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.
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Duran Duran’s John Taylor recovers from coronavirus: ‘We can and will beat this thing’
Duran Duran bassist John Taylor today announced that he tested positive for the new coronavirus three weeks ago, and has since recovered from a mild case of COVID-19, an illness he described in a social media post as feeling like a “turbo-charged flu.” Read Taylor’s full statement right here.
Roxy Music at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Watch the induction, see the performances
Hugely influential art-rockers Roxy Music reunited — sans Brian Eno and Paul Thompson — onstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Brooklyn on Friday night, treating fans to a six-song set in their first public performance since 2011. See it all right here.
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.
Free MP3: Duran Duran, ‘Other People’s Lives’ (Night Version)
Today, apparently, is Duran Duran Appreciation Day 2011, and to mark the occasion, the band is offering a free download of a brand-new 7½-minute club version of ‘All You Need’ Is Now track ‘Other People’s Lives,’ resurrecting its tradition of cutting longer ‘Night Versions’ of songs for the dancefloor.
Duran Duran sets North American club dates in April, ‘larger tour’ due later this year
Promising ‘a larger tour later in the year,’ Duran Duran today began rolling out a series of North American club and theater dates throughout April on either side of its appearance at Coachella — with additional shows still to be announced.
Duran Duran to play pre-Coachella warm-up concert at San Francisco’s Fillmore
While they still haven’t a full U.S. tour, Duran Duran will play a Coachella warm-up show at San Francisco’s famed Fillmore on April 16, bassist John Taylor announced during an interview with a Bay Area radio station Monday.
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
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’
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.’
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 […]
Video: Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon, John Taylor shopping for vinyl at Amoeba
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 […]
