VH1 had an All-80s Weekend
on March 14/15.
This included the "Then and Now" show hosted by John Taylor (god of beauty and love), as well as all 80s Pop Up Videos. There's more info to be had at the VH1 website. Also, on the Comedy Channel on March 18, check your local listing for Saturday Night Live--they're airing the 1983 apprearance by Duran Duran. Mark those calendars and program your VCR!!!
From a UK news site:
Supermodel Yasmin Le Bon has revealed the secret of her happy
marriage to pop star Simon - a good row. Twelve years after they wed,
Yasmin, 33, told FHM magazine: "Not a day goes by without Simon and I
having a massive row about something. And we love it, because 10
minutes later we are in each other's arms laughing, saying: 'That was
great, wasn't it?"' The mother-of-three has posed for raunchy
photographs in the best-selling men's magazine.
Anyone watching the February
19 broadcast of the Motown 40th anniversary special caught a tiny
shot of Nick. Before you panic, it was just an old clip from the "We
are the World"'s grammy acceptance, and who should be presenting the
award but Sheena Easton and a very large haired Nick.
There is an article about
Duran in the February issue of the KRBE (Dallas) magazine, The 104
Zone. For more information, or to get a copy, e-mail Shannel at
Shannel305@aol.com
Here is Duran's official
statement regarding the "split" between the band and Capitol Records.
"It is mutually agreed between Duran Duran and Capitol Records that we wish to end our relationship. However terms are still under negotiation, and we will of course update you as soon as final decisions have been made as to the further International release of MEDAZZALAND and other Duran Duran products. We appreciate your concern and support."
- DURAN DURAN
It's official Duran Duran
has left Capitol! The follwing article was on Billboard
Online....
Duran Duran Splits From Capitol
After more than 15 years and a dozen albums, Duran Duran and Capitol Records have decided to part ways, sources say. The band's last album, "Medazzaland," entered and peaked at No. 58 on The Billboard 200, spending only three weeks total on the chart. Although Duran Duran will not deliver future albums of new material to the label, there is talk of Capitol releasing a Duran Duran B-sides compilation.
John performed at the
Sundance Film Festival Thursday, January 22. Earlier in the
month, he was in the studios, rehearsing "Hold Back The Rain" for his
performance. For more information, there's a little write-up on the
newstand section of the b5 page under sounds.
Apparently Duran was on a San
Francisco TV show called First Cut, which aired Saturday the
24th at 4pm on Channel 4 (KRON). They are doing a feature on 80s
bands and supposedly DD is being interviewed for it.
Over at:
http://www.metaverse.com/vibe/sleaze/00latest.html,
Cybersleaze, the figurehead of reliable Internet journalism,
has this to say about John:
"SPEAKING OF AMANDA DE CADENET: Did anyone else catch her former DURAN DURAN hubby JOHN TAYLOR on that VH-1 special about bands of the 80's?? I just gotta say that he was looking really, really FINE. Yum. Especially considering that his fellow former bandmate SIMON LeBON has been looking pretty long in the tooth of late. Gotta give Taylor his props for still looking as great as he did in his prime with the Duranies. And having ditched his ridiculous 80's hairdos he is actually looking even better..."
FYI: The Amanda mention was just a note that she was at the premiere of Great Expectations.
Nail Polish Corner Part
III: The EB Hard Candy nail polish for men:
Apparantly, Hard Candy are still working things out with Duran, and now they have it scheduled to be out with their Spring Colors Collection. And it will be a big Duran promo thing, as far as they are concerned (or at least that's how they put it). So look for Electric Barbarella nail polish in the spring. Any guesses what color it will be...?
A U.S. jukebox only 7" has
been released for 'Electric Barbarella' (5:19) with a B-side of 'Out
Of My Mind'(4:20). Catalogue number for the 7" is S7-724381972175. No
picture sleeve, just a plain white sleeve.
Bits and pieces of the LA
tribute concert will be available for viewing on duranduran.com
as soon as it's up and running, which should be by the 2nd week of
January, 1998. Now, this *is* Duran we're talking about, so deadlines
are always extremely flexible! But according to Nick, he said at the
LA show on December 9 that the site would be up and running *for
sure* in 3 weeks, so set your watches...
TV Mania's record label, Nick
and Warren's LoFi Records, will be having their own web site,
but not until the next year. And some bands that will be on LoFi are
going to be some of Warren's solo stuff and some of Anthony Resta's
stuff, so keep your eyes peeled for that.
Simon apparently caught strep
throat during the tour, and says that he had to get penicillin
injections before the Sacramento show on December 6th. So it was
penicillin he was on during that show, in case anyone was
wondering...
A NEW DANISH DECADE
Duranies living in Denmark (and possibly all of Europe) will be treated to 4 extra videos in their new copies of the DECADE video. Included was Serious, Violence of Summer, Ordinary World and Come Undone.
Duran on Viva Variety
Christmas Show
Be sure to watch Comedy Central in December for Viva Variety, the parody of European variety shows starring the comedy troop formerly known as The State. Duran will be the musical guest on their Christmas Show (probably showing towards the end of the show.) Click here for times and more info
ATLANTA DURANIES:
Star94 in Atlanta announced that Duran Duran will be their special guests for their ChristmasEve morning show. Duran will be calling into the station, so Atlanta Durannies can tune in to Star94 on Dec. 24am.
LATE BREAKING NEWS:
December 5, 1997: Thanks to all of you who participated, but we now have our 50 winners to come join Duran Duran in Chicago for the VH1 office party. The winner works for the Chicago White Sox, so the concert will be taking place at Kaminski Field (hope we spelled it right). Thanks again to all those who entered, and we will see some of you in Chicago on December 13th
SPECIAL EVENT Wed.12.17 -
VH1's ULTIMATE OFFICE PARTY WITH DURAN DURAN
Simon says: Because eggnog and the local FM station can only go so far at office holiday parties, we're giving viewers the chance to win a concert with Duran Duran. The rest will have to tune in and party vicariously. (From the VH-1 web site) Click here for airtimes.
THE CHICAGO SHOW
NETCAST
Duran's Chicago show was played over the internet. Duran Duran was one of seven acts performing. They were scheduled to hit the stage at 8:20 EST. The broadcast started at 6 pm EST time. There was also some backstage interviews. Here is a link for the concert as they may have an "Arrchive" section.
By the way, you will also need a Real Player to listen to it. You can download the player, if you don't already have it.
The Chicago show was on December 11th at the United Center. It was one of those multi-band shows with: The Cure, 311, Sarah McLachlan, Duran Duran, Bjork, Everclear and Sugar Ray.
Duran's Set List:
Big Bang Generation
Hungry Like the Wolf
Electric Barbarella
A View to a Kill
Come Undone
Ordinary World
Rio
SAD NEWS
Warren's dad passed away on 5 December, 1997 after a long illness. If you want to send anything to Warren or his family, you can send it to:
PO BOX 419
New York, NY 10021A Message from the Cuccurullo Family
"Warren's father was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer two years ago and we knew then that his life expectancy was probably not more than two years. I know you all have lots of questions, especially regarding the rest of the tour and I want to assure you that the shows will go on with no further delays. This is the way the family wants it, and it was Mr. C's wish as well...Thank you all for your love and prayers." --- Cuccurullo Family
A Message from Ellen Cuccurullo
"There is no way I could possibly reply to all of your letters expressing your sorrow at our loss. There have been dozens of messages and I am printing out all of them to save in a folder. You have touched me deeply and have given me much comfort during these sad days while I am preparing for the funeral on Tuesday. Thank you all for your prayers, love, and concern. And remember, Save A Prayer..." Love, Ellen Cuccurullo
SIMON AND YASMIN AT A UK
CHARITY SHOW
Simon and Yasmin took part in a charity concert Thursday 4 December at the Manchester Cathedral in Manchester, England. The charity is Henshaws Society for the Blind. Simon sang "Ordinary World" and "Winter Marches On" with a choir, and Yasmin lead the lighting of 1000 candles. This information was kindly provided by Lesley at Plastic Girl Duran fanzine. You can email Lesley for more info.
ICM and Billboard have
DD's Essentials collection listed for a Jan. 27th release.
PHILLY PICTURES
ONLINE
The venue in Philadelphia that did the live web simulcast of the DD concert has put pictures up from the event. They've also posted the IRC chat that was going on during the show. You can find it at:
The RuPaul Show will
be aired on 27 December at 11pm.
Syn Studios, the
Japanese based company owned by Duran Duran's Simon LeBon and
composer Nick Wood, have been chosen to score and write new songs for
the upcoming Mario Van Peebles film, LOVE KILLS.
While Japanese-based Wood does the main composing, LeBon is writing new songs for the film. As LeBon tours with Duran Duran, he and Wood operate long distance, and compile material for director Van Peebles via the ISDN Musicam CODEC. The duo, via their association with Film Music Associates, plan on working on other film scores this year.
DD was on MTV LIVE
Wed. November 19
CANADIAN FANS:
MuchMusic will be airing the half hour documentary on the making of
Band-Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" on Tues. Dec. 23 at 10pm
EST, which of course, features Duran.
Duran Duran US Tour Set
List
(please keep in mind that this can change at any time)
Medazzaland
Big Bang Generation
Hungry Like the Wolf
Who Do You Think You Are
Electric Barbarella
A View to a Kill
Out of my Mind
Save a Prayer
Be My Icon
Is There Anyone Out There
Buried in the Sand
Come Undone
Friends of Mine
Careless MemoriesSecret Oktober
Ordinary World
Rio
AL'S NOT WELL (Beyond
Records) is the opening band for the Duran Duran tour.
MEDAZZALAND is
scheduled for release in Europe the third week of February, with a
single coming the beginning of that month.
Got mail for the band? Send
it to :
DURAN DURAN INFORMATION SOCIETY
PO Box 419
NY, NY 10021
Electric Barbarella has moved
up to #31 on Casey Kasem's Top 40 Chart. It was #36 last week.
Electric Barbarella has
debuted on Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Chart at #36 this week.
Duran Duran's Electric
Barbarella is the 50th most played song in the states according to
Radio Airplay. Last week it was at #63.
VH-1 has "Electric
Barbarella" as their featured video. So apparently there are one
or two of you out there who like itŠ
M2 is playing
"Electric Barbarella", but not regular MTV though. (Maybe ol' Kurt
isn't on M2! -bitchy ed. note)
There was a small interview
with Simon aired in October 18's Fox Network news reports. Not
much was revealed, although Simon said he watches the Discovery
Channel. He also said the song "Michael, You've Got A Lot To Answer
For" is about a friend of his, and he looked kind of shy and did not
elaborate. Note that he did not say it was written about John.
Duran were on CNN's Talk
Back Live, aired October 16, 1997. The topic of the show was teen
violence. Issues such as how music and television effect teens today
were discussed, and Duran were brought on as the Rock Star panel. See
our Duran articles section in Issue #24 for the full transcript.
Duran were also live on the CNN program Guestsource the week of
October 10 as well.
Duran did an in-store record
signing on October 15 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Virgin
MegaStore in Times Square (45th and Broadway).
Warren and Simon did an
interview the morning of October 15 on New York City's WHTZ Z100
FM. They said it was too early for Nick. (Not gonna commentŠ -ed.
note)
Duran did an AOL chat
on Friday, October 10 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Recent Duran television
appearances in promotion for Medazzaland: The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno October 9; Vibe TV (on the UPN network) October
10; and The Rosie O'Donnell Show, October 14.
Rolling Stone On Line has a
review of the Tribute Show as well as a picture of Simon. See Issue
#24 for the full text.
In response to the few who
are interested in another, "Fan" Tribute Album: something like
this has already been thought of and is currently being worked on by
an independent label called "Panda Pop". They're currently looking
for bands to send in tapes for their tribute album. Check out their
web site:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Chewtoy/pandapop.htm
Nail Polish Corner, part
II:
There was a small feature in the News Of The World (UK) on October 6 about Duran launching their range of make-up for men. Amongst the products is Electric Barbarella Nail Varnish. And this small feature was found recently on the 'net: POLISHED BAND -- When Duran Duran releases its new CD Medazzaland October 14, will the '80s-born pop band also be busy pushing nail polish? New York Magazine says negotiations have just begun to launch three groovy nail colors with former Teenbeat magazine pinups. The first, Electric Barbarella, is named for the album's first single. The Durans, half of whom have married models, appear to have no problem with the product's feminine image. "We've had the last 10 years of dark misery," says keyboardist Nick Rhodes. "Makeup for men is always looked at in a strange light. But I look at it as totally pop."
This was found in the October
7 CyberSleaze: WE ALWAYS KNEW THEY WERE CLOSET DRAG QUEENS
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "There's nothing strange about it - men want to
look good as much as women do." - DURAN DURAN guitarist NICK RHODES
(yes, we know, we know, but it's CyberSleaze, for God's sake, what
did you expect, the New York Times? -ed. note), famous for prancing
around in pink lipstick in the 1980s, explains the reasoning behind
the band's newly launched line of cosmetics. Their first beauty
product will be Electric Barbarella nail varnish, which is also named
after their new single.
Go to
this URL for very interesting information
about an upcoming Duran Duran documentary being filmed. For readers
with no Internet access, see our Duran Articles section in Issue #24
for the full text.
Readers in the UK who
purchase the Scream 2 issue of Rolling Stone (with Tori Spelling on
the cover) will get a great collectable: a free CD which includes
UNDERGOING TREATMENT!
There's a few snippets and a
very funny bit or two in the latest issue of some magazine called
ROCKLOVE. There is also a review of the Tribute show on their
website.
Duran and their eternally
forthcoming nail polish are mentioned in the December issue of US
Vogue.
Duran have a good review in
the December issue of Musician Magazine.
The January issue of Keyboard
magazine has a great Duran article, dealing mainly with Nick but not
entirely. There is a little blurb about THE video with some
interesting quotes like:
"It's really quite simple. we don't turn into robots. She doesn't get empowered. It's completely sexist and we're getting alot of shit for it, but I don't fucking care."--Simon
"My motivation was to do everything with her on video that I wouldn't do if she was really in my home....I certainly wouldn't waste time having her vacuum, and, I wouldn't be sharing her with two other guys."--Warren
Oh, and Nick says lots of interesting things about analog synths.
There's an article about
Duran in today's Fashion section of the Toronto Star newspaper. It is
about the special promo party that was held in their honour at the FX
clothing store on Nov. 17.
Look for a bit about Duran
and Medazzaland in the upcoming issue of XY Magazine, which is
sort of like Seventeen geared for gay teenagers.
Yasmin appears in December
issue of Elle UK, in editorial where famous people dress as
characters of fairy tales. Naturally, Yas is the Wicked Witch/Queen
of Snow White ( nice hair, something to copy for Christmas
parties!!!) and she's also in one Dorothy Perkins ad.
Yasmin is in the December
1997 issue of Glamour, page 250 - there is an article about
models dressing in velvet clothing, and a photo of her (with Simon
partially visible behind her).
Duran are in the Novemeber
issue of ONE WORLD magazine.
Look for reviews of
MEDAZZALAND in upcoming issues of ENTERTAINEMENT WEEKLY and
PEOPLE Magazine.
In the latest Rolling
Stone (Nov. 27, 1997) there is a photo of DD at the Tribute show
with a small article about it (in Random Notes, I think). It's kind
of a bad photo and won't reproduce well - harsh light & dark
shadows. Still, it's a photo. There is also a big section all about
technology, and they are mentioned once in the section about digital
music, and then again in another small section later, and they have
the Liquid Audio screen with the album cover & "Electric
Barbarella" in the title thingy.
There is an interview with
Nick in the November issue of Interview.
The issue of Yeah Yeah
Yeah (issue Number 9 with Radiohead on the cover) has an
interview with Warren. It's about a page and a half and there's a
picture of Duran from the EB video and a very tiny fuzzy picture of
Warren sitting.
A Brief review of Medazzaland
is featured on page 57 of the November US Magazine (no
picture.) It's pretty good too!
There are articles on Duran
in the latest (November, most likely) Request magazine, and this
week's Newsweek.
Keep an eye out in the month
of November for SMUG Magazine's Duran Duran cover story!
In-depth interviews with Simon, Nick, Warren and JOHN with exclusive
photos of all four guys. SMUG's Duran Duran story has been in the
making for over a year: it exposes the heart, soul and business of
the men of Duran Duran. [This one's a keeper]. ASK YOUR LOCAL
MAGAZINE NEWSTAND OR BOOKSTORE TO ORDER IT or CALL SMUG AT
212.388.1739 AND WE'LL HELP YOU FIND IT or
email SMUG NYC. Haven't
heard of SMUG? Billboard Magazine calls it "New York City's highest
profile indie-rock photo zine." Be among the first to buy it as it
goes national!
The issue officially hits the streets on 11/24; though some places (& subscribers) will have it a week early. The Mag will stay on the stands until Christmas.
You have a couple of options for getting your hands on the Duran Duran issue. You can:
Please specify which issue you would like. 1 year subscriptions only cost $15, a wise investment insuring that you never miss an issue.
Duran Duran is in a special
edition of a Brazilian magazine called "ShowBizz" this month.
This "special edition" has translationed lyrics in Portuguese... in
this magazine, there is a beautiful Duran original members photo and
there are a phrase from each band... Duran´s phrase is the
following: "Pretty and Fantastic Boys."
The October 7 issue of USA
Today had a story in the Life section on downloading music with a
few quotes from Nick. There's also a photo of the band.
Nick has a page (no photo) in
the current Interview (with Cherlize Theron on the cover)
talking about the Liquid Audio download availability. There's also a
letter at the front from someone "Duranting and Duraving" about the
Medazzaland review a few issues back, which I'm sure you all will
remember was really mean-spirited.
Has anyone seen a new
magazine called Mike? If you see it, the premiere issue has a
two-page interview (picture too) with Duran Duran.
Be sure to check out the
November issue of Detour magazine (with Ethan Hawke on the
cover, due on newsstands October 15). It features an interview with
Nick, who sarcastically says of the departures of John Taylor,
Andy Taylor, and Roger Taylor: "It took us 17 years, but we finally
got rid of them all." Funny, ha ha...
Hello! Magazine from
the week of October 7 has a big article and front cover picture of
Gail Elliots' wedding (she's some supermodel Yasmin is apparently
friends with), at which Yasmin and all three little LeBon
kiddies were bridesmaids. There are lots of nice photos of the girls,
and two of Simon, where he looks very quietly dressed, except
for some food he spilt on his lapel. (This is just too easy to
comment on, so I'll leave it alone -bitchy ed. note) Simon is only
mentioned as being Yasmin's husband in a photo, and not listed in the
text as being a celebrity guest. Can anyone say diss?
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