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Sing Blue Silver is a tour documentary about Duran Duran's world conquering 1983-1984 World Tour.

Background

18,000 miles, 51 shows, 79 days, over 500,000 fans.

Captured at the height of their fame, Sing Blue Silver follows Duran Duran around Canada and the United States for three months from 30 January - 17 April 1984 as they toured their Seven and the Ragged Tiger album around North America.

The documentary features many standout moments, including a Francesco Scavullo photo shoot in New York, meeting the L.A. Raiders backstage, and a Beatles-style press conference, tinged with a bit of comedy. It also captures the band in more candid moments, from backstage antics to trying to stay entertained on the journey between cities.

All the while, the documentary doesn't attempt to gloss over the problems and pitfalls of trying to put on such a large scale show. Professional to the last, and an unlikely star, tour manager Spy Matthews manages to keep the show running even when the venue won't accommodate the band's stage setup.

The documentary also highlighted the band's pin-up status with hordes of hysterical young - mainly female - fans attempting to cope with seeing their heroes in a live arena.

Most importantly, Sing Blue Silver is about the tour, and as such the documentary is about the music, which features quite heavily and throughout the video.

Stops along this tour were later used for the Arena (An Absurd Notion) long-form video and the As The Lights Go Down concert video. The video for "The Reflex" was shot in Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens in March 1984.

NOTE: A 60-minute edited version of Sing Blue Silver aired on MTV (and other music channels) under the title "Blue Silver".

The documentary was originally released on videotape (in VHS and Betamax formats) and on laserdisc, near the end of 1984. It was re-issued on DVD in April of 2004.

DVD Track Listing

# Intro # Press Conference # Load In/Backstage # Is There Something I Should Know? # Meeting the L.A. Raiders # On The Road Again/Planet Earth # John on touring # Simon and Nick on image and recording in New York # Francesco Scavullo photo shoot # Back on the road # Girls on Film # Coca Cola press conference # Visit to F.B.I. # Discussing Filming/The Seventh Stranger # In New Orleans # Save a Prayer # Oakland, California # Soundcheck/Backstage # Hungry Like The Wolf # Careless Memories # The end of the tour

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