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Duran Duran’s momentous welcome to Manchester for launch of UK headline tour at AO Arena

The icons of British music kick-started their tour at Manchester's AO Arena

Manchester Evening News

Duran Duran's Andy Taylor 'has hope' as bandmate shares update on terminal cancer battle

Duran Duran bassist John Taylor shared an update on his bandmate Andy's cancer battle on Good Morning Britain

Daily Mirror

Duran Duran and original guitarist Andy Taylor reunite for new music project

The renowned British new wave group will be releasing new tracks featuring their friends and family

Wales Online

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Duran Duran to reform with North Tyneside's Andy Taylor who is battling cancer

Duran Duran is reforming for a new album - after almost two decades apart.

Chronicle Live

Duran Duran get back together with terminally-ill Andy Taylor to record new album

Lead singer Simon Le Bon, 64, is set to work on tracks with former member Andy Taylor, 62, at the guitarist’s studio in Ibiza. Andy has terminal stage 4 prostate cancer

Daily Mirror

BBC The One Show fans say 'this is why' over awkward scenes with Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon

Simon Le Bon's stint on the green sofa turned awkward

Manchester Evening News

Careless Memories: Duran Duran’s New Romantic rise to the top

Photographer Denis O’Regan had unprecedented access to the band during their peak

The Independent UK

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Duran Duran Future Past tour date announced at Leeds First Direct Arena - here's how to get tickets

Simon Le Bon will be bringing Duran Duran to Leeds First Direct Arena in 2023 on May 4

Leeds Live

The popular 1980s Whitley Bay bar - and the North Tyneside-born Duran Duran star

Opened by Duran Duran's North Tyneside-born guitarist Andy Taylor, Rio on North Parade, Whitley Bay, became a favourite destination for 1980s revellers

Chronicle Live

Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor reveals he has stage 4 cancer

Star reveals diagnosis in letter read by bandmates at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction

Evening Standard

Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon says he's 'devastated' bandmate 'won't be around very long'

Duran Duran announced guitarist Andy, 61, had been diagnosed with prostate cancer four years ago and had recently suffered a setback which left him unable to attend the Hall of Fame ceremony

Daily Mirror

1980s rock legend reveals devastating diagnosis

Duran Duran founding guitarist Andy Taylor has skipped the band's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, due to a devastating cancer diagnosis.

The New Daily

'I'm a rock star now!': Dolly, Eminem join Rock Hall of Fame

Dolly Parton led a supergroup in a rousing rendition of "Jolene" as Eminem brought the entire room to its feet at Saturday's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gala, which inducted its most eclectic group of legends in years in an ode to rock's spirit.

Bangkok Post

Duran Duran Stumbles, Pat Benatar Roars into Rock Hall

Duran Duran stumbled into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Freshly inducted into the Hall by Robert Downey Jr. at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday night, the 1980s English stalwarts took the stage and launched into their 1981 breakthrough hit "Girls on Film." The shrieking crowd…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Chronicle Live

North Tyneside former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor reveals cancer battle

Andy Taylor, 61, has opened up on the four-year cancer battle that forced him to miss one of the biggest nights of his career.

The Independent UK

'Cool, sophisticated' Duran Duran enter Rock Hall of Fame

Duran Duran has stumbled into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dolly Parton, Eminem among Rock Hall of Fame Inductees

Music's A-listers will celebrate a new crop of legends entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend, among them country queen Dolly Parton and rap agitator Eminem. Pop futurists Eurythmics, smooth rocker Lionel Richie, new wave Brits Duran Duran, confessional lyricist Carly Simon and enduring rock duo Pat…

Salon

Nick Rhodes on Duran Duran's growth

Rhodes looks back on the band's transitional 1997 album, continuing without John Taylor, Nirvana's genius and more

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The Guardian - UK

Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes: ‘My father thought makeup was a phase. I’m still going through it 40 years on’

The keyboardist on his favourite songs, his obsession with collecting toys and why the 80s has left such a legacy

The Guardian - UK

Æthelstan, Duran Duran and a special Ron Pokémon – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

Wales Online

Celebs at red carpet launch for new interactive art attraction

Lewis Capaldi, Simon Le Bon, Andy Serkis and Lady Victoria Hervey were among the stars

The Independent UK

Duran Duran pay tribute to the Queen at their Hollywood Bowl show

Lead singer Simon Le Bon asked fans to ‘fill the Bowl with light for the Queen’ using their phone torches

Chicago Sun-Times

Passionate Duran Duran set at United Center shows off the band’s breadth

Though older and maybe even wiser musicians, the British synth-pop veterans are still ready to host one epic dance party.

Daily Mirror

Duran Duran given all the glasses as VIP festival guests drink wine out of pint cups

Duran Duran left their BST Hyde Park guests to drink wine and Champagne from beer glasses, after festival bosses transferred the whole site's glasses backstage to the VIP area

Daily Mirror

Duran Duran's Wild Boys heyday from banned 'Girls on Film' video to drug abuse

They went on to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s with hits like Hungry Like the Wolf, Rio and Girls on Film - but Duran Duran were certainly no angels

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