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It’s impossible to imagine the 80′s without Duran Duran as they were a defining influence for anyone who came of age in those decadent days. Having struggled to find relevance in their post-80′s heyday, they were dropped from their label in 2008 after the Timbaland-produced Red Carpet Massacre failed to meet expectation. Finding a friend in dj/producer, Mark Ronson, he encouraged them to make the back-to-basics album fans had been calling out for. Released last week (March 21), All You Need Is Now entered the UK charts just shy of the top 10 and showed a renewed confidence in the band, reflected in the new material. Filmed by David Lynch to celebrate the release of the album, Duran Duran performed a special online concert with some surprising guests (Beth Ditto, anyone?) with the clear highlight being a track from All You Need Is Now featuring Kelis, the stirring “The Man Who Stole A Leopard”.

The B-side is every music geek/fan’s favourite thing to debate over. It’s the one place where an artist is allowed to record whatever they see fit, and the one place where a fan can expect the unexpected and be surprised, or wonder how long it took to throw that piece of junk down and never [...]