Duran Duran Roll Out Their 2008 Red Carpet Massacre European Tour

7 months ago 09th Apr 15:59

Roll Out Their 2008 RED CARPET MASSACRE European Tour - Four UK shows announced in London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Nottingham
BAND TO TEAM UP WITH THE ARCTIC MONKEYS & MARK RONSON

With their 'RED CARPET MASSACRE WORLD TOUR' now underway, in support of the release of their 12th studio album, musical innovators DURAN DURAN today announced details of four special UK shows that will form part of an extensive 30 date European summer run. Taking in Liverpool, Nottingham, Birmingham and London, the four original members of Duran Duran: Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor and John Taylor, will be bringing a spectacular new production to British shores that will showcase their latest record, alongside all of the fan-favourites from their vast catalogue of hits. This will be the first time that the band have performed at some of these venues - namely, their first outing in the O2 Arena in London, the Liverpool Echo Arena and the NIA in Birmingham.

The four UK shows are: 3 July O2 Arena, London
5 July Liverpool Echo Arena
6 July Nottingham Arena
7 July Birmingham NIA

This upcoming leg of the tour will see the group's first performances in the UK since the release of Red Carpet Massacre (Epic Records), which the band launched late last year with an unprecedented two-week Broadway residency in New York, and a one-night-only engagement, that was filmed for television at the Lyceum Theatre in London. In a bold move, Duran Duran performed their new record in its entirety to sold-out houses in both the UK and US, prior to the album's global launch. Encouraged by the enthusiastic response from fans and critics alike, the band are now taking a specially tailored version of this three-act show on the road around the world, starting in Australia and New Zealand, where they kicked off the tour a week ago, headlining the V Festival series, alongside their own shows.

Tickets for all of the shows on this upcoming UK run will go on sale to the general public on Friday 11th April at 9.00 am GMT. Prior to that, Duran Duran's fan community will be offering both exclusive pre-sale opportunities and VIIP packages for members starting at 2.00 pm GMT on Wednesday 9th April. Members should visit www.duranduranmusic.com for details.

RED CARPET MASSACRE marks an all-time creative high for the band members, who wrote and recorded this ground-breaking album with producers Timbaland and Nate 'Danja' Hills, alongside today's reigning king of pop, Justin Timberlake. Duran Duran have also confirmed that the critically acclaimed Sheffield indie band THE ARCTIC MONKEYS. have remixed the bands second single SKIN DIVERS. The track remixed by Arctic's drummer Matt Helders is also rumoured to feature sampled vocals Helders and lead singer Alex Turner. The Arctic's association with the eighties pop legends extends to the bands last album "FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE" in which they pay homage to several Duran Duran tracks on "I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR" where the band use the lyrics "Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand" and on the acclaimed "TEDDY PICKER" which contains the lyrics "I don't want your prayer , save it for the morning after" . Duran Duran's JOHN TAYLOR is one of their biggest fans " I love them, they are one of the best bands to have come out in the last five years, probably the best." The band are also teaming up with Grammy award winning artist, producer and re-mixer MARK RONSON in the Summer.

The bands spokesman said: "I can't confirm any specific details at the moment, other than to say that they are definitely discussing working on some material together and a possible live collaboration for the Summer of this year, there is a mutual respect and admiration of each other's work" Ronson has also made no secret that he is a fan of Duran Duran, " I have a soft spot for some of that 1980s production and I love great bands from that era such as Duran Duran."

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