29 July

Outtakes of Duran's first session together in France back in June 2001 here. More info about it on DDM. (Thanks to Mark Tinley)

An update on the Andre Agassi's Tenth Grand Slam for Children (previously reported on 27 June): Duran Duran will perform at the benefit on Saturday, 1 October. Tickets went on sale this morning through the MGM Grand Hotel and Ticketmaster. Read the press release on DD.com or DDMedia.

On the air NOW (5:30 p.m. EST): Duran Duran on 95.1 WAYV (NJ) (no online streaming).

The Article Archive is updated.

New pictures on Dear Saint Nick of Nick performing in Atlanta.

26 July

Some excellent Roskilde photos are here. (Thanks, Salvo!)

A new encounter has been posted - with pictures!

Bid to win one of five Olympus MJU Digital 800 cameras, with photos shot by Duran during the last leg of their tour and a signed copy of Astronaut. Auction is at eBay Germany. Proceeds to benefit the Wes Wehmiller Scholarship Fund. (Courtesy Duraneer at LK)

Sirius concert tix contest. Enter to win here. Contest ends tomorrow, 5 pm ET.

The Confessional has been updated.


14 July

TEMPLE ON VACATION. No new updates till 25 July. For the latest news, visit duranduran.com and duranduranmusic.com.


12 July

NEW UK TOUR DATES (nothing like advanced notice!): Glasgow's SECC on 16 December and Birmingham's NEC on 17 December. Pre-sale and VIP tix on sale Thursday the 14th @ 9 am GMT from DDM; general public tix on sale Friday the 15th @ 9 am GMT via Get Live and Gigs & Tours.


11 July

A new picture is in the Confessional, and another new picture in Scribbles of Nick at the Clic Sargeant cancer charity party last week.

Pictures of Nick performing at Live 8 here and in Scribbles.

New articles in the Archive.


7 July

To our friends in London - my thoughts and prayers are with you today as your city recovers from the horrible terrorist attacks this morning.


6 July

Duran on MTV Europe after the Roskilde show - interview and vid clip of HLTW here. More Live 8 videos here on Reuters. (Thanks, Isashax)

A new pic of Nick on Rex Features - this time, not in concert. He attended a party to benefit the Clic Sargeant cancer charity on 4 July and was photographed with Kelly Hoppen.


1 July

New pictures of Duran Duran from an interview held today at the Circus Maximus in Rome for Live 8 on Dear Saint Nick. They can also be seen on Yahoo! news. Duran, of course, are performing from Rome and will then fly to Denmark to perform at the Roskilde Festival later the same evening.

Live 8 will air on US tv via MTV and VH1 starting at noon EDT tomorrow through 7 pm EDT, and on ABC at 8 pm EDT. More than 140 television networks worldwide will carry some portions of the show; to name a few: BBC in the UK, FOX8 in Australia, TV2 in New Zealand, and CTV in Canada. It will also stream on AOL.

The show in Rome begins at 2 pm local time (12 pm GMT, 8 am EDT) and some reports have noted that in the US, the Rome acts will air starting at 9:30 am EDT.