From Carsten Windhorst:
We are ready to launch the first part of The Road to Medazzaland.
Some of you may be aware that we have been working on a rather ambitious documentary project. It all started back in February 2022 with the idea to make a documentary on Medazzaland to coincide with the 25th anniversary
of the album.
However, before we knew it the whole thing had snowballed into something much, much bigger and I personally felt that all the non Medazzaland footage we had shot was too good to be left on the cutting room floor. Let’s
face it, interviewing Nile Rodgers is a dream come true for anyone (let alone a Duran fan) but what can he really say about Medazzaland…
By September 2022 we were sure we had got everything we needed to start putting the documentary together but (luckily) our ambition threw a spanner in the works and we decided to try and interview even
more people.
By the time we filmed Erol Alkan in his studio we were sure we had now definitely interviewed everyone on our immediate wish list but then we started throwing even more names around and just over a week
ago we sat down with Mr Hudson…
Anyway to cut a long story short, The Road to Medazzaland consists of two parts. Part 1 covers the period from 1980-1989, while part two will focus on 1990-1995.
As for the actual Medazzaland documentary - we are still working on it and we’ll keep you posted on our progress (I told you we were ambitious). For now I hope you’ll enjoy the first part of The Road to Medazzaland. Part
two will follow soon.
We wrote, produced, filmed and edited the entire documentary ourselves. It’s been an extremely time consuming project and we hope you’ll enjoy it. The premiere is set for 8am UK time (9 May) which is midnight
on the west coast.
(Info: carsten-windhorst-photography)
2023-05-09 | Set list - Glasgow
SET LIST - OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland, UK: Intro / Velvet Newton, Night Boat, The Wild Boys, Hungry Like The Wolf, Invisible, A View To A Kill, Notorious, Give It All Up, Last Chance On The Stairway, Lonely In Your Nightmare / Superfreak,
Is There Something I Should Know?, Friends Of Mine, Careless Memories, Ordinary World, Anniversary, Planet Earth, White Lines, The Reflex, Girls On Film / Acceptable In The 80s + Come Undone, Save A Prayer, Rio.
(All live shows and set lists are here.)
2023-05-07 | Set list - Dublin
SET LIST - 3 Arena, Dublin, Ireland: Intro / Velvet Newton, Night Boat, The Wild Boys, Hungry Like The Wolf, Invisible, A View To A Kill, Notorious, Give It All Up, Last Chance On The Stairway, Lonely In Your Nightmare / Superfreak,
Is There Something I Should Know?, Friends Of Mine, Careless Memories, Ordinary World, Anniversary, Planet Earth, White Lines, The Reflex, Girls On Film / Acceptable In The 80s + Come Undone, Save A Prayer, Rio.
(All live shows and set lists are here.)
2023-05-05 | Set list - Birmingham
SET LIST - Utilita Arena, Birmingham, UK: Intro / Velvet Newton, Night Boat, The Wild Boys, Hungry Like The Wolf, Invisible, A View To A Kill, Notorious, Give It All Up, Last Chance On The Stairway, Lonely In Your Nightmare / Superfreak,
Is There Something I Should Know?, Friends Of Mine, Careless Memories, Ordinary World, Anniversary, Planet Earth, White Lines, The Reflex, Girls On Film / Acceptable In The 80s + Come Undone, Save A Prayer, Rio.
(All live shows and set lists are here.)
2023-05-04 | Set list - Leeds
SET LIST - First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK: Intro / Velvet Newton, Night Boat, The Wild Boys, Hungry Like The Wolf, Invisible, A View To A Kill, Notorious, Give It All Up, Lonely In Your Nightmare / Superfreak,
Is There Something I Should Know?, Friends Of Mine, Careless Memories, Ordinary World, Anniversary, Planet Earth, White Lines, The Reflex, Girls On Film / Acceptable In The 80s + Come Undone, Save A Prayer, Rio.
(All live shows and set lists are here.)
2023-05-02 | Set list - London
SET LIST - O2 Arena, London, UK: Intro / Velvet Newton, Night Boat, The Wild Boys, Hungry Like The Wolf, Invisible, A View To A Kill, Notorious, Give It All Up, Lonely In Your Nightmare / Superfreak,
Is There Something I Should Know?, Friends Of Mine, Careless Memories, Ordinary World, Anniversary, Planet Earth, White Lines, The Reflex, Girls On Film / Acceptable In The 80s + Come Undone, Save A Prayer, Rio.
(All live shows and set lists are here.)
2023-05-01 | Set list - London
SET LIST - O2 Arena, London, UK: Intro / Velvet Newton, Night Boat, The Wild Boys, Hungry Like The Wolf, Invisible, A View To A Kill, Notorious, Give It All Up, Last Chance On The Stairway,
Is There Something I Should Know?, Friends Of Mine, Careless Memories, Ordinary World, Anniversary, Planet Earth, White Lines, The Reflex, Girls On Film / Acceptable In The 80s + Come Undone, Save A Prayer, Rio.
(All live shows and set lists are here.)
2023-04-29 | Set list - Manchester
SET LIST - AO Arena, Manchester, UK: Intro / Velvet Newton, Night Boat, The Wild Boys, Hungry Like The Wolf, Invisible, A View To A Kill, Notorious, Give It All Up, Last Chance On The Stairway,
Is There Something I Should Know?, Friends Of Mine, Careless Memories, Ordinary World, Anniversary, Planet Earth, White Lines, The Reflex, Girls On Film / Acceptable In The 80s + Come Undone, Save A Prayer, Rio.
(All live shows and set lists are here.)
2023-04-26 | Roger Taylor 63
2023-04-12 | Come Undone (30th Anniversary)
"COME UNDONE", the 2nd single from the album 'Duran Duran' was released
30 years ago...
7“: 1993 UK (Parlophone; DD 17)
4:15 Come Undone (edit)
5:05 Ordinary World (acoustic version)
CD5: 1993 UK (Parlophone; CDDDS 17) [2 CD holder; digipack]
4:15 Come Undone (edit)
5:05 Ordinary World (acoustic version)
8:14 Come Undone (FGI Phumpin‘ 12“)
5:25 Come Undone (La fin de siecle)
CD5: 1993 UK (Parlophone; CDDDP 17)
4:31 Come Undone (album version)
5:38 Rio [album version, actually 5:33]
4:05 Is There Something I Should Know?
3:33 A View to a Kill
12“: 1993 IT (EMI Italiana / Parlophone; 7243 8 80537 6 6)
4:15 Come Undone (edit)
5:05 Ordinary World (acoustic)
8:14 Come Undone (FGI Phumpin‘ 12“)
5:25 Come Undone (La Fin de Siecle)
5:00 Come Undone (TV Synth Strings)
2023-03-21 | Duran Duran to record a new album with Andy Taylor
Duran Duran have announced “a special new music project”, set for release later this year, which will feature “extended Duran Duran family and friends, old and new”, most notably the band’s former guitarist Andy Taylor who is terminally ill with stage 4 prostate cancer.
There’s clearly a sense of urgency around what would be an emotional reunion and Simon Le Bon is set to fly out to Andy’s home in Ibizia to record with his former bandmate.
While the band didn’t use the word ‘album’ in the post on their socials yesterday, John Taylor recently told The Mirror that “We’re working on an album right now that is going to be coming out at the end of the year and [Andy Taylor] is playing guitar. There’s a lot of cover songs on the album, songs meaningful to us when we were kids. So having him be a part of that project is great.”
There were rumours that Duran Duran planned to ‘finish’ Reportage with Andy in the near future, before the guitarist went public with his cancer diagnosis at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame last November. It’s conceivable that some of that material could end up as part of this new record, but that remains to be seen.
If this new album is indeed released in 2023 (not a given, going by previous proclamations), at worst it will be only 26 months since Future Past and would therefore be Duran Duran’s quickest follow up to a studio album since 1988’s Big Thing was issued less than two years after Notorious.
(Info: superdeluxeedition.com)
2023-02-22 | John Taylor and Patty Palazzo
From Patty Palazzo:
John Taylor and I have been cooking up something very, very cool with Dingwall Guitars ... stay tuned for more details, but for now here are a few “behind the scenes” from such a fun photo shoot I art directed today with photographer extraordinaire Kristin Burns (and I just have to say I love Kristin so much - she photographed JT’s book cover too!), not to mention an absolute dream team of Kristi, Nora, Lisa, Tamar ...
(Info: FB Patty Palazzo)
2023-02-17 | Rio Carnival (EP) and TV Mania (LP)
Following the release of Duran Duran’s smash hit album “RIO,” a selection of Night Versions and Remixes were released on the “CARNIVAL EP” to capitalize on increased radio and night-club play at the time.
The original CARNIVAL EP’s were the key to unlocking Duran Duran’s international success at the time and each tracklisting differed around the world. For the 40th Anniversary year of ‘RIO’ this LP collects together
all of the RIO Night Versions and Carnival Remixes into one collection for the first time exclusively for UK RSD 2023.
Release Date: 22.4.2023
Format: LP
Label: Rhino
Quantity: 3000
SIDE A
Rio (Night Version) (6:39)
My Own Way (Carnival Remix) (4:29)
Hungry Like The Wolf (Night Version) (5:14)
SIDE B
Hold Back The Rain (Carnival Remix) (7:00)
New Religion (Carnival Remix) (5:13)
Rio (Part 2) (5:28)
Grab the Record Store Day (US) reissue of the TV Mania’s ‘Bored with Prozac and the Internet?’ on limited-edition opaque white vinyl—available at participating stores starting April 22. TV Mania was a side project
created in 1995 by Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes and former DD band member Warren Cuccurullo. This rare and out-of-print title features a printed inner sleeve an extremely exclusive art booklet
from the archives.
Release Date: 22.4.2023
Format: LP
Label: BMG
Quantity: 1850
SIDE A:
1. What About God?
2. Euphoria
3. Beautiful Clothes
4. You’re Dreaming Pal
5. Paramount
SIDE B:
1. What’s In The Future?
2. I Wanna Make Films
3. Yogurt And Fake Tan
4. Grab The Sun
5. Using A Hidden Camera
6. People Know Your Name
2023-02-16 | Andy Taylor 62
2023-02-11 | Duran Duran / Wedding Album (30th Anniversary)
Too Much Information
Ordinary World
Love Voodoo
Drowning Man
Shotgun
Come Undone
Breath After Breath
UMF
Femme Fatale
None Of The Above
Shelter
To Who It May Concern
Sin Of The City
Non album tracks: Time For Temptation, Stop Dead, Falling Angel
Track 8 written Duran Duran, Milton Nascimento. Track 10 written Lou Reed. All tracks produced by Duran Duran and John Jones except 'Come Undone' and 'Femme Fatale'
produced by Duran Duran. Mixes by David Richards, David Leonard, Duran Duran and John Jones. Recorded in Privacy, London. Musicians: Steve Ferrone, Vinnie Colaiuta,
Bosco, Tony Taverner, Stuart Every, Lamya and Tessa Niles. Vocal samples on track 4 courtesy of Karen Hendrix and Jack Merigg. Art direction: Nick Egan and Duran Duran.
Design: Nick Egan and Eric Roinestad.
Best in the Charts:
UK #4
2023-02-09 | North American Tour 2023
May 28, 2023 - SAP Center, San Jose, CA, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
May 31, 2023 - Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 1, 2023 - Moda Center, Portland, OR, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 3, 2023 - Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, UT, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 6, 2023 - Moody Center, Austin, TX, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 7, 2023 - Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 9, 2023 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Woodlands, TX, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 10, 2023 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 13, 2023 - Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 15, 2023 - State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 17, 2023 - Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
June 18, 2023 - FLA Live Arena, Sunrise, FL, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
August 24, 2023 - Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
August 26, 2023 - T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
August 28, 2023 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
August 29, 2023 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
August 31, 2023 - Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
September 1, 2023 - Huntington Bank Pavilion, Chicago, IL, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
September 3, 2023 - CMAC, Canandaigua, NY, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
September 6, 2023 - TD Bank Arena, Boston, MA, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
September 7, 2023 - Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
September 9, 2023 - PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
September 10, 2023 - Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
September 13, 2023 - Capital One Arena, Washington, DC, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
September 16, 2023 - Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI, USA (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
September 19, 2023 - Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada (w/ N.Rodgers and Bastille)
2023-01-13 | Andy Taylor talks cancer battle
Taylor returns to his health battles for a new interview for U.K. TV, and explains how music and creativity has lifted his spirits.
The diagnosis came when Andy was 56 years old, and presented when he went jogging and felt what he describes as “arthritic sort of pain.” He began to “have these symptoms, and didn’t recognize them for what they could be.”
Lumps would appear on his neck, a troubling sign that the cancer had metastasized. The biopsy results confirmed the worst, an illness he describes as “a death sentence.”
On hearing the extent of his illness, “no one can be prepared for that.”
Due to his poor health, Taylor missed the ceremony in Los Angeles, for which he’d planned to break out a new guitar.
Now that the word is out, Taylor, 61, uses his platform to tell others to get checked, and urges female fans to apply gentle pressure on the men in their lives. “Give him a nudge, go get a test,” he tells 5 News.
In a fight with cancer, time is precious. “Every minute is like an hour, every day is like a week,” he explains. “You really want to get the most out of life. And I’ve been very fortunate.
I’ve had so much in terms of living the dream.” (Info: billboard.com)
2023-01-07 | Kelly Clarkson and Ordinary World
Kelly Clarkson opened the Friday (Jan. 6) episode of her talk show with a cover of Duran Duran‘s “Ordinary World.”
Wearing a simple black dress and matching tights, the host extraordinaire sang, “Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue/ Thought I heard you talking softly/ I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio/ Still I can’t
escape the ghost of you/ What has happened to it all?/ Crazy, some’d say/ Where is the life that I recognize?/ Gone away” before launching into the track’s high-flying chorus.
Originally released as the lead single from 1993’s Duran Duran (The Wedding Album), the soft rock ballad shot to No. 1 on the Pop Airplay chart and also landed at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the
band’s biggest hit since their 1985 James Bond theme “A View to a Kill.”
Coincidentally, fellow American Idol alum Adam Lambert also recently unveiled his rendition of “Ordinary World,” from his upcoming album of covers, High Drama, set for release this February.
(Info: billboard.com)
