaced “To the Shore”). This release also becomes the first Duran Duran album available on CD.

Simon and Nick are Guest VJs on MTV; Andy Warhol stops by as their guest; the rest of the band appears at the end to present a Rio album to MTV as a thank you for helping them break into America.

Duran Duran performs for the Prince’s Trust at the: Old Dominion Theatre, London, England. Princess Diana, who loved the band, and Prince Charles were in attendance. It was later discovered that the IRA had planned, but failed, to blow up the theatre in an assassination attempt on the Royals.

Duran Duran performs at the Aston Villa Football Grounds, Birmingham, England to raise money for MENCAP charity. When it is discovered that the financial goal of the charity wasn’t reached, the band and their manager donate a huge sum of money to the charity.

After another stay recording in Montserrat, the band finishes recording and mixing at 301 Studios, Sydney, Australia with Producer Alex Sadkin.

Duran Duran films the video for “Union of the Snake” near Sydney using 35mm film; Once again, Russell Mulcahy is the Director.

Simon and Nick work at mixing “Union of the Snake,” up until delivery, leaving themselves only 24 hours to write, record and mix “Secret Oktober” for the B-side.

The band decides to fly in a Bengal tiger to Australia for the photo shoot of the Seven and the Ragged Tiger cover.

In another first, the band decided to release the “Union of the Snake” video to MTV a week before radio receives the single, amid much protest from radio stations.

The SING BLUE SILVER Tour begins in Australia. All dates are sold out:

National Indoor Sports Centre, Canberra, Australia

Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia

Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia – 2 nights

Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Center, Melbourne, Australia – 2 nights

Memorial Drive Tennis Courts, Adelaide, Australia

Entertainments Centre, Perth, Australia

Apollo, Manchester, England – 2 nights

Queens Hall, Leeds, England – 2 nights

Royal Highland Exhibition Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland

National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England – 2 nights; show is filmed for The Tube TV show, along with interviews with Simon, Nick and John

Brighton Centre, Brighton, England – 2 nights

Wembley Arena, London, England – 5 nights