Entertainment & Arts
Coachella preview: The revival of Duran Duran
April 13, 2011
‘80s nostalgia? Not for this English band once known for its catchy synth-pop hits and glossy videos. The group reinterpreted some of its pioneering sonic concepts on its latest album, and is set to play Coachella.
Music
Can the music blasting from the surreal-looking stage that fills one end of a huge airplane hangar in Santa Monica really be what it sounds like?
Aug. 8, 1993
Besides inaugurating the outdoor concert season Friday on a temperate evening at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Duran Duran got a jump on ‘80s nostalgia.
March 27, 1989
In regard to Mike Boehm’s review of Duran Duran (“Duran Duran: No Mas, No Mas, “ Aug. 20): It seems as if every single music review that your paper prints is bad.
Sept. 4, 1993
One of the forgotten musical pioneers in the California Mission movement was Padre Narciso Duran, who composed church music for an Indian choir and orchestra that he created and trained in the early 1800s.
April 4, 1986
About two years ago, many American girls in their early teens were in the grips of a bizarre affliction called Duranmania.
Dec. 7, 1986
Original Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor missed the Rock Hall induction ceremony but revealed in a letter that he was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer.
Nov. 5, 2022
Andy Taylor, formerly of Duran Duran, is celebrating being ‘asymptomatic’ after getting treatment for Stage 4 prostate cancer. He says new music is on the way.
Sept. 11, 2023
Set to release their 15th album, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor talk recovering from COVID, their favorite bad review and plastic trousers.
Oct. 20, 2021