(Reporting by Hanna Rantala Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian Editing by Alison Williams)įILE PHOTO: Duran Duran pose on the red carpet during the MTV EMA awards at the Assago forum in Milan, Italy, October 25, 2015. "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. The COVID-19 pandemic forced them to stop for about 10 months. The group began work on the album in late 2018 and worked on it sporadically in 2019. "We always feel comfortable trying out different things in different genres musically." but it also had a six, seven minute instrumental with an orchestra and some darker songs," Rhodes said. "We set our parameters very broadly from the very beginning. "'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. "(In) the late 70s where nobody was thinking long term, it was like, could we just play next year?"įormed by Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes in 1978, Duran Duran rose to fame with hits such as "Girls on Film" and "Rio". We were just kids and we came together in punk rock," bassist John Taylor told Reuters. "We would never have expected to be still making music together after all this time. But 40 years on, the new wave group are still going strong, releasing their 15th studio album, "Future Past", on Friday. LONDON (Reuters) - When British pop band Duran Duran made their debut, they did not know how long they would last.
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