Duran Duran
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Some more info that matters ...
(1) In 1993, Ordinary World receives much praise and wins an Ivor Novello Award for song writing.
(2)In 1995, everyone from Lou Reed to Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and Bob Dylan sing praises for Duran Durans version of their songs.
(3)In 1996, Simon LeBon performs in Italy for the Bosnian War Child Charity and appears on the album Pavarotti & Friends Together For The Children Of Bosnia dueting with Pavarotti on Ordinary World and The Cranberries Dolores O Riordan on Linger.
(4)In 1997, after 17 years on the cutting-edge of music and technology, Duran Duran make yet another break-through: becoming the FIRST BAND IN THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET to digitally download a song for sale on the Worldwide Web. Electric Barbarella is downloaded from Abbey Road Studios in London using Liquid Audio.
(5)In the year 2000, Puff Daddy samples Duran Duran's Notorious for and calls it Notorious B.I.G and included in the tribute album Born Again for his friend the late rapper Biggy Smalls. The record is a smash, introducing a new generation of fans to Duran Duran.
(6) Also is the same year, The video for Someone Else Not Me is premiered on www.shockwave.com. The video was made using Flash Technology and was THE FIRST VIDEO IN THE WORLD, that was broadcast on MTV and VH1 using this type of digital animation.
(7) The UK Pop Trash Tour features THE WORLD'S FIRST use of augmented reality technology in a live concert. Duran Duran work with a computer graphics producer to create advanced 2D and 3D visual effects, which allow animated characters to appear live on stage with the band.
(8) In 2001, During a Close Up Tour show in Anaheim, California, Duran Duran introduced THE WORLD'S FIRST fully immersed video and audio recording of a rock concert is conducted. The live rock experience is captured using a unique 360-degree panoramic video and 10.2 channel audio recording system. This pioneering recording is coordinated by producer Jarrell Pair with audio/video researchers working with Dr Tom Holman, famous for creating Lucas Films THX audio standard.
(9)Also in the same year, unable to land the Space Shuttle Atlantis due to poor weather, NASA wakes the crew the next morning by playing Duran Durans Hold Back The Rain in an effort to ward off more bad weather. It works and the shuttle lands safely at Cape Canaveral.
(10)In 2003, Duran Duran announced their first American dates in eighteen years, including a night at the legendary Roxy Theatre on Sunset in Los Angeles (the first West Coast venue they played some 20 plus years earlier.) The show, which is sponsored by DKNY Jeans and The Fader Magazine is announced by the band on LAs KROQ radio. Fans sleep outside the venue for two nights to secure tickets to the show. A star-studded audience includes Gavin Rossdale from Bush, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal and Adrien Young from No Doubt, actor Nicolas Cage, Christina Applegate, Beck, Michael Des Barres, Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray, Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols and Donovan Leitch.
Duran Duran announce other US dates, including The Joint at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas which sells out in less than 10 minutes, with a second date being quickly added. A celebrity-packed audience attends the concert and after-party, hosted by Hard Rock founder Peter Morton. Guests include singer Macy Gray, comedian Jimmy Fallon and Oscar-winner Adrien Brody amongst others.
Duran mania spreads to New York in August when the band play their first date in eighteen years on the East Coast at Webster Hall (formerly The Ritz). The show is sponsored by Juicy Couture and all 1500 tickets SELL OUT IN A MIND BLOWING 2 minutes crashing the Ticketmaster website. A host of celebrities attend the concert and after-show party at New Yorks trendy night-spot, Bungalow 8, including The Donnas, Moby, Famke Jansen, Christy Turlington, Ed Burns, Debbie Harry, Chloe Sevigny, Victoria Beckham, Damon Dash, Tatum ONeal, and Sandra Bernhard.
(11) Also in 2003, Duran Duran play to 45,000 people at KROQs (CA) Inland Invasion show. The event becomes the fastest selling date ever at Devores Glen Helen Pavilion.
...Now, you know why they are called LEGENDS and PIONEERS till today!!!