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Duran Duran
Before the silk suits, yachts and blockbuster videos sailed into view, Duran Duran’s debut album saw them at their most experimental – an innate pop sensibility melded with art-school synths,…
Duran Duran: The Side Projects
If there’s a schism that exists within the ranks of Duran Duran, it was most obviously visible in their wildly differing splinter groups, The Power Station and Arcadia. Classic Pop…
Making Duran Duran: The Wedding Album
With Duran Duran: The Wedding Album, the band responded to the new decade by eschewing their old extravagance, going back to their roots and injecting a heavy dose of introspection…
Making Duran Duran: Rio
Duran Duran: Rio epitomised the 80s with its aspirational glamour. But it wasn’t all style – the record itself was packed with classic songwriting… By Mark Lindores When Duran Duran…
Making Duran Duran: Seven And The Ragged Tiger
After sailing their way to superstardom with rio, Duran Duran’s Seven And The Ragged Tiger saw them threatened with becoming victims of their own success. In danger of being overexposed,…
Top 20 reunion albums
Rekindling the creative chemistry of old isn’t easy, but here are 20 examples of when it DID work… Reunion albums can, by their nature, be hit and miss. It really…
Pop Art – Duran Duran
Always ambitious, continually seeking to make a lasting statement, No band of their era understood the vital commercial alchemy between music and visual appeal better than Duran Duran. Not only…
Duran Duran announce new album and share new single Invisible
Duran Duran have announced details of their brand new album, their first since 2015’s Paper Gods. Future Past is set for release on 22 October and boasts such guests as…
Duran Duran share brand new song Invisible
Duran Duran have unveiled new song Invisible. Invisible is taken from the band’s forthcoming album, Future Past, and is their first original single in nearly six years. According to the…
Duran Duran debut new single Invisible later this month
Duran Duran are set to unveil a brand new single at this year’s Billboard Music Awards. Taking place on 23 May, the band will stream their performance live, and will…