Pop stars Duran Duran, who shot to fame for a string of smash hits and dodgy suits in the 1980s, are officially cool at last. Once panned for being pretty boys who used...
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When Duran Duran asked superproducer Timbaland to come up with some hit-worthy songs for their new album, they knew they'd have to give up a fair amount of creative...
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Duran Duran have rearranged concert dates in New York after stagehands at Broadway theatres went on strike.
The action has hit the final 10 dates of the band's residency at...
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Duran Duran have announced that they will allow their fans to decide which songs they perform at the upcoming American Music Awards.
The band is set to appear on the show,...
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The new Duran Duran video has been banned from U.K. television, it has been revealed.
The pop icons return with their long-awaited new material next month, in the shape of...
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Duran Duran have announced that they will play an unprecedented nine shows on Broadway to celebrate the release of their forthcoming album, Red Carpet Massacre, which is due...
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Duran Duran are gearing up for the release of their new album Red Carpet Massacre, due out November 13.
The band have been making the rounds in Los Angeles this week, where...
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Duran Duran have named their album Red Carpet Massacre.
According to posting on duranduran.com, the band is putting the final touches to the record with producer Nate...
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Waving their arms in the air and dancing with 70,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium, princes William and Harry celebrated the life of their mother, Princess Diana, on what...
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Cross Istanbul off the Live Earth list.
Turkey's largest city has dropped plans to host a July 7 concert as part of the planet-spanning effort to raise awareness about...
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Rage Against the Machine and the Smashing Pumpkins are among the acts set to headline this year's Voodoo Music Experience.
Other featured acts include Wilco, Ben Harper...
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The full details of Duran Duran's recordings with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland have been revealed.
The '80s pop icons have completed work on their new album, which...
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Duran Duran have revealed more details about their work with Justin Timberlake.
The '80s pop legends have been recording with pop hero Timberlake and superstar producer...
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British band Duran Duran said
guitarist Andy Taylor has left the group ahead of the U.S. leg
of a world tour -- five years after the chart-topping 1980s
band got back...
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After launching a much-hyped reunion with all five original members, new wave pioneers Duran Duran have announced that guitarist Andy Taylor is once again leaving the band,...
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Justin Timberlake and Duran Duran have recorded a collaboration which is expected to be released in the near future.
The pop superstar is understood to have got together...
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Duran Duran have posted a bulletin on their official MySpace page, addressing longstanding rumors that they will record with the one-and-only Justin Timberlake. Gossip about...
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First there was Dungeons & Dragons. Then came The Sims. And
now, there's Duran Duran.
The British quintet that
once conquered the "Ordinary World" is set to take on the...
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Yasmin Le Bon says her marriage to Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran has lasted more than two decades because of similarities in the music and fashion worlds in which they...
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Duran Duran and Whitney Houston are among the artists who will perform at this year's Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. The shows will take place at the Olympic...
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Just a month after Duran Duran won the Lifetime Achievement Award from MTV comes word the band will embark on an extensive fall tour. The group begins its trek November 8 at...
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Everything old was new again this past Saturday (September 20) at San Bernardino, California's Hyundai Pavilion, where Southern California alt-rock radio station KROQ 106.7...
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Coldplay turned out to be the big rock winners of Thursday's (August 28) 20th Annual Video Music Awards, picking up three awards for "The Scientist" including best group...
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Last night (Tuesday, July 15), the original '80s Duran Duran lineup (singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, guitarist Andy Taylor, bassist John Taylor, and drummer...
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Duran Duran vocalist Simon Le Bon and keyboardist Nick Rhodes are reuniting with drummer Roger Taylor, bass guitarist Andy Taylor, and guitarist John Taylor for the first...
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Capitol Records will release a digitally remastered and enhanced version of Duran Duran's second album, Rio, on July 3. The album will be available in both as a...
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Duran Duran has been sued in Los Angeles Superior Court by an L.A. resident alleging a "sleep disorder" and "life-threatening high blood pressure episodes" stemming from...
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Duran Duran were the special guests at Hollywood Records' Second Annual Bunny Ball, held last night at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. The event was side...
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Duran Duran's upcoming album, Pop Trash, will feature a version of the band's current single "Someone Else Not Me" in both Spanish and French. The band, which consists of...
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The music industry joined Los Angeles modern rock station KROQ in honoring DJ Richard Blade. Blade has been on the air for 18 years and has lately hosted a popular...
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Duran Duran will return this summer with Pop Trash, its first album in three years and its debut for Hollywood Records. The collection finds the one-time New Wave heroes...
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Duran Duran has named its new album Pop Trash, after a song the group originally wrote for Blondie. The group, now in its third decade, features Simon Le Bon and Nick...
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Duran Duran drew a record crowd in New York for a taping of VH1's Hard Rock Live last week. Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, and Warren Cuccurullo tore through their well-known...
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An array of music industry veterans, musicians-turned-actors, film folks, and longtime lovers of music turned out for the recent Los Angeles premiere of Sugar Town, a film...
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Add former Duran Duran bass player John Taylor to the growing list of musicians who act. Taylor stars with Rosanna Arquette in the cynical independent film Sugar Town as...
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Last year Duran Duran parted company with its longtime U.S. label, the Hollywood, Calif.-based Capitol Records (LAUNCH, 1/27/98). Now, however, the '80s icons appear to be...
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Duran Duran will be the special guest headliners at the Princess Diana Tribute concert, which will be held at her childhood hometown on Saturday.
According to the band's...
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Duran Duran is saying goodbye to longtime recording home Capitol Records after 15 years and more than a dozen albums.
The band's last album, Medazzaland, entered and...
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Duran may currently be hard at work promoting their new album Medazzaland, but their lead singer Simon Le Bon has still found time to dabble in the film world....
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Everybody's fave boys on film Duran Duran will pay tribute to--who else?--themselves, when they headline a rare instore concert celebrating the release of Mojo Records' A...
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Kathleen Rajsp of the video channel MuchMusic (Canada's answer to MTV) has criticized Duran
Duran's controversial new video for "Electric Barbarella" as sexist--an...
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Duran Duran have never been a band to shy away from lip gloss and mascara, and D2 keyboard whiz Nick Rhodes even offered his own makeup tips and beauty product...
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'80s icons Duran Duran have proven both their critics and their patron saint Andy Warhol wrong by far outlasting their token 15 minutes of fame. Case in point: in 1997,...
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"Electric Barbarella," the kickoff track from Duran Duran's upcoming album Medazzaland, is the first single on a major label to be sold online prior to being available...
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'80s icons/pin-up boys Duran Duran have enlisted remixers Eli Janney (of Girls Against Boys), Russell Simins (of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion), Todd Terry (who remixed...
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