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Duranies Unite Newsletter #2
This is the original Duranies Unite newsletter #2 sent out to club members in 1983. In addition to the usual pleas
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This is the original Duranies Unite newsletter #2 sent out to club members in 1983. In addition to the usual pleas
Filming the video for Save a Prayer wasn’t all fun and games – it took a lot of work. Here’s a look behind the scenes, and how Duran Duran ended up shooting it in Sri Lanka.
Simon Le Bon, 26, lead singer of Duran Duran, had le nez pulled at the ASCAP awards, held at London’s snooty Claridge’s Hotel.
Simon Le Bon – in his “Is There Something I Should Know” video attire – adorned the April 1984 cover of The UK’s popular Smash Hits magazine.
Here’s the front and back of the Duran Duran welcome letter (written by Simon) sent to new fanclub members around 1983-4.
Here’s a 5-page interview with Simon from around 1983. The text probably first appeared in Smash Hits (based on the journalist’s
While this article has a super-cheesy headline, it also mentions how Andy Taylor’s fan mail dropped off after he got married
Here are photos of Duran Duran at a press conference and walking around a bit — probably in Italy — all
Miracles do happen After many long years spent kneeling at the altar of Duraniedom, by the time I turned 18 and
This poster of a shirtless Simon appeared in Star Hits magazine’s May, 1985 issue:
Here’s an article — apparently an interview with Simon — from a German music magazine called Muziek Expres, probably from 1984.
Scrapbook pages Here are four pages of assorted press clippings, most of which deal with the band’s girlfriends and weddings —
Simon fever: Everybody’s got it! We move a lot basically because all of us are deeply physically affected by the music
Arena antics Simon chats about being #1 in the USA and the concept behind and the making of Duran Duran’s long-form
This three-page article appeared in Star Hits magazine while the boys were recording Seven and the Ragged Tiger in Australia. “Duran
Here are Simon and Nick — possibly at an awards ceremony, in around 1985.
No 1 magazine (UK) had a contest to meet Simon, and to win stuff — including copies of “The Book of
DD are number 1 In the 1st Annual Star Hits readers’ poll in 1984, Duran Duran were the winners, and Simon won the
On April 26, 1983, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon & Nick Rhodes put in a little time as guest VJs on
Simon looked tanned and freckled on the cover of Star Hits magazine in 1984:
Teen Beat magazine featured Simon — with slicked-back hair — on the cover of the November 1984 issue.
Simon Le Bon graced the cover of Tiger Beat’s ROCK! magazine in June 1984. The cover headline: “Video! Duran Duran on
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