Duran Duran Rock Corridor Induction Introduced ‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Disappointment’

Simon Le Bon mentioned Duran Duran’s induction into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame introduced them combined feelings, as a result of former guitarist Andy Taylor’s most cancers meant he could not be a part of them for the ceremony.

In a current interview with BBC Radio 2, the singer described 2022 as their greatest yr because the dizzying heights of the ’80s, and regarded ahead to extra motion within the coming yr.

“It was an unimaginable second of satisfaction, but in addition of disappointment too,” Le Bon mentioned. “Andy Taylor, he is very unwell. And we had been very unhappy that he could not be there with us to share with us.”

Le Bon defined that after the ceremony, the band traveled to Ibiza to deliver Taylor his award. “He is in excellent form, truly, because it occurs,” Le Bon mentioned. “However you already know, he is obtained a severe illness and he truly could not make it over to L.A. There’s a whole lot of love there between him and us.”

The vocalist revealed that the ceremony was the primary time he’d ever met fellow Black Nation frontman Rob Halford. “Rob’s beautiful; Rob’s a very nice man,” he reported. “Judas Priest, very nice bunch of fellows, and it is nice to see them nonetheless at it.” However he was even happier about having been capable of meet Dolly Parton. “I obtained to sing!” he mentioned. “She’s a lot extra in actual life than she is on TV. … She’s a rare actual maverick of the enterprise. I used to be so proud to have that second.”

Together with their Rock Corridor victory, Le Bon mentioned the band’s performances on the Commonwealth Video games and the Queen’s jubilee celebrations had additionally been momentous experiences, such that 2022 was “simply one of the best yr that Duran Duran has had [since 1980] – and possibly, type of in its personal manner, was higher than something we did then.” He continued: “There was a lot that went proper [and] you do admire it since you by no means know what’s gonna get taken away. But additionally, we have got quite a bit higher at it than we had been then. … It is all in regards to the music and all in regards to the present [when it] was once in regards to the events, actually.” He identified: “We nonetheless have a bit little bit of partying left within the us now!”

Wanting forward, he insisted there was rather more to come back. “Properly, we like one another. We respect one another,” he mentioned of the band’s longevity. “We respect the variations. We do not attempt to pressure everyone to be the identical. We love being in Duran Duran. We love the music we make collectively, and we share the cash equally – which might be the most important, most essential factor.”