NME — Simon Le Bon's ongoing vocal problems cause tour postponement more info

ContactMusic — Duran Duran have cancelled their entire summer (11) tour to allow frontman Simon Le Bon to rest his damaged vocal cords. The Rio hitmakers were set to kick off their tour in Dublin, Ireland next week (begs11Jul11) but on Tuesday (05Jul11) the group s... more info

Detroit Free Press — Veteran New Romantic band Duran Duran has called off its summer tour because frontman Simon Le Bon is recovering from voice problems. more info

USA Today Music — Le Bon has damaged muscles controlling his vocal cords, leaving him unable to hit top notes. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Go here to download the iTunes festival app celebrating the London iTunes festival. Here's the description:31 nights. 62 artists. 1 venue.Watch the shows free with the iTunes Festival AppThis July, the iTunes Festival returns to London, England. Feat... more info

Guardian Music — Brazilian party-starters return with a reggae-inflected summer jam ... just in time for the rainBack in the halcyon days of "new rave" (a few weeks in 2006), Brazilian band CSS were the fun-loving, party-starting, lycra-wearing misfits who sang about... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Simon Le Bon's wife Yasmin is to appear in a Duran Duran music video for the first time. more info

ContactMusic — Simon Le Bon's wife Yasmin is to appear in a Duran Duran music video for the first time. The model has been married to Le Bon for 25 years but has never starred in his band's promos. Now the beauty and her supermodel pals Naomi Campbell, Helena Chris... more info

Guardian Music — 25 November 2005: Number 46 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicWho'd have guessed that there was such pent-up demand for a Take That reunion? Even the band themselves didn't anticipate the reception that greeted the announc... more info

ContactMusic — Duran Duran have been forced to axe more gigs amid fears an "underlying" health issue is to blame for singer Simon Le Bon's voice problems. The Rio hitmakers cancelled a string of dates on their U. K. tour last month (May11) after Le Bon fell ill wit... more info