Framed is a unique collection of photos (1988-1993) taken by Simon Taylor, a stalwart of the Manchester music scene, from the late 1980’s onwards. Amazing photos from some truly memorable gigs are intertwined with stories, insider tales and anecdotes from Simon…
Less than a year after headlining Bestival, Duran Duran return to a Rob Da Bank production, this time headlining the twin-site (for the first time, and only in its second year) Common People. With the majority of the crowd dispersing…
Few bands do highs and lows as extreme and as frequently as Duran Duran. For every Rio and reunion tour (five sold out nights at Wembley Arena when the “fab five” reunited in the early ‘00s) there’s a questionable covers…
Rating: With 2010’s All You Need Is Now, Duran Duran dusted off the synthesisers used on some of their most iconic moments, providing them with their most favourable reviews for some time. With Mark Ronson steering the ship (or perhaps more appropriately, yacht),…
It’s difficult to believe that once upon a time – before The Hills, The Valleys or any of The others – the M in MTV stood firmly for Music. Some may also find it difficult to remember Duran Duran as…
This year Bestival is going back to its roots, celebrating the original muses that brought us here; music, freedom, peace, love and euphoria – and you and a friend could be there! A nod to the 20th anniversary of the…
This month we invited our writers to get all wistful and nostalgic and cast their eyes and ears over their record collections/iTunes folders, dig out their old ticket stubs and tell us what has been the greatest year for music within…
We’ve all been there, unimpressedly looking up and down the bill of a festival thinking you could have chosen a better line-up. Yet still people aren’t willing to put their money where there mouth is. Well, to better understand the…
Join us for a brand new feature where we’ll be diving headfirst into the wider world of popular culture to uncover the very best in music-related cinema, art, literature and fashion. For Duran Duran the visuals have always been almost…
Forget about the pastel suits and rolled up sleeves. Forget about riding the front of a yacht, playing Indiana Jones and being strapped to windmills. Forget, if you can, about every single monumental video that, when MTV began and the…