This weekend marks what should have been The Isle of Wight Festival 2020, when festival goers were due to stand arm in arm in Seaclose Park, experiencing that special island atmosphere. Whilst we’re celebrating some of the festival’s greatest moments from home this year on Sky Arts and Absolute Radio, organisers are delighted to announce the line-up for next year’s event, taking place from 17th to 20th June 2021.Click here

Duran Duran’s show due to take place St.Annes Park, Dublin in 2020 has been rescheduled due to COVID-19. Take note: This event will now take place in the same venue on Sunday, 13th June 2021.

All tickets remain valid for the new date.

On June 19, 2000 Duran Duran released the album POP TRASH. With not one Taylor on the record, it was a different experience for the remaining band members. Here, Warren Cuccurullo, Nick Rhodes, Engineer Ken Scott & Art Director Andrew Day recall the work and creativity that went in to putting the album together.

Click here to read more and watch a Pop Trash pictorial

If you haven't heard, John has started a limited series where he gives a bass tutorial of a Duran Duran song on Instagram and Facebook, followed by a LIVE Q&A with a special guest on the band's Instagram channel (@duranduran)

You can now watch all of John's tutorials on this YouTube playlist. Enjoy the Odyssey!

While the band are with their families and remaining quarantined, they have been doing weekly Twitter chats! If you missed any of them, you can read the transcripts here:

Simon - read here

Roger - read here

Nick - read here

John - read here

Hi Everyone,

We have made the decision to take a temporary break from the studio in order to keep everyone safe and sound. While we are 'self-isolating’, however, we still want to be in touch with you all in some way. So, for thirty minutes each week, we’re going to take turns striking up conversations and taking questions via the Duran Duran Twitter feed. For us, we feel it’s important during this crazy time to stay connected, so we can share our thoughts and feelings. Community has never felt like such a scarce commodity!

Our love goes out to all of our fans around the world, particularly in areas that have been badly hit by the virus. We have never seen anything like this in our lifetimes, and we are feeling much of the same uncertainty and fear that we’re sure you are.

We hope that through keeping connected we can all feel strong and supported.

Stay tuned for details on our first meet up, which will take place tomorrow, Friday afternoon, UK time. Until then… stay healthy.

- Simon, Roger, John & Nick x