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Labour councillors have been left ‘flabbergasted’ after a former colleague announced a surprise return to Rochdale’s political scene - as a Tory candidate. John Hartley wore the red rosette while representing Littleborough Lakeside for nine years - only standing down at last year’s local elections to take ‘a few years break’.But he has shocked - and angered - his one-time allies by declaring he will stand as a Conservative in the ward in May, after just one year away. Furious over the move, they have accused him of trading his Labour principles and opting for the Tories as ‘they wouldn’t expect him to work as hard’.

A ‘horrified’ councillor says comments he made about people ‘crossing the channel in an open boat’ have been misinterpreted. Coun John Taylor says the ‘unacceptable’ remarks - made during a debate about a controversial housing scheme - highlighted objectors’ concerns, but did not represent his own views.

Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has stage four metastatic prostate cancer. The 61-year-old was diagnosed four years ago and his bandmate Simon Le Bon fears he will not be “around for very long”. Duran Duran broke the news at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (05.

The Induction of Duran Duran into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was supposed to be celebratory night that would also serve as a reunion for the British band who formed back in 1978.And while the evening at the 37th annual ceremony at the Microsoft Theater was still a time to feel proud for original members Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, and Simon Le Bon, the reunion with former guitarist Andy Taylor did not happen after all.During their induction speech frontman Le Bon informed the audience, via a letter on behalf of Andy Taylor, that he couldn't attend the event due to 'a setback' in his treatment for stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, according to Rolling Stone. Shocking announcement: Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon revealed the band's original guitarist Andy Taylor couldn't make their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday due to 'a setback' in his treatments for stage 4 prostate cancerDressed in a lime-green suit, Hollywood A-lister Robert Downey Jr.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Duran Duran have confirmed details of a brand-new, 75 minute docu-concert film titled “A Hollywood High,” that captures the band performing live on a rooftop in Los Angeles, alongside interviews and archival footage that tells the story of their long-time relationship with the city. The film will be released in theaters on November 3, 2022.  “For our first US show in several years we wanted to do something really special and intimate,” explains keyboardist Nick Rhodes.  “After considering many options, a rooftop performance quickly became the frontrunner. It was post-pandemic, we had never done anything like that before, and we had just released a new album.  Somehow it seemed like a magical doorway to the next part of our journey.”

The Guardian: 'I'm very protective of his privacy. But I will say that he's a very kind, authentic person. She continued: 'He's the most unfamous famous person ever, by which I mean he has been able to maintain that balance, which is very hard.

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Sandra Oh is fantasizing about a musical collaboration with Duran Duran in a new sneak peak of “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” season 5.

Duran Duran lit up the Capitol Records building in blue and yellow – the colours of the Ukrainian flag – and dedicated their 1992 song ‘Ordinary World’ to the people of Ukraine.The band performed to an intimate crowd of 250 – mostly friends, family and industry professionals – on the rooftop of the Aster nightclub on Thursday (March 17). Capitol Tower is in clear eyeshot of the Aster, and with Duran Duran having previously been signed to Capitol Records, it made a perfect backdrop for their message of solidarity with Ukraine.In a statement shared alongside a clip of the performance, bassist John Taylor said: “We are appealing to our fans in Russia to have an open heart and to support peace.

Lily Moayeri Duran Duran treated 250 friends and family, and a few industry professionals, to a private performance on the rooftop of the Aster in Hollywood on the evening of Thursday March 17. The performance was recorded for a feature-length concert film and documentary the Fab Five will be releasing in June, in conjunction with their world tour, which hits North America in August.On the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, the well-appointed Aster — a private members’ club and hotel that will be opening in June — provided a picture-perfect setting for Duran Duran with both the Hollywood sign and the Capitol Records Tower as their backdrop.The balmy evening and late sunset brought a dreamy quality to the intimate performance.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDef Leppard and lead singer Joe Elliott, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor, Living Colour, Rob Thomas, Gary Oldman and more are among the artists joining the second annual “A Bowie Celebration,” set for January 8, 2022, what would have been David Bowie’s 75th birthday.

David Bowie‘s 75th birthday has been announced.The event, which will be held on January 8, will feature long term members of the late icon’s band along with appearances from Gary Oldman, Ricky Gervais, Evan Rachel Wood, Duran Duran‘s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor, Def Leppard, Living Colour, Walk The Moon and Jake Welsley Rogers.“It’s an honour to be able to continue to share David Bowie’s music with the world,” Bowie’s longtime keyboardist Mike Garson told Rolling Stone.“I’m excited for everyone to be able to experience this very special show we’ve got in store in celebration of what would have been David’s 75th birthday with the bandmates he recorded and performed with, plus a great group of guest artists who he was such an influence

Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon has claimed that the band used to order drugs via room service back in the 1980s.Speaking on Alan Carr’s Life’s A Beach podcast, Le Bon said: “I’ve been going to the Sunset Marquis (a hotel in Los Angeles) for nearly 40 years. When I first went there, it was not quite so high rent…you used to be able to order ‘substances’ on room service, if you knew the right people to ask.”“And we did.

Partying with everyone from Lady Gaga, Elton John and Daniel Craig to Kim Kardashian, Vladimir Putin and Queen Elizabeth II, Duran Duran holds the anniversary bash to end all anniversary bashes in celebration of 40 years in music.The festivities go down in the video for the band’s latest single, aptly titled “Anniversary.” But if you’re wondering just how they got the queen to do a group selfie at this shindig, well, it’s because they used celebrity lookalikes in the clip, which was released three days before Duran Duran’s 15th studio album, “Future Past,” arrived on Friday.“We thought it might be interesting, as the song is all about celebration, to have a big party [and] to fill it with famous people,” keyboardist and founding member Nick

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Broadway’s To Kill A Mockingbird has rounded out its return-to-stage cast, with Hunter Parrish, Portia, Michael Braugher and Gordon Clapp among the actors joining the previously announced Jeff Daniels and Celia Keenan-Bolger.

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ArenaNet has announced that the next Guild Wars 2 expansion, End Of Dragons, has been delayed until early 2022.Guild Wars franchise lead and ArenaNet director John Taylor announced that Guild Wars 2: End Of Dragons will have its release date delayed from late 2021 to early 2022.“As expansion development has progressed and the real-world challenges of the past year and a half have changed the way we live and work, it’s become clear that we need a little more time to deliver our creative vision for Cantha” Taylor said.Despite the delay, fans can still expect to see a preview of the expansion later in July, as Taylor reminded fans to “tune in on July 27 for the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons First Look livestream.”Later in the post, updates to

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Duran Duran are set to perform with Blur‘s Graham Coxon at this year’s Billboard Music Awards.The band will appear as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations and will premiere a new single at the awards event, which takes place on May 23.