Duran Duran

Duran Duran review – still Wild Boys even in middle age

At this intimate hometown date, bravura stagecraft is received with such enthusiasm that almost resurrects the band’s heyday

Dave Simpson

16, Sep, 2021 @11:03 AM

Duran Duran: ‘Almost everybody in a situation like ours sabotages themselves’

Forty years on from their debut album, the new romantics have teamed with Giorgio Moroder and Graham Coxon for a new LP. They discuss their wild heyday, ageing with grace – and which vaccine they would rather have

Laura Barton

21, May, 2021 @5:00 AM

From Eno to Dua Lipa, why musicians are fascinated by outer space

Artists have long been seduced by galactic themes. Now Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes is releasing a celestial epic

Edward Helmore

24, Apr, 2021 @4:00 PM

Hear me out: why A View to a Kill isn't a bad movie

The latest in our series defending loathed movies is a plea to reconsider Sir Roger Moore’s silly but superb Bond swansong

Martin Pengelly

09, Apr, 2021 @5:51 AM

Music festivals return but lineups still lack women

Guardian analysis of 31 events reveals many still falling short on equal gender representation

Laura Snapes

26, Mar, 2021 @7:09 PM

A Bowie Celebration review – a starry tribute concert for a mind-blowing talent

Five years on from David Bowie’s death, bandmate Mike Garson leads an epic lineup, from Billy Corgan to Adam Lambert, in three hours of livestreamed sound and vision

Dave Simpson

10, Jan, 2021 @2:53 PM

Sweet Dreams by Dylan Jones review – the story of the New Romantics

From Elizabethans to Hollywood vamps, Duran Duran to Spandau Ballet … how a teenage style cult became a 1980s pop phenomenon that speaks to today

Alexis Petridis

23, Sep, 2020 @6:30 AM

Rita Ora and Labrinth join music’s protest after Wiley’s antisemitic rant

Artists, producers and executives sign a statement condemning prejudice and hate speech in the industry

Vanessa Thorpe

02, Aug, 2020 @6:41 AM

Talk Talk's visionary: Mark Hollis's ambition co-existed with commercial success

With enigmatic lyrics and aspirations to rival Shostakovich, Hollis considered himself the leader of a jazz band which should never stop innovating

Annie Zaleski

26, Feb, 2019 @5:11 PM

Back in bloom: how queer male pop reclaimed its star status

The 80s put the gay man front and centre of pop. Then came the Aids crisis – and three decades of demonisation, discord and displacement. Now, with Troye Sivan leading a new wave of gay stars, has change truly arrived?

Brian O'Flynn

31, Oct, 2018 @12:36 PM

My top 10 songs are not Scotland’s but they’re in my heart, they’re in my soul | Kevin McKenna

My countrymen’s choice of their favourite Scottish albums weren’t to my taste...

Kevin McKenna

08, Sep, 2018 @1:00 PM

Simon Le Bon accused of sexually assaulting record store worker in 1995

Duran Duran singer denies claims that he groped Shereen Hariri during a public appearance at the record store she worked at