Duran Duran are formally again within the lab with one in every of their most legendary collaborators.
On Saturday (June 1), the enduring U.Ok. band teased new materials through Instagram, sharing a snapshot from Abbey Road Studios with the caption, “Working with our good buddy Nile at Abbey Road Studios this weekend. Keep tuned…”
Nile Rodgers, who’s been behind a number of the band’s greatest hits, additionally shared the second on his socials, writing, “We had as a lot enjoyable working yesterday as ever!” The reunion marks the primary time Rodgers and Duran Duran have labored collectively in practically a decade, following their final collaboration on 2015’s Paper Gods, which featured the funk-infused single “Stress Off” with Janelle Monáe and cracked the Prime 10 on either side of the Atlantic.
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Rodgers’ relationship with the band stretches again greater than 40 years. He remixed their first Billboard No. 1 single “The Reflex” in 1984, produced the fan-favorite “The Wild Boys,” and went on to helm their fourth studio album Infamous (1986). His signature grooves helped form Duran Duran’s post-new wave sound throughout a essential interval of their evolution.
The super-producer later reunited with them for 2004’s Astronaut, marking the return of the unique five-piece lineup.
The information arrives simply days earlier than Duran Duran kick off their European and U.Ok. tour with Rodgers and CHIC becoming a member of as particular friends. The tour begins June 3 in Finland and consists of main stops in Amsterdam, Rome, Dublin and the U.Ok., wrapping in early July.
Whereas the band hasn’t confirmed whether or not the Abbey Road classes are for a brand new album or standalone launch, this marks the primary main studio transfer since their Halloween-themed album Danse Macabre, launched in 2023.
Duran Duran have offered over 100 million information worldwide and earned two Grammy Awards. Their newest chart look got here with Future Previous in 2021, which debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200. Rodgers, in the meantime, stays one in every of music’s most embellished producers, with credit spanning David Bowie, Madonna, Daft Punk and extra.
