Duran Duran
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
Laura Snapes
12, Jul, 2018 @11:28 AM
‘We’d come out of the nanny society and were told that self-expression was OK’
Milliner Stephen Jones remembers dancing at the Blitz Club in London in 1980
Deborah Linton
31, Aug, 2017 @1:00 PM
Disco rock – 10 of the best
Led Zep and the Stones liked to up the tempo, Blondie blazed a trail that led to Duran Duran and the Gossip … but was it all dreamed up by George Harrison?
David Bennun
14, Jun, 2017 @1:00 PM
'You were a magnificent Bond': Pierce Brosnan leads tributes to Roger Moore
The enduringly popular 007 actor has died at 89, and figures from across the world of entertainment and showbusiness have paid tribute
Guardian film
23, May, 2017 @2:48 PM
Money can’t buy you love, Sony… so give Paul McCartney his songs back | Alex Clark
Yes, Macca isn’t short of a bob or two. But doesn’t he deserve the rights to the Beatles classics he wrote?
Alex Clark
22, Jan, 2017 @12:04 AM
New band of the week: Romes (No 98)
This Canadian four-piece resemble a modern Duran Duran, combining exuberant, funked-up pop with traces of darker, more risqué rock
Paul Lester
08, Apr, 2016 @2:56 PM
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