DURAN DURAN: a blog

More new DD special-edition reissues!

2010-10-20T20:02:00.000-07:00

We are SO behind with this. Check out the latest from Duran Duran here:

Duran Duran online store

New DURAN DURAN and ARCADIA releases!

2010-04-04T11:25:00.000-07:00

Hi fellow DD fans! Although we're sure most of you already know about them, just in case you didn't....

EMI is releasing remastered versions of Duran Duran's self-titled debut album and "Seven and the Ragged Tiger," as well as Arcadia's "So Red the Rose"!

The special edition CD sets of all three albums come with 2 CDs and 1 DVD (all with some incredible stuff on them). The first album and "Seven" are also both available as special edition vinyl.

The reissues of the first album and "Seven" are already out in Europe, and all of these are coming out in the U.S. on April 20. [Update: Arcadia is still coming out in the U.S. on April 20. The other two are coming out May 18.]

U.S. fans can pre-order them all at the links below:

"Duran Duran" 2-CD/1DVD special edition reissue

"Seven and the Ragged Tiger" 2-CD/1DVD special edition reissue

Arcadia - "So Red the Rose" 2-CD/1DVD special edition reissue

"Duran Duran" 2-LP vinyl special edition reissue

"Seven and the Ragged Tiger" 2-LP vinyl special edition reissue

And don't forget, special edition reissues of "Notorious" and "Big Thing" are coming later this year, so we will be sure to fill you in on that as the time gets nearer.

For ALL your Duran Duran/DD side-project needs, visit the Duran Duran online store at Amazon.

The decade in Duran Duran (2000-2009)

2009-12-20T17:24:00.000-08:00

As the first decade of the new millennium comes to a close, we Duranies have a lot to look back on (and look forward to!).

Naturally, we can't wait for the band's next album to finally be complete and their next tour to start. In the meantime, though, we can take a look back at everything the band has released this decade ...

STUDIO ALBUMS on CD
Pop Trash (2000)
Astronaut (2004)
Red Carpet Massacre (2007)

SPECIAL EDITION ALBUM RELEASES and SINGLES
Astronaut (CD/DVD edition)
Astronaut (Dual Disc edition)
Astronaut (limited edition vinyl)
Red Carpet Massacre (deluxe edition with DVD)
Red Carpet Massacre (import CD with DVD and "Cry Baby Cry" bonus track)
Red Carpet Massacre (vinyl)
Falling Down (CD single)
Instant Karma (John Lennon cover) (mp3 download)

REISSUES AND ARCHIVE RELEASES
The Singles 1981-1985 (box set)
The Singles 1981-1985 (three-disc set)
The Singles 1986-1995 (box set)
Greatest (CD + DVD)
Duran Duran (remastered CD)
Rio (remastered CD)
Rio (two-CD collector's edition)
Rio (collector's edition vinyl)
Seven and the Ragged Tiger (remastered CD)
Duran Duran/Rio/Seven and the Ragged Tiger (box set)
Arena (remastered with bonus tracks)
BBC In Concert [4th November 1982, Hammersmith Odeon] (mp3 download only)
Medazzaland (on iTunes)
Pop Trash (on iTunes)

DVDs
Greatest
Sing Blue Silver
Arena: The Movie/The Making of Arena
Live From London
Live From London (DVD/CD special edition)
Classic Albums: Rio
Hammersmith '82! (DVD/CD set)
Something You Should Know (fan documentary)

SIDE PROJECTS and SOLO PROJECTS
The Devils - Dark Circles
The Power Station (remastered CD + DVD)
Simon Le Bon and Nick Wood - Nobody Knows (mp3 single)
Warren Cuccurullo - Trance Formed
Warren Cuccurullo - The Blue

We hope you all had a wonderful year (and decade)! See you in 2010!

We suck.

2008-02-29T08:35:00.001-08:00

We are so terrible at keeping this thing updated. Sorry!

FALLING DOWN music video!

2007-10-18T07:30:00.000-07:00

Pre-order RED CARPET MASSACRE

2007-09-05T11:49:00.000-07:00

Great news! Duran Duran's new album, Red Carpet Massacre, will be released on Nov. 12 in Europe and Nov. 13 in the United States. (Other territories TBA.)

You can pre-order the album now from Amazon.com:

Also be sure to visit http://astore.amazon.com/duranduran-20/ for all of Duran Duran's albums, box sets, DVDs and more.

You can listen to "Falling Down" and "Nite Runner," two new songs from the album, at Duran Duran's official MySpace profile.

Duran Duran CDs, DVDs and books

2007-08-23T18:49:00.000-07:00

DURAN DURAN CDs

(click on the links to buy):

Duran Duran (1981)

Rio (1982)

Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)

Duran Duran [aka The Wedding Album] (1993)

Thank You (1995)

Medazzaland (1997)

Greatest (1998)

Strange Behaviour [remixes] (1999)

Pop Trash (2000)

Astronaut (2004)

Singles 81-85 [box set]

Singles 86-95 [box set]

DURAN DURAN SIDE PROJECT CDs

(click on the links to buy):

Arcadia - So Red the Rose (1985)

The Devils - Dark Circles (2002)

The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

The Power Station - Living in Fear (1997)

The Power Station - Best Of (2003)

The Power Station - The Power Station: 20th Anniversary Edition CD/DVD (2005)

DURAN DURAN DVDs

(click on the links to buy):

Live From London
(with bonus CD)

DURAN DURAN BOOKS

(click on the links to buy):

Duran Duran: Notorious

Duran Duran Unseen

Duran Duran Book of Words

Duran Duran Their Story

Recent performances

2007-07-10T18:40:00.000-07:00

Duran Duran's recent performances at the Concert for Diana and Live Earth were great, I thought. What did you think?

Also, they were the only band two play at both of those events. Awesome!

News about the new album

2007-06-27T20:12:00.000-07:00

At their June 17 concert in New York City, Duran Duran premiered the recordings of several new songs. I think they sound really cool - including the collaboration with Justin Timberlake, "Nite Runner." This might be the first single.

The band announced that the title of the new album will be "Red Carpet Massacre" and that, as of right now, they're looking at an October release.

If you've heard some of the new tracks, what do you think? Post your thoughts in a comment.

For more info, go to http://www.duranduran.com/.

Nick talks about "Instant Karma"

2007-06-27T20:06:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple videos of Nick Rhodes discussing Duran Duran's cover of John Lennon's song "Instant Karma," as well as Amnesty International. By the way, DD's version of "Instant Karma" is available on iTunes (it was, sadly, not included on the CD; what a shame).

Part 1:

Part 2:

No more TTP

2007-06-06T20:22:00.000-07:00

Duran Duran bassist John Taylor's official solo website, Trust the Process (trustheprocess.com / johntayloronline.com), has been taken down. There will be a new section on the official Duran Duran site, www.duranduran.com, called JT's Vault, which will contain some of the archived information from John's site.

The Devils

2007-04-24T19:41:00.000-07:00

So we (the fans) are all anxiously awaiting the next Duran Duran album. But in the meantime, I thought it would be a good time to mention The Devils.

For those who don't know, The Devils were a side project between Nick Rhodes and singer/guitarist Stephen Duffy. They released one album, "Dark Circles," in 2002. It's a phenomenal album, hearkening back to the days of Duran Duran's genesis. In fact, the project came about because Duffy (who was a singer in Duran Duran before Simon LeBon came on board) discovered some old tapes from his DD days, and he and Nick decided to revisit some of the old songs, as well as work on some new ones.

There is an unofficial Devils profile at MySpace, if you're interested in listening to some of their songs:
http://www.myspace.com/thedevils

You can buy their album, "Dark Circles," from Amazon.com here:

DD in Rolling Stone

2007-04-21T20:05:00.000-07:00

Check out page 32 of Rolling Stone's 40th Anniversary issue for an "in the studio" piece on Duran Duran's upcoming album.

POLL about your favorite DD stuff

2007-04-15T19:09:00.000-07:00

What is your favorite Duran Duran ...

SONG

ALBUM

MUSIC VIDEO

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1997 interview with Nick

2007-04-11T19:04:00.000-07:00

http://www.lizardkingduran.com/nick.html
(posted on the Lizard King Duran fan site, which is one of the best out there.)

I love reading interviews with the band, old or new, and I find that much of the time Nick gives the most interesting interviews. The one above is no exception.

It's a little bit saddening to read that interview, seeing Nick's enthusiasm over the Medazzaland album, considering the album ended up not doing very well and was never even released in the UK. But I consider Medazzaland a landmark Duran Duran album, and Nick's thoughts on it at the time still ring true to me. Just because an album isn't a commercial success doesn't mean it's not a great work of art.

Duran Duran @ Live Earth

2007-04-11T18:38:00.000-07:00

It was confirmed this week that Duran Duran will perform at the London (Wembley Stadium) concert as part of Live Earth on July 7, 2007 (07/07/07). While it was announced some time ago that the band would be participating, this is the first confirmation of which location they're going to play. For ticket information, see duranduran.com.

Collaborating with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake

2007-03-28T19:27:00.000-07:00

It's old news now, of course, but Duran Duran's next album is supposed to include three songs produced by Timbaland, one of which features guest vocals by Justin Timberlake.

It looks like the release time frame mentioned in this article probably won't end up being correct, but this Billboard story has some good background:

http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003523803

Some Duran Duran links to kick things off

2007-03-25T23:33:00.000-07:00

Just to get this blog started, I thought I'd post some links to what I consider the best and most essential Duran Duran sites on the web.

Official site
http://www.duranduran.com/

Official fan community
http://www.duranduranmusic.com/

Official MySpace profile
http://www.myspace.com/duranduran

Epic Records site for Duran Duran
http://www.duranduranonline.com/

Trust the Process (John Taylor's official site)
http://www.trusttheprocess.com/

Beyond Thunder: Andy Taylor
http://www.andytaylor.com/

Warren Cuccurullo's official site
http://www.warrencuccurullo.com/

Lizard King's Duran Duran site
http://www.lizardkingduran.com/

Duran Duran Timeline
http://www.durandurantimeline.com/

Klaus Olsen's Duran Duran site
http://duranduran.no/cms/

Duran Duran Italy web site
http://www.duranitaly.com/

duranduran.co.uk
http://www.duranduran.co.uk/

Temple of Saint Nick
http://www.templeofsaintnick.com/

There are, of course, countless other sites out there devoted to the band, and I'm sure many of them are great. It gets tough to keep up with them all. :)