Stereogum — NAME: Duran Duran PROGRESS REPORT: Pop icons chat up the release of new Mark Ronson-produced record, All You Need Is Now. Even if you were born in the 80’s (rather than having lived through it while wearing neon tank tops and jelly bracelets, like... more info

I Like Music — Linkin Park, Duran Duran and Rumer are the first of 62 acts to be confirmed for this year's iTunes festival, taking place at Camden's Roundhouse more info

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Mercury News, California — The man who led the band's way back: Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson, who has worked with Lily Allen and Madonna. A longtime fan, Ronson, 35, spun a 'mega-mix' of Duran's greatest hits at a small event in Paris in 2008. He approached the band wit... more info

ContactMusic — DURAN DURAN singer SIMON LE BON is a Wild Boy at heart - he knocked out a motorist during a vicious street fight in the South of France.The clean-cut Rio hitmaker was enjoying a stroll in St Tropez in 2002 when a scooter rider almost collided with hi... more info

ContactMusic — DURAN DURAN singer SIMON LE BON no longer has the iconic suit he wore in the promo for the band's hit RIO - it was stolen by a mystery thief.The group famously danced onboard a yacht in the Caribbean while wearing pastel-coloured Antony Price suits i... more info

ContactMusic — Japan bassist Mick Karn has died aged 52.The Cypriot musician, who revealed in June last year that he had been diagnosed with advanced-stage cancer passed away at his home in London yesterday (04.01.11).A statement on his website said "It's with prof... more info