Tag: Nick Rhodes

Duran Duran announces Halloween-themed album “Danse Macabre” — hear first single

Duran Duran announces Halloween-themed album “Danse Macabre” — hear first single

Duran Duran today announced their new album Danse Macabre, a Halloween-inspired collection that includes three new songs and covers.

Duran Duran recording with Andy Taylor, other “family and friends” for special project

Duran Duran recording with Andy Taylor, other “family and friends” for special project

Duran Duran announced today that they are recording a “special new music project” due out later this year featuring their former guitarist Andy Taylor.

Listen: Duran Duran’s ‘Girls on Film’ demo with early singer Andy Wickett released

Listen: Duran Duran’s ‘Girls on Film’ demo with early singer Andy Wickett released

Cleopatra Records a four-song Duran Duran demo recorded in 1979 and featuring early singer Andy Wickett on vocals, a collection that includes the original version of hit single “Girls on Film” and a song called “See Me Repeat Me” that later would be re-worked into the song “Rio.” Stream it here or buy the EP.

Duran Duran spinoff TV Mania releasing ‘lost’ ’90s album ‘Bored With Prozac and The Internet?’

Duran Duran spinoff TV Mania releasing ‘lost’ ’90s album ‘Bored With Prozac and The Internet?’

A thought-to-be-lost mid-’90s album by Duran Duran keyboardist and co-founder Nick Rhodes and the band’s former guitarist, Warren Cuccurullo, that was recorded under the moniker TV Mania finally will see the light of day this March when it’s released both digitally and in a pair of uber-deluxe vinyl editions.

Duran Duran cancels remaining dates of North American tour over Nick Rhodes’ health

Duran Duran cancels remaining dates of North American tour over Nick Rhodes’ health

Having already canceled three concerts this week over Nick Rhodes’ health, Duran Duran tonight scrapped the final three North American dates of its two-year world tour in support of All You Need Is Now — a trek that already suffered significant disruption last year when frontman Simon Le Bon lost his voice and was unable to perform.

‘Put the Needle on the Record’: Celebrating the artwork of 7-, 12-inch singles of 1980s

‘Put the Needle on the Record’: Celebrating the artwork of 7-, 12-inch singles of 1980s

Much has been made about the loss of album art in the download age, but pop-culture maven Matthew Chojnacki argues that even more endangered are the 7- and 12-inch single sleeves of the 1980s — ephemeral splashes of music history that he’s compiled in the new book ‘Put the Needle on the Record: The 1980s at 45 Revolutions Per Minute.’

Duran Duran’s ‘All You Need Is Now’ out March 22 on CD, LP with up to 6 bonus tracks

Duran Duran finally will issue its new album ‘All You Need Is Now’ in physical formats — CD, vinyl and a CD/DVD “Deluxe Edition’ package — on March 22 in North America, with up to six new songs added to the original nine-song tracklist, depending on which format you buy.

Duran Duran cancels South African tour, citing promoter who ‘defaulted on the contract’

Duran Duran cancels South African tour, citing promoter who ‘defaulted on the contract’

Blaming a promoter who ‘defaulted on the contract,’ Duran Duran today canceled a planned five-date South African tour that was scheduled to begin next Monday — and serve both as a debut of parts of the band’s forthcoming album ‘All You Need Is Now’ and mark ‘the start of an enormous global campaign’ to promote the record.

Duran Duran’s ‘All You Need Is Now’ out on iTunes in December, CD in February

Duran Duran’s ‘All You Need Is Now’ out on iTunes in December, CD in February

The new album from Duran Duran — ‘All You Need is Now,’ which Nick Rhodes declares ‘the best record we’ve made in over two decades’ — will be released exclusively on iTunes on Dec. 21, but won’t come out on CD until February.

Duran Duran: South African concerts to open ‘global campaign’ for ‘All You Need Is Now’

Duran Duran: South African concerts to open ‘global campaign’ for ‘All You Need Is Now’

With its as-yet-untitled new record nearly complete, Duran Duran today announced its first South African concerts in 17 years, a five-date run in December that’s being billed as ‘the start of an enormous global campaign around the release of their next studio album.’

Audio: Duran Duran’s ‘Blame the Machine,’ first taste of Mark Ronson-produced album

Audio: Duran Duran’s ‘Blame the Machine,’ first taste of Mark Ronson-produced album

The first taste of Duran Duran’s long-in-the-works 13th studio album hit the Internet this evening after Mark Ronson — who’s producing the disc — played 30 seconds of ‘Blame the Machine’ on his East Village Radio show.

Video: Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes promises ‘we will have a record done this year’

Video: Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes promises ‘we will have a record done this year’

Monday, Duran Duran co-founder Nick Rhodes — who today celebrates his 48th birthday — posted a short video update on YouTube to bring fans up to date on the band’s lengthy sessions for its 13th studio album.

Duran Duran spinoff Arcadia reissuing ‘So Red the Rose’ as 2CD/1DVD set in February

Duran Duran spinoff Arcadia reissuing ‘So Red the Rose’ as 2CD/1DVD set in February

Tweet The lone album from Arcadia — the mid-’80s, studio-only Duran Duran spinoff that scored a Top 10 hit with “Election Day” — will be […]