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“Cruise Ship Designer sounded so weird, I would have been scared if you’d said it would ever become a single”: We speak to Dry Cleaning about the making of the Cate Le Bon-produced Secret Love

Post-punk indie futurists Dry Cleaning have set the bar high for 2026 albums with their masterful third album Secret Love. They tells us how they created it in cahoots with acclaimed producer Cate Le Bon…

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“The email said, ‘John Cale is looking for you.’ It absolutely terrified me. I thought I was in trouble!” How the Velvet Underground icon voiced a powerful song on Cate Le Bon’s new album

Michelangelo Dying, which she says is more of an exorcism than an album, was nearly released without Cale performing on the track Ride, because she was too afraid to ask him

Louder

Albums of the Year 2025: who made our top ten?

This was a tough call, but here are the best albums of the year…

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Pyres, Screams and Light: Here are the Best Albums of 2025

Join us for Euronews Culture's countdown to our favourite album of the year. How many have you heard?

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Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

A new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, healing from heartbreak with Welsh musician Cate Le Bon, and a meeting of medieval aesthetics and contemporary gothic. Here's what's happening this week.

Euronews

‘The breakup was like an amputation that saves you’: Cate Le Bon on healing from heartache and her heavy new album

After a long relationship ended painfully, the acclaimed singer-producer swapped the Californian desert for south Wales – and set to work on her most emotionally direct record yet. ‘It’s been discombobulating,’ she says

The Guardian - UK

Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon insists he is 'not embarrassed' by any of his 1980s fashion choices

Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon has insisted that he is "not embarrassed" by any of his fashion choices.

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Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon never washes his hair

Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon has admitted he never washes his hair with shampoo - revealing he cleanses his locks with clay and vinegar instead.

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One major White Lotus season three role was recast during filming

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Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon misses 1980s fashion

Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon has admitted he misses 1980s fashion because modern style has become too "understated" and "restrained".

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Patrick Schwarzenegger’s reaction to White Lotus incest kiss scene revealed by co-stars

‘I think for Patrick it was really difficult,’ Charlotte Le Bon revealed

The Independent UK

Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor ‘fighting cancer as hard as he can’

Simon Le Bon said his former bandmate has ‘very late, fourth-stage metastasised cancer’

The Independent UK

Simon Le Bon admits he used to be ‘terrified’ of performing live

The Duran Duran frontman was recognised for his services to music and charity on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Rebecca Ferguson, Imelda Staunton and Simon Le Bon to receive royal honours at Windsor Castle

‘Harry Potter’ actor and other famous faces will collect honours at Windsor Castle today

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“He said, ‘Simon, Duran Duran are the last of the great British R&B bands.’ ‘R&B?’ I said. He said ’yes, you know what I mean - like, Beatles, Rolling Stones”: Simon Le Bon thinks that the “golden era” of the band is over

“Now, could you say who’s the top band in the world?”

Evening Standard

Dame Imelda Staunton and Simon Le Bon to receive royal honours at Windsor Castle

Singer-songwriter Rebecca Ferguson and ex-footballer Graeme Souness will also be recognised at the investiture ceremony.

The Guardian - UK

Why our ideas about protest and mob psychology are dangerously wrong

Myths about the madness of crowds, long propagated by politicians and the establishment, have been overturned by new research, says writer Dan Hancox

The Guardian - UK

Dance into the fire! Duran Duran’s 20 greatest songs – ranked

As they reissue their Halloween album Danse Macabre, we rate the best of a band who went from Birmingham to blazer-clad world domination

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"Who would I like to duet with? Simon Le Bon: I’d like to bring him into prog and get him on a big chorus." Tesseract's Dan Tompkins faces down the most passionate interviewers in rock: progressive metal fans

Tesseract frontman Daniel Tompkins talks favourite lyrics, rip-off prog bands and his days as a policeman

Evening Standard

Duran Duran on their Halloween album Danse Macabre: "I don’t really believe in ghosties, it’s a laugh"

Simon Le Bon and John Taylor on the spooky season, reconnecting with Andy Taylor, and the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame evolving with the times

The Independent UK

Music Review: Celebrate the spooky season with a Duran Duran album, 'Danse Macabre'

There aren’t that many Halloween albums out there and so tip your masks to Duran Duran for giving us a treat this spooky season, says Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy

Salon

Andy Taylor on solo, Duran Duran albums

Thanks to cancer treatment, the guitarist has a dynamic solo album and a presence on a spooky Duran Duran LP

The Independent UK

Duran Duran star Andy Taylor rubbishes rumour that he ‘can’t stand’ former bandmate Nick Rhodes

Former band guitarist has denounced rumours of a feud with ex-bandmates

The Guardian - UK

Wimbledon diary: Sasnovich covers up, Bon Jovi keeps the faith in Norrie

Jon Bon Jovi and and Simon Le Bon showed up on the show courts while Paula Badosa faced a bizarre line of questioning

Leeds Live

Duran Duran Leeds First Direct Arena review: Simon Le Bon takes sold out crowd on an unforgettable 80s celebration

Duran Duran played to a sold out crowd at Leeds First Direct Arena on Thursday evening

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