Lycett, Acosta and Duran Duran condemn Birmingham’s 100% arts budget cut
Napalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight also among city’s cultural figures warning over ‘horrifying’ move
August 2023
Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor says prostate cancer ‘asymptomatic’
Guitarist discusses treatment that leaves him ‘radioactive’ and says he was previously told he needed end-of-life care
January 2023
‘I’m gonna live life’: Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor talks about his cancer
Guitarist tells Channel 5 News that although there is no cure for his prostate cancer there are ‘some new treatments’ and he plans to make the most of the life he has
November 2022
‘There is no cure’: Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor reveals he has stage 4 cancer
Original guitarist of British new wave group reveals diagnosis in a letter read by his bandmates while being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
October 2022
The reader interview
Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes: ‘My father thought makeup was a phase. I’m still going through it 40 years on’
The reader interview
Post your questions for Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes
July 2022
Commonwealth Games opener will be on par with London 2012, says director
‘Aphex Twin pours water on my meltdowns’: Guardian readers on the songs that soothe them
June 2022
Queen’s platinum jubilee concert 2022: the Platinum Party at the Palace – as it happened
Diana Ross, Queen and Lin-Manuel Miranda to play Party at the Palace
May 2022
How we made
Duran Duran on making Rio: ‘We’re still trying to work out what it means’
‘We’ve taken a lot of punishment over the years – some of it deserved – but that track is here to stay. No one will ever be able to take it away from us’
September 2021
Duran Duran review – still Wild Boys even in middle age
At this intimate hometown date, bravura stagecraft is received with such enthusiasm that almost resurrects the band’s heyday
May 2021
Duran Duran: ‘Almost everybody in a situation like ours sabotages themselves’
Forty years on from their debut album, the new romantics have teamed with Giorgio Moroder and Graham Coxon for a new LP. They discuss their wild heyday, ageing with grace – and which vaccine they would rather have
April 2021
From Eno to Dua Lipa, why musicians are fascinated by outer space
Hear me out
Hear me out: why A View to a Kill isn't a bad movie
March 2021
'It’s a statement of exclusion': music festivals return to UK but lineups still lack women
Guardian analysis of 31 events reveals many still falling short on equal gender representation
January 2021
A Bowie Celebration review – a starry tribute concert for a mind-blowing talent
Five years on from David Bowie’s death, bandmate Mike Garson leads an epic lineup, from Billy Corgan to Adam Lambert, in three hours of livestreamed sound and vision
September 2020
Book of the day
Sweet Dreams by Dylan Jones review – the story of the New Romantics
From Elizabethans to Hollywood vamps, Duran Duran to Spandau Ballet … how a teenage style cult became a 1980s pop phenomenon that speaks to today
August 2020
Rita Ora and Labrinth join music’s protest after Wiley’s antisemitic rant
Artists, producers and executives sign a statement condemning prejudice and hate speech in the industry
February 2019
Talk Talk's visionary: Mark Hollis's ambition co-existed with commercial success
With enigmatic lyrics and aspirations to rival Shostakovich, Hollis considered himself the leader of a jazz band which should never stop innovating
