Michael Jackson once pitched a collaboration with Duran Duran, but the group turned down the offer.The Simon Le Bon-fronted band appeared on What Happens Live With Andy Cohen yesterday (August 2) where they were asked whether they had a friendship with Jackson back in the 1980s.In response, keyboardist Nick Rhodes recalled the time he received an unexpected phone call from the King Of Pop.“We go home after a tour – it must have been 1983, I think.
I get home and the phone rings and my mum says, ‘There’s somebody on the phone for you, he says his name’s Michael Jackson’.”Rhodes went on to say that he initially thought the call was a prank by a member of Duran Duran’s crew.
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