Continuing Their Evolution « Result #2 on Dec 8, 2008, 3:37pm »
December 8th, 2008
Duran Duran continue their evolution
‘Rio’ rockers turn to Timbaland for help with new sound By Justin Powell Metromix
December 6, 2008
If you’ve sold more than 70 million records, it’s probably a pretty good sign you know what you’re doing.
Duran Duran became famous in part because of hit songs like “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “Rio,” but they’ve stayed relevant because they continue to evolve and grow. The band’s most recent album, “Red Carpet Massacre,” is a perfect example, as the rockers teamed up with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake to create a new sound.
Metromix caught up with drummer Roger Taylor recently to discuss the band’s relationship with Timbaland, the upcoming show Monday in Columbus and the Rolling Stones.
Tell me about the current tour you guys are on? Is there anything you guys are doing different now than back when you first started traveling around the country?
We’ve been on tour for 14 months now for this current tour, and we’re promoting the “Red Carpet Massacre” album, and now we’ve integrated that album into the show. It was produced by Timbaland, so we have that mix of hip-hoppy and R&B beats with the Duran Duran sound. We play all the classics, too, plus we had a brand new light show designed for this tour. It’s been a really great tour. We just came from South America, which was great, and we were supposed to be playing in Mexico City, but our keyboardist, Nick, came down with a bit of an ear infection, so now we’re waiting for him to get better.
On some of the newer material, you’ve been working with some pretty talented and popular people. How has the experience with been with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.
He kind of found us, actually. We were at the Brit Awards in 2003, I think it was. We were receiving a lifetime achievement award, and this guy turns up in our dressing room with a big posse of bodyguards. It was Timbaland, coming to say “hi.” And later we met Justin Timberlake, and said he’d love to work with us someday. If you had a dollar every time someone said that to you, you’d be a multi-millionaire, but this time it actually worked out.
Your sound obviously has changed a bit throughout the years. Do you feel like you guys are always moving forward musically?
Yeah, I think you have to keep evolving. That’s the secret of being around for so long. Our next album, which we’ll work on next year, will probably be completely different again. We’ll take a different avenue, and I think that’s the good thing about the band. We’re not just an electro band or a soul band. A lot of things are apart of the Duran Duran sound.
You guys obviously have a huge collection of material to choose from? How do you decide what works best for each show?
We like to mix it up. We don’t want to hit the audience with six new songs that maybe some of the people in audience don’t know. … Some people pay their ticket and just want to hear “Hungry Like a Wolf” or “Rio.” But then there are the hardcore fans who bought the new album and the album before that, and they want to hear tracks from those. It can be quite tricky picking out what to play. We’re usually arguing about 10 minutes before we go on, trying to decide what songs we can drop and what songs we can add.
You guys have a day off before your Columbus show. Do you know if you’re going to be able to spend any time in the city, or do you guys pretty much take it easy on your days off?
We do a little bit of touring around, but generally by the time we get a day off we just rest up. In our early days we might have been out partying, but now it’s all about retaining your energy.
Do you have any Ohio memories of past shows you’ve done here, or do all the shows pretty much run together?
They all run together for the most part, but we always have a good time there. We were just in South America, which was amazing. The audiences down there are wild. They have big banners and are singing along to everything. But we always love going to North America. That’s our core audience. They’ve been the most loyal to us over the years.
Is being on the road something you guys are able to enjoy after so many years of playing and touring?
I think we still enjoy it. We wouldn’t be doing it if we didn’t. It’s all about the audience reaction. If you’re playing in a rehearsal room, you get bored with it pretty quickly, but if you’re playing for thousands of people, that’s always exciting. No matter how many times we play “Rio,” if we get a good reaction, it’s still great fun.
The core of the group has obviously been together for a long time. Do you think this is something that you’re all going to want to keep doing for another decade or more?
I hope so. None of us are planning to retire, and we all still have the energy, and a great audience out there. We always look at The Rolling Stones – I just watched the (Martin) Scorsese movie (“Shine A Light”). You can see these guys are 70 and they’re still doing it. These days you don’t have retire when you’re 30 or 40 or 50 … or even 60. As long as we’re enjoying it, I think we’ll keep playing.
Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor who has come from the drum to the decks.
So Roger, from drumming in one of the biggest bands the music world has ever seen and loved to DJing around the globe these days in super clubs - what made you want to get behind the decks in the first place? Has DJing always been at the back of your mind?
R: “Hi Dan, I’ve always had an interest dance music and electronic music, right back to the days of the first Chic Corporation 12″ records and of course Kraftwerk. So when dance music and DJ culture really took off in the late 80s and early 90s, it was something that I just got into…”
How did you hook up with Jake Roberts, your partner in crime, who, as well his cool production work that people like DJ Sven Vath has drooling, also produced soundscapes for films such as Batman Begins and Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy?
“It was during my ‘Hiatus’ frum Duran Duran in the 90s when I started working with Jake. We formed a dance orientated band called Freebass and then went on to release a number of Techno / House records under the name ‘Funkface’. We kept in touch over the years, and kind of slipped into DJing. Just having fun, mixing our own tracks with other people’s music…”
You were spotted on the dancefloors at suchfamous New York clubs’ such as ‘Danceteria’, The Limelight and ‘Area’ - what were those days like? Who were you partying with?
“Amazing - from what I can remember! Actually I do remember hearing ‘New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ for the first time in ‘Danceteria’ whilst Madonna danced next to me - an incredible moment, and that record really blew me away and whenever we play it, it still goes down a storm…”
Duran Duran - 70 million records sold, 18 American hit singles and 30 UK Top tunes - how did the band get together in the first place?
“Just through friends, I think we were drawn together by an unstoppable will to succeed…”
And who wore the most make up?
“I think I’ll let you decide that one…”
How would you describe your DJing style today?
“Our roots lie in house and electro, but what makes a great record are a great bass line and drum. I think they are the most two most important things, but I do like vocals and melody.”
What other DJs do you rate out in clubland?
“I love what Justice has been doing over the last couple of years. Close to perfection. Frankie Knuckles, Coxy, Sven…just masters…”
So you once wanted to be a goalkeeper for Aston Villa, do you still follow ‘The Villains’?
“Of course, one of the first things I will do when I return home is go and see the boys…”
What record that you created with Duran Duran has made you the proudest? Album and Single please…
“‘Rio’ and ‘ ‘Nite-runner’…
Who took the most girls back to the hotel back in the day?
“Ha ha - that would be telling…”
Blingest party you all went to ever?
“The launch of the Bond movie ‘View To A Kill - no expense spared, right in the middle of the boom years, stupendous…”
If your house was on fire, what one record would you grab before jumping out the window?
“Chic’s ‘ Good Times’ ”
Who has been the most famous person you’ve met in your illustrious career?
“Princess Diana”
What were the nu-romantic days like, were you hanging out with anyone who went on to become pop stars and what tunes were you grooving to?
“I used to hang out with Boy George before he went on to greater things as an artist and DJ. The great thing about the clubs in those early days was the breadth of the music, the DJs would draw upon any music - you could could hear a David Bowie record next to a Sex Pistols song followed by a rare 12″ disco mix just imported from Studio 54. Actually, Nick was a great DJ in these halcyon days, he was an early pioneer of the eclectic style…
What are your memories from Live Aid?
“Not great, it was really the end of Duran Duran… we were all going in different directions…”
You’ve toured the world a hundred times over, what countries do you still get excited about returning to?
“Italy is great. We seem to be like like The Rolling Stones to the Italian public…”
Who are the craziest fans out there?
“Argentina - in a great way”
If you could remix any record that’s ever been made, what would you choose?
“Tough, but I would ove to get my hands on some of the original Jim Morrison ‘Doors’ vocals…”
I am sure I threw some shapes at Pacha in Ibiza this summer whilst you were DJing, what was that like for you and how do you think the island has changed over the years?
“I think I threw some shapes too! Yes amazing, it was so great to be able to DJ in one of the great Meccas of fance music and be accepted and received so well. The island has changed a lot, but the great thing is that Ibiza still lives and breathes dance culture, whether you are in San Antonio or in a fashionable beach club like Blue Marlin. It’s all about the music…”
So your residency at infamous members club The Met Bar and Cuckoo Club - must have seen some crazy stuff going on there?
“It’s all tucked well and truly under my hat!”
So you were in the studio not so long ago working with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake, what were those dudes like?
“Very cool guys, they came to the table with a lot of repect for our history as a band.”
So how’s it going with the band at the moment, what are the plans? “New material for next year and then just get going again.”
Eye-Liner Icons End Tour In Jersey « Result #5 on Dec 7, 2008, 8:16pm »
December 4th, 2008
‘Eyeliner icons’ Duran Duran end tour in Jersey by Lisa Rose/The Star-Ledger Thursday December 04, 2008, 12:50 PM
Where and when: 8 p.m. Dec. 13 at the House of Blues, 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City. 8 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Wellmont Theatre, 5 Seymour St., Montclair. How much: $62-$87 in Atlantic City; call (201) 507-8900 or visit Ticketmaster.com. $68 in Montclair; call (877) 935-5668 or visit wellmonttheatre.com.
Duran Duran launched its world tour with a stint on Broadway last November and now they’re looping around to New Jersey for two final shows after a year-plus on the road.
The last stops on their epic trek are at the House of Blues in Atlantic City on Dec. 13 and at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair the following night.
The eyeliner icons will be getting retro — dipping into their new wave back catalog — and going digital — delivering synth grooves from their latest album, “Red Carpet Massacre,” with producer Timbaland and guest vocalist Justin Timberlake onboard for tracks.
It will be the Fab Five, minus one. Guitarist Andy Taylor jumped ship while the group was in the studio. Subsequently, his memoir was published, “Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran” chronicling their notorious early days of sex, drugs and puffy shirts. Taking up Taylor’s slot is British blues-rock guitarist, Dom Brown.
During a phone chat, bassist John Taylor said that this new configuration is the strongest in years and there’s been minimal drama backstage.
Q: It’s great you’re wrapping up your tour right here in Jersey.
A: It’s very appropriate, don’t you think? We were always the Jersey girls’ choice.
Q: Oftentimes bands come to New York and they kind of ignore us so we feel very special.
A: We started on Broadway and we’re ending in Jersey. Shouldn’t it be the other way around?
Q: Are you going to be maybe debuting some new songs for us here?
A: We’ve haven’t had a minute to create anything new. We’ve been on the road all year. The band has never sounded better
Q: So this whole tour has been buildup to your shows in New Jersey?
A: Exactly. My whole life, actually. Let’s just hope I make it.
Q: Are there any deep cuts, going back into the catalog, are you going to play things that weren’t released as singles?
A: There are diehards who say, “You don’t need to play ‘Rio.’” But there are so many other people who are going to freak out if we don’t play it. What I’ve learned is that the songs I enjoy playing are the most popular songs. There’s a reason why they’re the most popular.
Q: No B-sides, like “Secret October?”
A: Oh, we’re not gonna go that far. Jeez. That’s a little too obscure. You can really lose a crowd if you’re not careful.
Q: I wish the establishment would be more respectful of your songwriting.
A: Critics have a problem with the ’80ss in general. If I see another f—ing punk retrospective in Spin or in Rolling Stone … . Get over it. Let’s start talking about the f—ing ’80s.
Q: On a philosophical level, the ’80s are viewed as kitsch whereas the ’70s are viewed as this massive, crazy revolutionary time, but there was plenty of kitsch in the ’70s and there were plenty of significant things that happened in the ’80s.
A: The introduction of the techno influence, a lot of people felt was not real and not authentic and there was the attachment to fashion. Music and fashion really, really got in bed together and the purists don’t like that.
Q: A lot of that was rooted in the ’70s though, with disco.
A: I don’t feel misunderstood or unloved. We get a lot of love wherever we go. There’s so many people that we mean something to.
Q: So it’s very different than touring when you were first starting out? The personal relationships have evolved?
A: They have evolved. When you’re a brat, you want to differentiate yourself in every possible way. That was a mad time but it is very different now. Just the technology makes being on the road so much easier. The way you can stay in touch with people.
Q: BlackBerry?
A: It doesn’t matter where you are. I was on a layover yesterday in the Panama City airport and I’m downloading the Kanye West album. That’s amazing to me. All that fear that everybody had about downloading. I’m like are you f—ing kidding me? I’m a consumer. I’m a f—ing music consumer. Before I ever became a musician, I was a fan. I had to have somebody’s new album, I did whatever it took.
Q: I remember riding my bike to the record store, back when it was vinyl.
A: To get what?
Q: Donna Summer.
A: Which one?
Q: “Hot Girls.”
A: “Bad Girls.”
Q: “Hot Stuff.” “Bad Girls.” In the rain, riding the bike.
A: I rode the bike to buy “Virginia Plain” by Roxy Music.
Q: Good stuff.
A: If you’ve got the passion for music, it’s so nourishing and I’m so grateful that I’m in this business. I don’t really get caught up in the B word, the business.
Q: It’s good to see that there are bands today who will talk about Duran Duran as an influence, like the Killers.
A: I’m never going to have as much respect as Bob Dylan, never. I don’t know what I would have to do between now and the day of my death to have more respect than Bob Dylan but there’s so many people out there that on a daily basis say, “I love you.”
Q: Sure.
A: I know how important music is. You want to get through a depression? Check your song list. It’s the most mood altering substance known to man, music. You can be in such a funk and that song comes on the radio, you turn it up. Three minutes later, you’re happy. We’re lucky in that we’ve already made some songs that do that to some people. We’ve got some drugs on the market that are guaranteed to alleviate depression.
Re-recording DD « Result #6 on Dec 7, 2008, 8:15pm »
December 6th, 2008
Hi Katy, At the end of the seventies, John Lennon said that he would like to re-record some of the Beatles’ songs. Are there some songs that Duran Duran would like to re-record to change the mood of those ? Thanks a lot for asking them ! Fred, from Paris - France
“The original versions of the song will always remain definitive, but what the band say they do like to do occasionally is re-work the arrangement of some of the songs for live performance - examples of this include “Girls on Film” and “Hungry like the Wolf.” The one exception is from when they made the THANK YOU album, where (as you may know) they entirely re-arranged “The Chauffeur” and included it with the other cover versions on the album under the title “Drive By.” As for the re-mastered Arcadia project, it has been on the Simon, Roger and Nick’s revolving list for quite some time, they just haven’t managed to cross it off yet but they hope to. Katy”
John's Blog 12/4 « Result #7 on Dec 7, 2008, 8:14pm »
December 4th, 2008
I’m excited. Perhaps I oughtn’t be. Should I be? Everything is so… nutsty isn’t it? There’s so much suffering. All the front pages, the news channels…
On the band front, poor Nick, stranded in Panama City with an ear infection. Shows cancelled in Mexico City, Guadelajara, Texas, Tulsa. He must improve soon, we can only hope. The touring party is scattered in limbo, waiting for a thumbs up, some words of improvement; but nothing… yet.
Notwithstanding all of this, for me, our Tour of South and Central America was an absolute triumph.
Let me give you some of the highlights:
1. The aftershow party in Venezuela. Making new friends and dancing to DJ Andres, hearing Midnight Juggernauts and Crystal Castles for the first time, in the best possible context and giving me some reasons to start contemplating the year-end-best list that Katy will be asking me for any moment.
2. Sao Paulo. The Saturday night show - the best of the tour, up there with LA and London for best of the year. The audience with us the whole way, every song played with passion and enthusiasm, Dom in particular was magic that night.
3. Brazilian Music. At last my mind opened to its beauty. One retail assistant recommending the essentials: Getz/Gilberto, Sergio Mendes, Tom Jobim, Tropicalia, Samba history and Marisa Montes.
4. Football in Santiago. Going to see Colo Colo play, but being unable to take my eyes off the north stand crowd singing + drumming throughout the entire game. Did anyone notice the score?
4. (b) English Premier League broadcast across the continent en vivo (live) by the Fox Soccer Channel. To sit + have breakfast in my Venezuelan hotel suite watching Aston Villa beat Arsenal at The Emirates! Making Midlands soccer history.
5. Mexico City. Thanks to artist Laureana Toledo (who took the photo below), I got the most extraordinary tour of the city and will never see Mexico in the same light. What an incredibly dynamic, fantastic culture. Bring on the movies of Bunuel (Los Olvidados) and the writing of Fuentes.
6. Maroon 5. Had to revise my opinion of this lot also, who played festival shows with us in Venezuela and Panama. They knocked us off our pedestal first night, but the status quo was regained by Panama. More importantly we had a good time getting to know them and I shared some seriously good yoga moments with Adam and the guys at our Panama hotel.
Oh yeah, and did someone forget that night in Lima? Something MASSIVE? I got to watch America get a new President. The one I just happen to believe in.
Sad to have the cancel the concerts though, watch this space…
The Long & Winding Red Carpet « Result #8 on Dec 7, 2008, 8:14pm »
December 3rd, 2008
The Long And Winding Red Carpet Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 5:01AM
Duran Duran, which has been on the road around the world over the last 14 months, is wrapping things up with another swing through North America.
The band kicks off its latest run Dec. 4 at Brady Theater in Tulsa, Okla., and will wind their way across the U.S. and Canada through the middle of the month.
Stops on the schedule include Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi, Miss. (Dec. 6), Air Canada Centre in Toronto (Dec. 9), MGM Grand Theatre in Mashantucket, Conn. (Dec. 12), and Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, N.J. (Dec. 14).
When Duran Duran was in the States earlier this year, Pollstar chatted with frontman Simon LeBon about the tour, the band’s latest release Red Carpet Massacre and surviving nearly three decades in the music business.
Is the show that you’re doing on this tour similar to the one you did during your residency at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City last fall?
There are elements that are similar. We played the whole of the new album for that show. We’re not doing that now, we’re interspersing it with older songs. But we’ve got the little surprise electro set in the middle.
Any chance that set might find its way onto an album at some point?
D’you know what? You never know. It’s funny isn’t it? We live in the days when you and I still think in terms of albums, but they’re not really that relevant anymore are they? Actually, that’s a pretty stupid thing to say, isn’t it, seeing as we’re out here trying to get people to listen to Red Carpet Massacre?
It’s funny, I hadn’t really thought about us doing that with the songs. Because they’re re-worked songs that we wrote, some of them many years ago, some more recently. It’s a possibility, but it still is a very live thing. So at the moment, no; we just like doing it live.
How are audiences responding to the new material?
Amazingly. We’re playing about five new songs now in the set and they’re going down extremely well.
Are you seeing as many young fans at shows as you are fans who may have been with you for a long time?
Yes, we are seeing a lot of young fans. I don’t think it’s particularly because of the new album. I think it’s just that we’ve kind of managed to cross over some generations here.
You’re often cited as an influence on younger bands. Do you think that’s part of your appeal to younger fans?
I think it could be partly that. I know when I was into Joy Division, it kind of got me into The Doors because I knew that Jim Morrison was a big influence on Ian Curtis. Yeah, I guess that works that way. I think also it’s not so much new bands as mums and dads and sisters and uncles and aunts, etc.
You’ve been around a long time, 28 years. That’s a long time in this business. Why do you think you and some of your contemporaries, like Pet Shop Boys, Cyndi Lauper and Annie Lennox have managed to stand the test of time?
We’re stubborn. We’ve also got good songs. I think it’s much easier to stand on stage and play a song that’s 25 years old if it’s a good song. If it was fluff then, you won’t be able to play it 25 years later. We’ve got a great repertoire. We’ve got great fans who’ve kept us going; I mean, what a really amazing following we have. Time after time they want us to come back. They know they’re going to get a different show each time we tour. It’s exciting. I’m very proud of being in the band. I think that’s got a lot to do with it as well. We get on with each other.
You and Nick are the only ones who stuck it out the whole time. Why do you think that is?
That’s a difficult question to answer. I think that it’s probably because we just felt it worth hanging on to. And it was our best bet.
How has the business changed, touring especially, since you started?
Well there are a lot more places to go; the world’s gotten a lot bigger as far as touring is concerned. When we started off, we played England mostly, America, Canada and Europe - a bit of Europe, but not all of it. You couldn’t play shows in Italy or Portugal, because there was no way you were going to get your money out of there. It was all run by a mafia. We went down to Australia and did some stuff there, but you’d never go to places like Manila. You wouldn’t got to Eastern Europe, the Balkans. You wouldn’t go down to South America.
And all of these places now are really great. There are great crowds there and people who want to see the band. And it works for us; it’s logistically possible to put a tour on and go to those places and come out of it looking good.
Do you find it easier to tour these days than in the past? Obviously you’re in a more comfortable place.
It’s a more demanding show now. And it’s a much more demanding schedule. That’s the other thing that’s really different. We do five shows a week now and I think pretty much most people do as well, whereas we did three to four maximum before. But then touring was always considered the promotion for the record. Whereas now, it’s the other way around; the record is driving people to your shows.
When you say it’s more demanding, Martin Frye told us there’s nowhere to hide in 2008. You have to go out there every night and give your absolute best show, because if you don’t, people will know about it all the way around the world in a few hours.
That’s true. It happened to us. We were in New Zealand for the first show of the whole tour. We had some technical problems and John went offstage to sort it out. And the next thing you know, the headline was “John Taylor Storms Offstage.” So that’s absolutely true. It’s out there for everybody to see.
Do you think it’s possible for a band that’s just starting out to attain the level of success that you did?
No. Because there’s so much more around. There’s no way that the attention of the whole planet, the known planet for music, will ever be focused on one act again. And because the competition is so immense. I think we came at the end of it.
I think we also live in an age where bands are more of a rarity; you’ve got much more solo artists and more kind of show business acts, actually. I think that’s one of the reasons people come to see us, to see five guys - well actually seven on stage - actually getting it together and doing it all ourselves. It’s a spectacle and it’s exciting.
That’s the communal experience now. It used to be listening to the album together and now it’s going to the show together.
Isn’t it. It’s amazing how people are prepared to invest so much more of their earnings into going to see a live performance than they would to buy a record. I think it’s that whole thing about it’s being ephemeral. It happens; you were there. It’s not something that people can pass around. - Jim Otey
My question is for John. Bernard Edwards had such distinctive style & played the bass articulately. Louis Johnson is called thunderthumbs because of his unique slapping bass technique. Alphonso Johnson said while the composer had another bassline in mind for Stay With Me Tonight, he allowed the spirit to take him over and kept things simple. When it comes to your approach to playing the bass, how would you like to be remembered? Much love, Kathy
“Oy… That’s tricky one.. To be remembered at all, I think would be sufficient. JT”
San Antonio, TX Cancelled « Result #10 on Dec 1, 2008, 10:51am »
December 1st, 2008
Press release - for Immediate Release
12.1.08
DURAN DURAN FORCED TO CANCEL TONIGHT’S SHOW IN SAN ANTONIO, TX Keyboardist Nick Rhodes still unable to travel because of a serious ear infection
Duran Duran have been forced to cancel tonight’s show (Monday, December 1) in San Antonio, scheduled to take place at the Majestic Theatre, because the band’s keyboard player, Nick Rhodes, is still suffering from a very serious inner ear infection and doctors have told him that he is not allowed to travel.
The four band members (Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor and Nick Rhodes) have been on the road in Latin America since the start of November, and tonight’s show would have been their first North American date on the final leg of their year-long Red Carpet Massacre World Tour. The trouble started about a week ago, after the band had played at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil from where they were slated to travel to Mexico for shows in Guadalajara and Mexico City. Nick had been fighting a bad cold since their break in London, prior to the first South American show, but thought that he was well enough to travel on Tuesday morning with the other band members, who were all booked on a flight that stopped over in Panama for a couple of hours. By the time they reached Panama City, however, Nick was in severe pain and had to see a doctor at the airport, who said that it could endanger his hearing if he continued on with the flight, and that he would recommend going to the hospital for further tests. The rest of the traveling party continued on to Mexico City, leaving Nick and the band’s tour manager in Panama.
Nick spent Wednesday at the Punta Pacifica Hospital in Panama City seeing a specialist, who confirmed that he has developed a serious infection in his inner ear, and that with the swelling and fluid build-up that had already occurred, the air pressure of a flight could create tremendous pain and even cause the ear drum to rupture, leading to long-term hearing damage. Nick had hoped that the inflammation would subside within a couple of days with the medication prescribed. Sadly, however, this has not been the case and he is still being told that he cannot fly.
Nick will travel as soon as he is well enough, so that the band can resume the final dates of their tour. All of the band members are extremely disappointed that they will not be able to play tonight in San Antonio, and hope that they can make up the date in the near future.
Duran Duran will finish their Red Carpet Massacre world tour on December 14, with a show in Montclair, New Jersey. These US dates will round out fourteen months of solid touring in support of their most recent studio album (Red Carpet Massacre), that kicked off in late October 2007 with a two week run on Broadway.
Tickets for tonight’s show will be fully refundable from the point of purchase.
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