DUran Duran
Wild Boys Band DURAN DURAN Released ‘RIO’ Album 40 Years Ago Today
Back in time
10 May 2022
Band: DURAN DURAN
Who: Hits machine from Birmingham, UK
Active: 1978-present / 15 studio LPs with last
year’s Future Past as the most recent one.
Anniversary album: RIO – their 2nd longplayer
Released: 10 May 1982 – 40 years ago today
Score: #2 in the UK, #1 in Canada and Australia
Pitchfork said: “With Rio, Duran Duran became a group of ultra-proficient musicians,
capable of churning out chart-topping pop songs with effortless aplomb, as well as a teen-baiting boy band, setting schoolgirls’ hearts aflame with their sharp clothes and packaged personas. It was simultaneously style-over-substance and substance-over-style; even the album’s neon and pastel cover art became something of a shorthand for the gilded excess
of the ’80s.”
Turn Up The Volume: The glam and glitter boys band knew exactly how to
attract armies of fans worldwide. Looking flashy, sounding sickly sticking, and
acting like the coolest band on the planet is what DD all did back in the day.
Singles/clips: My Own Way / Hungry Like The Wolf / Save A Prayer
– MY OWN WAY –
– HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF –
– SAVE A PRAYER –
Stream full LP here…
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Not done yet.
All 2022 tour dates here
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DURAN DURAN – Glam And Glitter On The Wild Boys’ New Album ‘FUTURE PAST’
24 October 2021
Band: DURAN DURAN (Birmingham, UK)
Active: Since 1978 / 14 studio albums so far
New album: FUTURE PAST
Released: 22 October 2021 via Tape Modern/BMG
Ultimate Classic Rock Magazine says: “That album title looks
ahead as much as it glances backward, and the music itself aims
to combine these moments in time, as well. But Duran Duran are
at their best here when they don’t try to escape their legacy – like
how “Tonight United” adopts the new wave bounce of “Planet Earth”
for yet another new decade. Embrace it, guys. You’ve earned that right.”
Turn Up The Volume: Today the veteran wild boys sound exactly
like the young wild boys of 40 years ago. The same old glam and
glitter, but also the same old catchiness. It’s called growing older
in style and with pop grace.
Singles/clips: Invisible / Give It All Up / Anniversary
– INVISIBLE –
– GIVE IT ALL UP –
– ANNIVERSARY –
Full album…
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DURAN DURAN Still Have The Right Reflexes – Watch And Hear ‘ANNIVERSARY’
20 October 2021
Band: DURAN DURAN (Birmingham, UK)
Active: Since 1978 / 14 studio albums so far
New album: FUTURE PAST
Out: This Friday, 22 October via Tape Modern/BMG
Single/clip: ANNIVERSARY
One of the four singles from
the upcoming LP
John Taylor (bassist and the band’s co-founder) said: “ANNIVERSARY’ is
a special song for us. Obviously, we were conscious of our own impending
40th anniversary of making music together, but we wanted the song’s meaning
to be inclusive in the broadest possible way. After playing and working together
for so long, we very much appreciate what ‘being together’ and ’staying together’
can really mean, it’s not something we would have thought song-worthy 40 years
ago but we do today! It was also fun to build a track with hints of previous Duran
hits, they’re like Easter eggs, for the fans to find.”
The glam gentlemen still know how to write energetic and magnetic pop
earworms. They still have the right reflexes after 40 years. Yes, they grow
older in flashing style.
The video clip features lookalike stars including Elton John,
Madonna, Stormzy, Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig and more.
Roll the tape…
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DURAN DURAN Reveal New Single ‘TONIGHT UNITED’ Produced By The Famous GIORGIO MORODER
New sonic impulses
27 September 2021
Band: DURAN DURAN (Birmingham, UK)
Active: Since 1978 / 14 studio albums so far
New album: FUTURE PAST
Out: 22 October 2021 via Tape Modern/BMG
New single: TONIGHT UNITED
The 4th shared cut of the new LP, produced by the
world-famous Italian composer Moroder
Simon Le Bon: “Giorgio Moroder, Duran Duran… this
is music for a world that’s coming back together,”
Giorgio Moroder must be a great fan of Duran Duran in the 80s when
they scored hit after hit, as they sound exactly the same in 2021.
Press play…
All 4 singles…
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Reflex Heroes DURAN DURAN Share Sickly Sticky Single ‘MORE JOY’ From Upcoming LP
New sonic impulses
5 August 2021
Band: DURAN DURAN (Birmingham, UK)
Active: since 1978 / 14 studio albums so far
New album: FUTURE PAST
Out: 22 October 2021 via Tape Modern/BMG
New single: MORE JOY feat. CHAI
Simon Le Bon (frontman): “Nick suggested some girlish voices
on “MORE JOY!” and I knew exactly where to find them — CHAI,
post- modern, all-girl Japanese punk band, whose energy and
pure sense of fun might actually blow your ears off! We are
honoured to have them sprinkle their pink neon magic spikey
dust onto our song. “
The glam boys still know how to nail it
Have more joy here…
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New album FUTURE PAST out 22 October 2021 – pre-order info: here
One Live Shot A Day Turns Summer Into A Holiday…
27 June 2021
‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ by MUSE
Original by Duran Duran (1982)
Where: French TV – Taratata show
When: 2018
Duran Duran…
80s Glam Stars DURAN DURAN Back With GRAHAM COXON (Blur) On Guitar
New sonic impulses…
21 May 2021
80s Brit-glam stars DURAN DURAN have no intention to retire.
Five years after Paper Gods they have a new longplayer in the
pipeline. FUTURE PAST arrives on 22 October. They invited
several guests to join them for the new record.
For the new single INVISIBLE they called Blur‘s guitarist Graham Coxon
to pass by. If I didn’t read the press statement I wouldn’t have a clue Coxon
was somewhere on it.
Same old band, same old vibe, same old songs…
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New album FUTURE PAST out 22nd October – order info here
No 1 Hits This Day In 1967 – 1969 – 1977
Top singles from the past…
26 March 2021
Band: THE TURTLES (Los Angeles, CA)
Active: 1965–1970, 1983–present
Single: HAPPY TOGETHER
Score: #1 in the US on 26 March 1967 – 54 years ago today
THE TURTLES: Discography
Artist: MARVIN GAYE (Washington DC)
Born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. on April 2, 1939
Passed away on April 1, 1984 (shot by his father)
Single: I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
Score: #1 in the UK on 26 March 1969 – 52 years ago today
MARVIN GAYE: Discography
Band: DURAN DURAN (Birmingham, UK)
Active: 1978–present
Single: IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW?
Score: Their first No 1 in the UK – 26 March 1977 – 44 years ago today
DURAN DURAN: Discography
DURAN DURAN Released Debut Single ‘PLANET EARTH’ 40 Years Ago
Top singles from the past…
1 February 2021
Band: DURAN DURAN (Birmingham, UK)
Active: 1978-present
Single: PLANET EARTH – debut single
Released: 2 February 1981 – 40 years ago
B-side: Late Bar
Score: #12 in the UK
Album: self-titled debut
Awful haircuts, awful outfits
great pop tunes…
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