The band starts the year performing at the Hollywood Rock Festival, with one show at Praca Da Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro and another at Estádio do Morumbi, São Paolo, Brazil

Simon becomes a partner of SYN Productions Company, Ltd., which will have their main office in Japan. SYN is an acronym of the principles first initials: Simon and Yasmin Le Bon and their partner in SYN, Nick Wood

Simon’s solo track, “Grey Lady Of The Sea” from the documentary DRUM, is issued as a CD3 single in Japan; includes the song of the same name, plus tracks by Propaganda and Bronski Beat. It is also released as a CD5 in the UK.

Warren plays most guitar parts on the band’s upcoming Big Thing album, recorded at Davout Studios in Paris.

The band members work with writer/producer Jonathan Elias at Davout Studios on different parts of his Requiem For The Americas CD project: Simon writes and sings “Follow In My Footsteps”, recorded with Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles. John plays bass on “The Chant Movement.”

Duran Duran World, a 234-page book shot by Virginia Liberatore during the Strange Behavior tour published.

In September, the first single off of Big Thing, “I Don’t Want Your Love,” is released worldwide with B-Side “I Don’t Want Your Love” (album version).

In September the band begins rehearsals for The Secret Caravan Tour at Stanbridge Farm Studios in Sussex. Joining Duran Duran are Warren Cuccurullo, Sterling Campbell, Spike Edney on keyboards and Stan Harrison on saxophone.

The video for “All She Wants Is” shot in London with director Dean Chamberlain. This video will win an MTV Video Award for Innovation.

The single for “I Don’t Want Your Love” peaks at #14in the UK, top ten in Canada and #4 in the US.

The band do some television press in October, including Glamboys to Badboys (UK), Countdown (Dutch) and Deejay (Italy)

At the end of October, the band begins the SECRET CARAVAN tour in North America, which are warm up dates in smaller venues:

Metro Theater, Chicago, IL

The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

Capitol Records parking lot, Hollywood, CA

Coconut Grove Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA

First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

Arcadia Theater, Dallas, TX

Center Stage Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Cabaret Metro Theater, Chicago, IL

Diamond Club, Toronto, Ontario

Citi, Boston, MA [and do a signing at Tower Records in Boston, MA]

Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY

Peter Rudge asks the label to send out a guitar-driven single called The LSD Edit to radio stations under the name The Krush Brothers to shake Programmers image of Duran Duran as a bubblegum pop band.

In mid November, the band begin the BIG THING LIVE tour of Europe:

Manchester International II, Manchester, England

Fort Regent, Jersey, Channel Islands [surprise show]

Studio 54, Barcelona, SpainSport Palace, Madrid, Spain

La Locomotive, Paris, France [as The Krush Brothers]

Forest National, Brussels, Belgium

Bercy, Paris, FranceAhoy, Rotterdam, Holland

Ishalle, Stockholm, SwedenRockefeller, Oslo, Norway

Valbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Congress Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany

Kongreßhalle, Frankfurt, Germany

Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany

SportHall, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Kürhalle Oberlaa, Vienna, Austria

Budapest Sportcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary

Palaverde, Treviso, Italy

Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy (3 shows)

EUR, Rome, Italy (2 shows)

Palasport, Naples, Italy

Palamaggio, Caserta, Italy

Town and Country Club, London, England (as The Krush Brothers)

Wembley Arena, London, England

National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England

“All She Wants Is” is released as a single worldwide with B-Side “I Believe/All I Need to Know (medley).”

Duran Duran’s “Do You Believe in Shame” is featured on the soundtrack of the movie Tequila Sunrise starring Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer.