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There's nothing as gloriously 80s as a Duran Duran Walkman-alike covered in sparkles

We Are Rewind has announced a special edition tape deck in collaboration with Duran Duran

“I hit the drum maybe five times. That was it. Concorde flights, 14 days in a 5-star hotel. The most expensive bit of drumming in history”: When stars of Duran Duran and Chic formed a decadent ’80s supergroup to rock out like Led Zeppelin

“I had to be, like, strapped to the desk if I was gonna get a bass line finished," John Taylor said

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“Brand X was great fun to play with – not so much fun to listen to”: Phil Collins’ adventures outside Genesis with Robert Plant, Eric Clapton and others made him so big he had to apologise

Wherever you looked in the 80s and 90s, there he was as a session man, producer or solo artist. But it wasn’t ego – it was down to his passion for music

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Sabrina Carpenter brings out Earth, Wind and Fire for surprise covers at Lollapalooza

Sabrina Carpenter's latest special guests included Earth, Wind and Fire and TWICE.

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Sabrina Carpenter performs with Duran Duran at second sold-out BST Hyde Park gig

The singer performed Hungry Like The Wolf with Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor to the crowd of 65,000 at Hyde Park

Evening Standard

“The groove was so thick, and what am I playing? A simple, Boom-Bop-Tish-Bop-Boom-Bop? It was unbelievable”: The making of Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love

We go deep behind the scenes with the team behind the hard-hitting global smash that turned around Palmer’s career

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Brother and sister accused of kidnapping woman and baby daughter after family refused to give them $1m

Miguel Angel Duran Duran and Paola Duran Duran, along with Eleodoro ‘Leo’ Estrada-Hernandez, 37, are accused of kidnapping a mother and her baby before releasing them. Estrada-Hernandez is still at large

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Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon insists he is 'not embarrassed' by any of his 1980s fashion choices

Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon has insisted that he is "not embarrassed" by any of his fashion choices.

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Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon never washes his hair

Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon has admitted he never washes his hair with shampoo - revealing he cleanses his locks with clay and vinegar instead.

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Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon misses 1980s fashion

Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon has admitted he misses 1980s fashion because modern style has become too "understated" and "restrained".

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Duran Duran release two perfumes

Duran Duran have teamed up with high end perfume house Xerjoff on two new unifex fragrances.

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Duran Duran launch their own unisex perfume

Ever wondered what Duran Duran smell like? The Eighties pop band have created a fragrance so you can find out…

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Amber Le Bon gives birth

Amber Le Bon and her boyfriend Ben Mercer have become parents for the first time to son Sasha.

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“He’s fighting as hard as he can”: Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon delivers an update on guitarist Andy Taylor

Their founder member was diagnosed with incurable prostate cancer in 2018

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Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor ‘fighting cancer as hard as he can’

Simon Le Bon said his former bandmate has ‘very late, fourth-stage metastasised cancer’

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Andy Taylor fighting cancer 'as hard as he can'

Andy Taylor is "fighting as hard as he can" in his cancer battle, his Duran Duran bandmate Simon Le Bon has revealed.

Guitar World

“It’s one of our best tunes and one of my best basslines”: When Duran Duran fused Chic and Sex Pistols for one of bassist John Taylor’s standout performances

Duran Duran may be back in vogue – but for anyone who learned to play bass in the ’80s John Taylor has never been out of fashion

Guitar World

“There’s not a bad note on Rio. Everything just came together for that album”: Duran Duran’s John Taylor breaks down the group’s landmark album and how it inspired his signature bass

John Taylor and Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood are among the guests on a new podcast series from fanned-fret originators, Dingwall Guitars

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Evening Standard

Simon Le Bon admits he used to be ‘terrified’ of performing live

The Duran Duran frontman was recognised for his services to music and charity on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Rebecca Ferguson, Imelda Staunton and Simon Le Bon to receive royal honours at Windsor Castle

‘Harry Potter’ actor and other famous faces will collect honours at Windsor Castle today

MusicRadar

“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

“Now, could you say who’s the top band in the world?”

The Independent UK

What to stream: Jelly Roll, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,' Cate Blanchett and Charli XCX remixes

Sean Wang’s semi-autobiographical feature debut “Dìdi” and Jelly Roll's 22-track album “Beautifully Broken” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases

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How to watch 'RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.' series 6 final online and on TV

A new batch of Queens are competing to be crowned the U.K.'s next Drag Superstar. Here's how to watch "RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K." season 6 online and from anywhere.

Evening Standard

OPINION - If you want dark glamour, it's all about shows like Industry — not boring rock stars

It was former national heart-throb, Duran Duran bassist John Taylor who first identified to me the crunch moment rock‘n’roll found its conscience and lost its edge, during an interview for a fashion magazine. Taylor was on fabulously freewheeling form that day while contemplating the state of pop. “After Live Aid,”…

The Guardian - UK

‘The more the music press slagged us, the more copies we sold’: Kajagoogoo on Too Shy

‘The demo Nick Rhodes took to EMI was the same one they had rejected, but when it was presented again by a million-selling pop star they took notice’

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