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Duran Duran Share New Song “Black Moonlight” (Feat. Nile Rodgers)

Danse Macabre Due Out October 27 on Tape Modern via BMG

Sep 22, 2023

Duran Duran are releasing a new Halloween-themed album, Danse Macabre, on October 27 on Tape Modern via BMG, just in time for Halloween. Now they have shared its second single, “Black Moonlight,” which features Nile Rodgers. More

Duran Duran Announce New Halloween-Themed Album, Share Title Track “Danse Macabre”

Danse Macabre Due Out October 27 on Tape Modern via BMG

Aug 30, 2023

Duran Duran have announced a new Halloween-themed album, Danse Macabre, and shared its first single, title track “Danse Macabre.” The album is a mix of originals, covers, and new versions of older Duran Duran songs. More

Duran Duran Share Celebrity Lookalike-Filled Video for “ANNIVERSARY”

FUTURE PAST Due Out October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG

Oct 19, 2021

Duran Duran have shared a video for their song “ANNIVERSARY.” The video features a pantheon of celebrity lookalikes traipsing around the historic Belvoir Castle in Grantham, U.K, and it was directed by BAFTA-winning artist Alison Jackson. Their forthcoming 15th studio album, FUTURE PAST, will be out on October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG. More

Duran Duran Share Giorgio Moroder-Produced New Song “TONIGHT UNITED”

FUTURE PAST Due Out October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG

Sep 24, 2021

Duran Duran are releasing a new album, FUTURE PAST, on October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG. Now they have shared another song from it, “TONIGHT UNITED,” which was produced by Italian producer/composer/dance music legend Giorgio Moroder. More

Duran Duran Share New Song “ANNIVERSARY”

FUTURE PAST Due Out October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG

Aug 31, 2021

Duran Duran are releasing a new album, FUTURE PAST, on October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG. Now they have shared another song from it, “ANNIVERSARY.” More

Duran Duran Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song “INVISIBLE” (Feat. Graham Coxon)

FUTURE PAST Due Out October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG; Album Features Lykke Li, Mark Ronson, and More

May 20, 2021

Duran Duran have announced a new album, FUTURE PAST, and shared its first single, “INVISIBLE,” via a video for the song (which features Blur’s Graham Coxon on guitar). More

May 23, 2017

His name was Moore, Roger Moore and the British actor was best known for playing the most iconic super spy of all, James Bond. Moore’s family has announced today that the beloved actor has passed away after a battle with cancer, a trap even 007 couldn’t escape. More

Outside Lands 2016 Lineup: Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, and The Muppets

August 5 - 7 in San Francisco, Lineup Also Includes Beach House, Ryan Adams, Duran Duran, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals, Peaches, Kevin Morby, Lana

Apr 05, 2016

Outside Lands have announced their 2016 lineup. The festival goes down August 5 - 7 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Highlights of the lineup include Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, Beach House, Ryan Adams, Duran Duran, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals, Peaches, Kevin Morby, Lana Del Rey, DIIV, Big Grams, Julien Baker, Lionel Richie, Major Lazer, Jason Isbell, Lord Huron, Vince Staples, Years & Years, HÆLOS, POLIÇA, Ra Ra Riot, Rogue Wave, Caveman, Whitney, Miguel, and Chance the Rapper. More

Jun 22, 2015

Last week Duran Duran announced their new album, Paper Gods, that features Janelle Monáe and Lindsay Lohan and the production work of Mark Ronson and Nile Rodgers. More

Duran Duran Announce New Album Featuring Janelle Monáe, Mark Ronson, and Lindsay Lohan

Paper Gods Due Out September 18 via Warner Bros., "Pressure Off" Single Featuring Monáe Out This Week

Jun 15, 2015

Duran Duran have announced a new album that features Janelle Monáe and Lindsay Lohan and the production work of Mark Ronson and Nile Rodgers. The ‘80s New Wave icons will be releasing Paper Gods on September 18 in the U.S. (September 11 in the rest of the world) via Warner Bros. More

Listen: Austra – “American Science (Duran Duran Cover)”

Making Patterns Rhyme: A Tribute to Duran Duran is out July 15 on Manimal Vinyl

Jul 11, 2014

Austra has covered the Duran Duran song “American Science.” More

Listen: Warpaint - “The Chauffeur” (Duran Duran Cover)

Featured on Upcoming Tribute Album Making Patterns Rhyme

Jun 17, 2014

Next month on July 15, Modern will release Making Patterns Rhyme: A Tribute to Duran Duran. More

Listen: Moby - “Rio” (Duran Duran Cover)

Tribute Album Out This Year

May 27, 2014

Later this year Manimal Vinyl will release Making Patterns Rhyme, a special tribute compliation honoring the work of Duran Duran. More

Duran Duran Announce U.S. Tour Dates

Back to the States In August

Mar 30, 2012

Set to embark on an extensive tour throughout South America and Europe in the coming months, Duran Duran have announced that they will be returning to the U.S. for another leg of shows in support of their most recent LP All You Need Is Now. More

Aug 03, 2011

Duran Duran have announced that they will be headlining a fall North American Tour, kicking off September 23 in Washington and ending October 29 in New Jersey. More

Apr 19, 2011

On the final day of the 2011 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, the big guns were all stacked up together. Almost in perfect sequence on various stages, Death From Above 1979, Trentemoller, Duran Duran, Ratatat, The Strokes, PJ Harvey and Kanye West were an excellent finale to this year’s festival. More

Mar 23, 2011

For those of you who were too tired to make it through a number of opening monologues, celebrity chats, and your obligatory Top Ten List, yesterday featured a number of worthy performances on the late night circuit. More

Under the Radar Announces Winter 2011 Issue and Death Cab for Cutie Cover

Issue Includes Interviews with R.E.M., Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, Cut Copy, Jens Lekman, Okkervil River, Panda Bear, Lykke Li, Iron and Wine, Elbow, Duran Duran, Destroyer, and more

Feb 11, 2011

Under the Radar’s Winter 2011 issue is about to hit stands. The cover features Death Cab for Cutie, who gave writer Matt Fink insight into the band’s forthcoming album, Codes and Keys (due out in May). The issue also includes interviews with Bright Eyes, British Sea Power, The Dears, The Decemberists, Destroyer, The Dodos, Duran Duran,Elbow, Iron and Wine, Lykke Li, R.E.M., Telekinesis, Toro Y Moi, The Antlers, The Big Pink, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Jens Lekman, Okkervil River, Panda Bear, Vivian Girls, Anna Calvi, Porcelain Raft, Smith Westerns, Yuck, and more.

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Duran Duran Announce “All You Need is Now”

Band’s 13th Studio Album Produced by Mark Ronson

Nov 11, 2010

Duran Duran—they of infinitely great hair—have announced their thirteenth studio album, All You Need is Now. More



Interviews

Oct 27, 2023

Dubbed by many as “The Controller,” synth magician Nick Rhodes jointly formed Duran Duran out of Birmingham, UK with bass player John Taylor in the late 1970s. Rhodes has been a constant in the shifting line-ups of the band since the very beginning. More

Apr 20, 2023

In 1979 Roger Taylor was a drummer in Birmingham punk band, Scent Organs. Then he met fellow Brummie and bass guitarist, John Taylor (no relation). They would go on to become the rhythm section of Duran Duran, one of the most adored and enduring bands of the modern era. More


Reviews

Nov 07, 2023

What started out as a couple of nights of freaky fun and frivolity in Las Vegas on Halloween in 2022, has culminated in Danse Macabre, Duran Duran’s 16th studio album. More

Apr 20, 2011

Day three of Coachella 2011 was already the weakest day in terms of the lineup, so this year’s festival ended with more of a whimper. There were highlights, including some ’80s New Wave legends, and some dancing Danes. And then there was Kanye West. More

Mar 17, 2011

Day one of my first go-around at the bacchic excesses that is SXSW, I had a very important realization: there are a lot of people here. Bars, restaurants, clubs—basically anywhere with a door—opens to let artists perform. The streets are, to put it mildly, peopled. Intellectually, I knew this. Physically I’ve not only survived, but also enjoyed, in a variety of packed festival situations. But to borrow a parlance from my hometown of Los Angeles: dude. Here’s the kicker, even with the sea of humanity, it is still quite possible to see quality bands up close and personal. SXSW, you have my heart. More

Nov 02, 2010

1988’s Big Thing is widely regarded as the worst Duran Duran album. But similar to Notorious, released two years earlier, the music on Big Thing sounds better now than it did 20 years ago. More

Nov 02, 2010

Now that we’re a few decades out from the often terrible but always fun musical landscape of the 1980s, it’s easier to get some perspective on some of the era’s biggest bands and biggest releases. More