“He said, ‘Simon, Duran Duran are the last of the great British R&B bands.’ ‘R&B?’ I said. He said ’yes, you know what I mean - like, Beatles, Rolling Stones”: Simon Le Bon thinks that the “golden era” of the band is over

Duran Duran.

The ‘death’ of the band has been much discussed over the past couple of months, with statistics showing that it’s now solo artists who dominate the upper echelons of the sales and streaming charts (not to mention the lion’s share of the cultural conversation).

In an interview on the Brydon & podcast, Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon has been having his say, and he agrees that the finest period for the ‘band’ as a concept may well be in the past.