[tweetmeme]The lone album from Arcadia — the mid-’80s, studio-only Duran Duran spinoff that scored a Top 10 hit with “Election Day” — will be reissued early next year in an expanded 2CD/1DVD package featuring 19 bonus tracks and all of the short-lived group’s music videos.
Due out Feb. 8 in the UK, the new edition of [...]
20
Nov
2009
Duran Duran spinoff Arcadia reissuing ‘So Red the Rose’ as 2CD/1DVD set in February
Tags: Andy Taylor, Arcadia, David Gilmour, Duran Duran, Grace Jones, Herbie Hancock, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Pink Floyd, Playing for Keeps, Power Station, Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon, So Red the Rose, Sting
19
Oct
2009
Video: Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon, John Taylor shopping for vinyl at Amoeba
Tags: Amoeba Records, Arcadia, Duran Duran, John Taylor, Neu, Patti Smith, Public Image Ltd., Simon Le Bon, The Clash, The Tubes, What's in My Bag?
The latest entry in Amoeba Records’ clever “What In My Bag?” video series — in which musicians shopping at the California chain’s outlets show off their hauls — features Duran Duran bandmates Simon Le Bon and John Taylor. In the clip above, the two reborn vinyl collectors stop to chat during a visit to Amoeba’s [...]
23
Sep
2009
Midnight Oil’s ‘Beds are Burning’ re-recorded as all-star climate-change anthem
Tags: Beds are Burning, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats, Duran Duran, Kofi Annan, Marion Cottilard, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Simon Le Bon, Yannick Noah, Youssou N'Dour
Midnight Oil’s classic 1987 hit “Beds are Burning” — originally about Aboriginal land rights in Australia — is being turned into an all-star, new-millennium anthem designed to rally support for the fight against global climate change.
A new version of the song — featuring vocals by, among others, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon, ex-Boomtown Rat and [...]
