Duran Duran film the video for “New Moon on Monday” in Noyers, Bercy, and Paris, France. They make both a short and long version of the video.

The SING BLUE SILVER tour continues as Duran Duran becomes the first act to utilize live video cameras and screens in their show. They break every existing merchandise record during this tour.

SING BLUE SILVER tour of Japan; dates include:

Sendai Sports Centre, Sendai, JapanBudokan, Tokyo, Japan

International Exhibition Hall, Nagoya, Japan

Fukuoka International Centre, Fukuoka, Japan

Castle Sports Centre, Osaka, Japan

Budokan, Tokyo, Japan – 2 Nights

Russell Mulcahy begins to gather together a crew together to film the Sing Blue Silver documentary about the band’s North American tour.

Duran Duran’s full stage is set up at the Saddle Dome in Calgary two days ahead of time for technical run-throughs before the first North American date.

SING BLUE SILVER tour North America; dates include:

Saddle Dome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington

Lawlor Arena, Reno, Nevada

The Forum, Los Angeles, California – 2 Nights

Arizona State University Activity Center, Tempe, Arizona

Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas

Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas

The Summit, Houston, Texas

Louisiana State University Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri

Dane Co. Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin

Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois- 2 nights

Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan

Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio

Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia

Roanoke Coliseum, Roanoke, Virginia

Syracuse Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (portions of the video for “The Reflex” are filmed during the show; “Cracks In The Pavement” recorded at this show later used as B-side to “The Wild Boys.”)

The Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Civic Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine

Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut

Worcester Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts – 2 Nights

Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York – 2 Nights, one of which is broadcast live on Westwood One radio; the band’s families fly in from England to attend these shows.

Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, South Carolina,

Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida

Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida

Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida

The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia

Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina

Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia

Capitol Center, Largo, Maryland

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey

New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut

Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA – 3 Nights

San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA – 2 Nights

The band holds a press conference at the Magic Castle club in Hollywood, California with an estimated 150 journalists in attendance.

The extended “New Moon On Monday” video premieres on MTV; the network soon switches to the shorter version.

Duran Duran is awarded two Grammy Awards for “Best Short Form Video” (”Girls on Film”/”Hungry Like The Wolf” Video 45) and “Best Long Form Video” (Duran Duran Video Album); the band, performing in Pittsburgh, is unable to attend.

Capitol Records hold a major press conference in New York City; to preserve his voice, Simon does not attend.

Duran Duran makes promotional appearances in Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Italy and more.

The band appears on the UK Game Show Pop Quiz, where John is the team leader. The band compete against Spandau Ballet and win.

The Tiger Tiger! EP is released in Japan with the songs “The Reflex,” “Union of the Snake,” “New Moon on Monday,” “Is There Something I Should Know” and “Tiger Tiger.”

Additional crowd and concert footage for Arena is filmed at the Birmingham National Exhibition Center; 2,000 free tickets are given away via Birmingham Evening Mail and London Standard newspapers.

Duran Duran records “The Wild Boys” single for their live album Arena at Maison Rouge studios in southwest London with Nile Rodgers producing.

Simon and Andy perform backup vocals for Sister Sledge’s “Lost In Music” since Nile is producing their album as well.

The video for “The Wild Boys,” and additional studio footage for Arena, is filmed in London; actor Milo O’Shea, who played Dr. Duran Duran in the film Barbarella appears in the Arena footage.

John runs into James Bond film producer Cubby Broccoli at a party and suggests Duran Duran to write and record the next Bond theme.

Simon and Nick attend the MTV Video Awards and present Cindi Lauper with the Best Female Music Video Award for “Girls Just Want To Have Fun.”

The Dancing on the Valentine video EP is released with videos for “Union of the Snake,” “The Reflex” and “New Moon On Monday.”

The band’s documentary on their North American Tour, Sing Blue Silver is Released on VHS, Beta, and Laserdisc. The band also release Arena, a concept/concert film from the same tour.

As The Lights Go Down, a one-hour concert video created from the concert portion of Arena is shown on MTV along with an hour-long version of Sing Blue Silver.

For two days, Duran Duran participates in Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s Band-Aid project by recording “Do They Know It’s Christmas” at Trevor Horn’s Sarm West Studio in London. Simon is a featured vocalist.

John and Andy become friendly with Chic drummer Tony Thompson, who in turn introduces them to Chic bassist (and John hero) Bernard Edwards, who is now a successful producer.

John, Andy, and Tony record a demo of T-Rex’s “Bang a Gong” with the goal being that the three of them record an album together with different guest vocalists. Robert Palmer comes in to sing, and Producer Edwards is so blown away he suggests that they keep him as the vocalist for the entire project.

John, Andy, Tony and Robert dub themselves The Power Station after the New York City recording studio; Capitol/EMI sign the band.

The Source syndicated radio show airs a one-hour special live across America featuring tracks from Arena, a call-in Q&A with Simon and Nick and the US premiere of “Do They Know It’s Christmas.”

Sing Blue Silver premieres on British station ITV with an airing of As the Lights Go Down the following night.

Simon and John attend the MTV New Year’s Eve Bash and join Frankie Goes To Hollywood on stage to sing “Relax.”