Duran Duran Talk Rock Hall, Perform ‘Tonight United’ on ‘Corden’ – Billboard

Duran Duran are greater than 40-years deep right into a recording profession that has delivered the wild boys ample fame, fortune, and, simply possibly, induction into the Rock And Roll Corridor of Fame.

The British ‘80s stars are the runaway leaders within the Rock Corridor fan vote, and with the announcement earlier this week of a long-overdue tour of North America, DD are assured to spark extra chatter within the months forward.

On Wednesday night time (March 16), founding members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor stopped by The Late Late Present for a chat with its host James Corden, and a efficiency from their fifteenth and newest studio album, Future Previous.

Will Duran Duran earn Rock Corridor glory on their first nomination? Time will inform, although a growth in latest days helps their trigger.

“We’ve wish to thank Dolly (Parton) for dropping out,” John Taylor quipped. “And if Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox (aka Eurythmics) may do the identical, that might be good too.”

DD warmed up for his or her forthcoming tour with a late-night efficiency of “Tonight United,” lifted from 2021’s Future Previous, which crashed the U.Okay. albums chart at No. 3, their highest chart place because the basic lineup (with Andy Taylor on guitar) reunited in 2004 for Astronaut, which additionally peaked at No. 3.

Nile Rodgers and Stylish will open for the lads once they embark on a 14-date trek by August and September, which features a cease at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard and Chicago’s United Middle.

Earlier than they go west, DD will full a lap of U.Okay. and Europe exhibits, together with a July 10 date at London’s Hyde Park.

On the time of writing, Duran Duran tops the Rock Corridor fan leaderboard with greater than 638,500 votes, forward of Eminem (559,000) and Pat Benatar (396,000).