Duran Duran http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress Duran Duran Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:07:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Upcoming Duran Duran Media [Feb 2012] ABC RADIO – Statewide NSW Afternoons Show [Australia] – air date TBA

GOLD FM – Melbourne – Breakfast radio show [Australia] – air date Mon Feb 27 or Tues Feb 28 TBC

WSFM – Sydney – Breakfast radio show [Australia] – air date Wednesday Feb 22nd

Newcastle Post – Newspaper, entertainment supplement [Australia]

OK Magazine [UAE]

The National newspaper [UAE]…

]]> http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2012/upcoming-duran-duran-media-feb-2012/ All they need is now In 1981, a 21-year-old Simon Le Bon was introduced by an ex-girlfriend to John Taylor and Nick Rhodes in a Birmingham nightclub. Thankfully, he became the frontman for their band, Duran Duran. Otherwise, this writer wouldn’t have had albums like Rio or Seven And The Ragged Tiger – foisted on me by my older cousins, by the way – to…

]]> http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2012/all-they-need-is-now/ Simon’s Reader, February 2012: “Just Kids” Patti Smith : Just Kids

It has been said that it is always a mistake to meet one’s heroes. In Patti Smith’s “Just Kids,” I’ve done exactly that. But believe me when I say to you, that in this case, it is no mistake. The focus of the story is on Patti Smith’s life with artist and pioneer photographer, Robert…

]]> http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2012/simons-reader-february-2012-just-kids/ Duran Duran to tour S. America! Duran Duran have announced dates in South America as part of their ALL YOU NEED IS NOW tour:

April 28th Brasilia, Brazil/Nilson Nelson/on sale February 27th

April 30th Rio De Janeiro, Brazil/Citibank Hall/on sale March 5th

May 2nd Sao Paulo, Brazil/Credicard Hall/on sale March 5th

May 4th Buenos Aires, Argentina/Luna Park/on sale March 5th

May 8th Santiago, Chile/Espacio Riesco/on sale…

]]> http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2012/duran-duran-to-tour-s-america/ Enduring Duran ONE of the side effects of fame is that it freezes the public’s perception of you: years, even decades, can pass but people still remember a younger, thinner and less wise version of the person you are now.

For John Taylor, bassist with English pop institution Duran Duran, those cultural blinkers mean that some of those he encounters still think…

]]> http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2012/enduring-duran/ Art in Songs Has anyone in the band ever looked at a painting or another work of art and think it is a perfect visual representation of one of their songs? If so, what was the piece of art and what song could it have represented? For example, my friend and I both thought that Dali’s Mountain Lake at London’s Tate Modern could…

]]> http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2012/art-in-songs/ Simon and John on Gottschalk Live! If you missed Simon and John on GOTTSCHALK LIVE today (January 30th) you can watch it by clicking here!

]]> http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2012/simon-and-john-on-gottschalk-live/ John at DLD You can watch the video of John’s Q&A at DLD to announce Duran Duran’s HERE RIGHT NOW project with GAFFTA by clicking here!

]]> http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2012/john-at-dld/ “Other People’s” Chorus Dear John, On the track “Other People’s Lives”, is that your voice doing the call response in the chorus? If so, is this because Andy is no longer in the band singing occasional back ground vocals? I believe the last time we heard you was on “Sin of the City” from the Wedding Album, no? Thanks for the great music…

]]> http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2012/other-peoples-chorus/ Duran Duran and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Launch HereRightNow.Org: An Experiment to Visualize Our World Duran Duran and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Launch HereRightNow.Org: An Experiment to Visualize Our World

Band encourages people around the globe to participate in their mission to promote cultural literacy

Duran Duran and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA), a civic-minded nonprofit focused on building an appreciation for and participation in digital culture, have teamed up to…

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