“In some ways it was actually advantageous to have had a break because we’d never had that experience before, and we could look at it with fresh eyes and listen with fresh ears,”Rhodes said. It comes after the band announced Andy had been diagnosed with cancer when he was missing from their. The COVID-19 pandemic forced them to stop for about 10 months. Birmingham stars Duran Duran are reuniting with former member Andy Taylor for a new album. The group began work on the album in late 2018 and worked on it sporadically in 2019. The Simon Le Bon-fronted group are famous for their hits Girls on Film, Rio and The Reflex. “We always feel comfortable trying out different things indifferent genres musically.” Duran Duran are the four-piece pop supremos who have been hit-making for over three decades. Our first album had dance songs on it … but it also had a six,seven minute instrumental with an orchestra and some darker songs,” Rhodes said.
The Planet Earth single (with B-Side To The Shore) is released in America. Duran Duran / Medazzaland available in the UK for the first time. Duran Durans first single, Planet Earth (with B-Side Late Bar) is released in UK. “We set our parameters very broadly from the very beginning. The Beatles, Tina Turner, Duran Duran, Orbital. “‘Anniversary’ is a song that kind of celebrates the time that we’ve been together as a band, but it’s also open to everybody and anything anyone might want to celebrate,” Taylor said.įor their new release, the band collaborated with producers Erol Alkan and Giorgio Moroder, while Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, Japanese punk band CHAI and rapper Ivorian Doll, among others, feature in an eclectic mix of tracks. Their new song “Anniversary” celebrates the 40 years since they released their first album in 1981.
The band, with lead singer Simon Le Bon and drummer Roger Taylor, has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and won two Grammy Awards. Duran Duran have announced their first studio album in six years, Future Past. Formed by Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes in 1978, Duran Duran rose to fame with hits such as “Girls on Film” and “Rio”.
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