Tag: Notorious

Milestones: Simon Le Bon is 52 today; watch Duran Duran play ‘Notorious’ in 1987

Milestones: Simon Le Bon is 52 today; watch Duran Duran play ‘Notorious’ in 1987

Today is Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon’s 52nd birthday, and to mark the occasion — and with a tip of the hat to the current batch of reissues — we present this fabulous clip of DD playing its single ‘Notorious’ on an Italian television show in 1987. I

New releases: NIN’s Trent Reznor, The Cult, Duran Duran, Suzanne Vega, John Foxx

New releases: NIN’s Trent Reznor, The Cult, Duran Duran, Suzanne Vega, John Foxx

This week’s new releases include Trent Reznor’s score for ‘The Social Network,’ a super-limited 12-inch from The Cult, the U.S. editions of Duran Duran’s ‘Notorious’ and ‘Big Thing’ reissues, a disc of Suzanne Vega acoustic re-recordings, and a CD/DVD of film soundtrack work from John Foxx.

New releases: Yazoo, Killing Joke, Morrissey, Duran Duran, David Bowie, The Fall, KMFDM

New releases: Yazoo, Killing Joke, Morrissey, Duran Duran, David Bowie, The Fall, KMFDM

It’s a huge new release week, with new albums from Killing Joke and Bad Religion; live albums from Yazoo and Tom Tom Club; reissues from Duran Duran, David Bowie, The Fall and Morrissey; and new compilations from Soundgarden, KMFDM and David Sylvian.

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.’

Duran Duran’s ‘Notorious,’ ‘Big Thing’ deluxe reissues pushed back to late September

Now that EMI has come out defending its last set of expanded Duran Duran reissues, the label has pushed back the release of the band’s next pair: 1986’s ‘Notorious’ and 1988’s ‘Big Thing,’ both now due on Sept. 27, nearly four months after their original June release date.

Duran Duran’s ‘Notorious,’ ‘Big Thing’ deluxe reissues delayed until September

In what should come as no surprise by this point, the next two titles in Duran Duran’s series of expanded reissues — 1986’s ‘Notorious’ and 1988’s ‘Big Thing’ — apparently have been delayed a second time and are now due out Sept. 7.

Duran Duran, Arcadia reissues delayed

Duran Duran, Arcadia reissues delayed

Patience, Duran Duran fans: U.S. release dates continue to shift for the band’s upcoming reissues, as the expanded editions of 1981 debut ‘Duran Duran’ and 1983’s ‘Seven and the Ragged Tiger’ this week were bumped to April 20, while the remastered editions of 1986’s ‘Notorious’ and 1988’s ‘Big Thing’ were pushed back to to July 6.

Duran Duran’s ‘Notorious,’ ‘Big Thing’ to be reissued in 2CD/1DVD editions in June

Duran Duran’s ‘Notorious,’ ‘Big Thing’ to be reissued in 2CD/1DVD editions in June

The next two titles in Duran Duran’s series of expanded reissues — 1986’s ‘Notorious’ and 1988’s ‘Big Thing’ — are due out June 7 internationally, according to a release schedule from the Dutch arm of EMI Music.