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unusual facts about Duran Duran's charity concert at Villa Park 1983


Duran Duran's charity concert at Villa Park 1983

The show started at 6pm when the host, BBC Radio 1 presenter Peter Powell, introduced the opening act "Prince Charles and the City Beat Band", which was followed by Robert Palmer who included the songs Johnny and Mary and Some Guys Have All the Luck in his performance.


Chic Freak and More Treats

Chic Freak and More Treats features guest vocals by Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon, Ashford & Simpson and Taja Sevelle and was to be Edwards' last studio project.

Dean Chamberlain

He has also created portraits for musicians such as David Bowie, Duran Duran, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Arcadia, Roy Orbison, and directed music videos using the same long exposure techniques: "This One" for Paul and Linda McCartney, "Missing" for Arcadia and "All She Wants Is" for Duran Duran.

Dominic Brown

Dominic "Dom" Brown (born 14 June 1972) is a London-based guitarist and singer-songwriter who has worked with many popular musicians, including Duran Duran, Elton John, Lionel Richie and Take That.

Gary Coull

The annual forums in May, and since 2003 in September, included mid-week parties that featured well-known, but ageing pop stars (such as Elton John, Duran Duran or Mariah Carey), as well as sessions by former and current heads of state.

Gary O'

Shortly after the 1980 follow-up "Manoeuvres", Gary formed the band Kid Rainbow, which included Margo Davidson, later of The Parachute Club and musician, producer, and songwriter John Jones (record producer) of Duran Duran Roy Wood, Fleetwood Mac, Dan Hill, Alan Frew, and Celine Dion.

Jacksonville Coliseum

The Coliseum hosted hundreds of concerts and shows during its 43-year history, including Rush, Bob Dylan, Duran Duran, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Journey, AC/DC, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden.

Jugate Conmigo

Besides musical guests (including Duran Duran, Bon Jovi, Attaque 77, Alejandro Sanz among others), the cast itself sung songs about teen issues like gossip, sex, romantic relationship, kisses, jealously, etc.

Keith Breeden

Other noteworthy pieces include his work on the covers of Duran Duran's Seven and the Ragged Tiger album (along with Malcolm Garrett), The Mission's Carved in Sand album and related singles, and The Cult's 1987 Electric album (along with Storm Thorgerson) and its first two singles ("Love Removal Machine" and "Lil' Devil").

Lord Tim

Born in Broken Hill on 2 April 1970, he started singing along with Duran Duran and Pseudo Echo as a teenager, though considered himself too shy to perform on stage.

Mario Sorrenti

Additionally, Sorrenti is responsible for the photographs on several music releases, most notably Shakira's Fijación Oral Vol. 1, as well as R&B artist Maxwell's album Embrya and a solo album by John Taylor of Duran Duran.

Nina Hossain

Hossain reads a fake news story at the end of the Duran Duran song “The Man Who Stole a Leopard” and performs the voice of the satellite navigation on “Blame the Machines”, both from the band’s 2010 album All You Need Is Now.

Nip Drivers

In addition to their own compositions, they recorded sometimes improbable covers of pop hits such as Olivia Newton-John’s “Have You Never Been Mellow,” Duran Duran's "Rio," and Sweet’s “Fox on the Run”.

Patrick Nagel

Nagel's 1982 painting for the album cover of rock group Duran Duran's hit album Rio would become one of his best known images.

He is best known for his illustrations for Playboy magazine, and the pop group Duran Duran, for whom he designed the cover of the best selling album Rio.

Paul Gorman

In 2008, Gorman launched fashion label The Look Presents through Topman with three collections based on artist and designers featured in The Look: t-shirts by Wonder Workshop; t-shirts by Granny Takes a Trip founder Nigel Waymouth; and Priceless - a menswear range by Antony Price, designer for Roxy Music and Duran Duran.

Polonnaruwa

Its beauty was also used as a backdrop to filmed scenes for the Duran Duran music video Save a Prayer in 1982.

Sears Centre

The venue opened on October 26, 2006, with performances by Duran Duran and Bob Dylan; it was estimated to attract over 750,000 visitors annually.

South Wraxall Manor

John Taylor (bass player with the band Duran Duran) and his wife Gela Nash (founder of Juicy Couture) purchased the house in 2005 and live there when Taylor's band is working in England.

WKZL

The popularity of many of the new artists that were played on "New Generation," the introduction of MTV, and the dedication of record and radio professionals who recognized the value of these new artists, prompted WKZL to open its format a bit and bring new artists such as X, the English Beat, the Psychedelic Furs, Berlin, Gary Numan, Wall of Voodoo, Duran Duran, U2, and R.E.M., into regular rotation.

WOLF-FM

After just two weeks with the Radio Disney format, the station then began stunting with a loop of "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran and then an all hair band format, before finally settling on August 28, 2009 on a country music format at 4pm as "Wolf 105-1".

Worst. Person. Ever.

Neal also dresses similar to bands from the 80's, in particular, Duran Duran.

WXCI

As one of a handful of stations playing alternative rock in the US in the early 1980s, WXCI helped popularize new bands such as REM, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, U2, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and Black Flag.

Yehuda Talit

During the 1980s the company produced large concerts and brought international artists to Israel such as Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman, Dire Straits, Sting, Leonard Cohen, Billy Joel, Boy George, Bryan Adams, Joe Cocker, Julio Iglesias, Duran Duran, David Bowie, The Eurythmics and many others.


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