27 February

A new picture of Meredith is up at Dear Saint Nick.

The DVDs of Arena, The Making of Arena, and Sing Blue Silver will be released 5 April in Europe and 4 May in the US. Asian release date have yet to be announced.

The Temple is switching over the web hosting to a new company. While this is happening, you may have difficulty accessing the site. For updates, please visit Scribbles. Temple email will also be affected during this time - you can use my alternate email address of Catherine@saintnick.zzn.com for any correspondance.


26 February

DEVILS news: Their PR company reports that they're re-releasing Dark Circles on Tape Modern at mid-price (£6.99) on 22 March in the UK and 3 May in the rest of Europe, Australia, and hopefully Japan. Tiga's mix of Come Alive will be released this summer. Want more info? Visit Fulfill's website where you can read regular updates, including press quotes, interviews, biography, etc. (Thanks, Steve!)


24 February

The Daily Telegraph reports that Duran have signed a record deal - but failed to mention with which label. But they did discuss the recent photo shoot. Read it here.

The re-release of Greatest is at #4 on the UK album charts.


Recent images of Tatjana (well, the little of her that was shown) are on Dear Saint Nick.


20 February

After the show:

PARTY ONE

Host: Duran Duran
Venue: Adam Street Private Members Bar
Who went: Scarlett Johansson, Liz Hurley, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Badly Drawn Boy, Lionel Richie, Chris Moyles, Lady Victoria Hervey, Tara Palmer Tompkinson.
What they ate/drank: Moet Chandon champagne, melon martinis, chicken goujons and mini spring rolls.
What happened: Justin Timberlake charmed his way through a crowd of female admirers, before visiting the lavatories with his three security guards, declaring himself a "urinals, not a cubicals man". Miss Johansson danced with pintsized Duran star Nick Rhodes to Ibizan trance music as Stephen Fry looked on.

The full article can be read at the Article Archive.


19 February

A new interview with Mark Tinley on the BRITs site.

More articles have been added to the Article Archive.

New Nick pics at Dear Saint Nick.

Trivia for the day: according to the 3am column of the Mirror, Duran Duran's special request backstage at the BRIT awards was several tubs of hummus.


17 February


BRIT Awards pics now up at Dear Saint Nick.

Duran Duran Italy has the full live performance available for download. (Thanks, Giorgio!)






16 February

More new Nick pics are over at Dear Saint Nick.

Nick's shock at Brum changes (and what he'll do with the Outstanding Achievement Award from the BRITS tomorrow!).

New tour dates added - see the Saintly Calendar for dates and links to the venues.


13 February

New Nick pics (with Meredith and JT) are over at Dear Saint Nick.


12 February

After a false start, Nick and Roger finally appeared on Capital FM last night. You can download the interview from the link on dd.com. (courtesy of Khanada 31 over at dd.com)

Nick mention in the March issue of FACE magazine naming their Most Powerful People in Fashion in 2004: "#40 Nick Rhodes: Sell out Duran Duran gigs and his face on TOPMAN t-shirts. Still a fashion legend." (thanks to dd.com)

The Dutch Go Duran fanzine has made available a few questionnaires on their site that weren't able to be included in their recent anniversary issue. Read Nick's "A&Q" here. (Thanks, Manon!)

Scans of a recent OK! magazine article are here. (Thanks, Salvo!)


11 February

Nick at the BRIT School earlier today: Dear Saint Nick.


10 February

Revealed: the girl behind the curtain - new in the Article Archive.


9 February

Pics of Nick in San Antonio here.

Meredith has her own website now.

Video of Nick from a 26 November 1986 appearance on a US Navy carrier for a Japanese morning show - how Nick pronounces Tatjana's name (please right-click and "save as" to your hard drive). The screen cap is over at Dear Saint Nick. (Thanks, Harumi!)


4 February

New articles added to the Article Archive: Superbowl isn't a hit with Duran Duran girl; Green Party; Words of wisdom.


2 February

Missed Duran at the Super Bowl Tailgate Party? Check out LK for the link to the video clip created by Khanada31. SB666 made screen caps of Nick from it.

The Suntory Whiskey commercial (aired in Japan in 1984) showing Duran can be downloaded here (right-click and choose "save as"). (Thanks, Harumi!)

Devils news, from obscurity vacation: Tiga has remixed Come Alive for a forthcoming electro compilation album (from Fulfill's website). AND, from Gary at deepvisual: "there is a rare conjunction of the stars this march. both duffy & rhodes will be in the same city (london) at the same time. even more interesting, Duran are playing birmingham then too... fingers crossed." (Thanks to Cilou and Manon for the info!)

Nick and John will be on Australian MusicMax's "My Top 11" Thursday at 9pm AEDST.