We didn't want to make a hip hop album, and we felt that we were moving much closer to our area of electro pop so it didn't seem like such a stretch. I'm a big fan of Tim's work with Missy Elliot, and liked the Nelly Furtado album, so it seemed like a natural fit. We're undoubtedly at the top of our game with what we're doing right now. We finished three songs in five days, so it was very inspiring, too. It was fascinating for us to work in a different way. ![]() Speaking of Timbaland, what was it like working with him? If anything, I would say that the track "Skin Diver" is even more Duran Duran. The idea was to blend the Duran Duran sound with the Timbaland beats. A killer groove, the first one we did with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. One of the more danceable numbers and my favorite track on the new album is "Nite- Runner." What can you tell us about it? We want to see people dancing and leave with smiles on their faces. But our shows are about people having a great time. It's a little more on the conceptual side. Hopefully people will like this show, because it's very us. It enables us to create a lot more moods with a variety of lighting. We're using light bulbs, moving lights, strip lights and big scanners. We chose to omit video and use a lot more lights and different light sources. There's no video and a hell of a lighting rig with a lot of firepower. Visually, we've brought out one of our biggest lighting shows. What are you bringing visually on this tour? It's difficult to separate Duran Duran from their videos. ![]() The show is about two hours, and everyone will hear what they want. The third act is the uplifting part of the show, where we play more of the hits. In this 20-minute set, we'll cover "Warm Leatherette" by The Normal. Bringing electronic instruments and synth drums and rearranging songs and making them more simplistic is how we do it. Since rock bands do an acoustic breakdown, like when they break down their songs, this is what they sound like. And we thought to do something different. Then we do the electro set, which is something we created for the two-week Broadway run. The first act is new material from "Red Carpet Massacre" and very familiar songs. But how is this tour different than the 2005 reunion show? Wild Boy Rhodes took a break from the band's busy road schedule to chat with us and set the record straight about the new tour, working with "Timba-lake," guitarist Andy Taylor's recent departure - and all those gay associations.ĭuran Duran-mania has hit the United States once again. ![]() Now, after debuting their Timbaland/Timberlake-produced album "Red Carpet Massacre" on Broadway late last year, the Fab Five return this week for the 20-date U.S. Most-made-up keyboardist Nick Rhodes, who still maintains a blond Warholian shag, bore the brunt of the rumors through Double D's '80s heyday, which produced such chart-topping classics as "Girls On Film," "Rio" and "Hungry Like The Wolf" and the highs and lows and band breakups and make-ups that ensued. And what was that they sang about swigging a 7-Up at that New York City gay bar on 45th between Sixth and Broadway?īut does any of that make the Fab Five gay? That's been up for debate among fans and haters alike since the blockbuster band formed in Birmingham, England, 30 years ago. ![]() So they took their name from a character in the camp classic film "Barbarella," counted Andy Warhol as a friend and appreciated the musical stylings of Grace Jones. So Duran Duran were pretty, had big hair, wore plenty of makeup and had impeccable style.
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