There’s been so much news about Duran Duran lately that it’s getting hard to keep up. I’d like to introduce a new feature to Gimme a Wristband, a daily wrap-up of Duran news. After dozens of excellent submissions on Facebook for a suggested title, I chose DURANTIME (thanks, Tin!)  because, well… I might not do an update every day. You’re Duranies… you know how it goes.

Mark Ronson Video Premiere

Yeah, yeah… I know I post a lot about Ronson, but it’s my fookin’ web site innit and I can’t get enough of the guy. Tune into BBC 4 tomorrow (11th June) at 7pm for the premiere of Mark Ronson’s video for ‘Bang Bang Bang’… you gotta check out this teaser:

Nick Rhodes Peeping Some Art

Yesterday, Nick attended the Royal Academy’s annual Summer Exhibition, which is the world’s largest open submission contemporary art exhibition. Some folks may be interested to know that Yasmin Le Bon and Meredith Ostrom were in attendance as well. I’m not sure if Simon was there or not. Holler if you know..

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New Roger & Jake DJ Dates

These guys are gonna totally burn Italy the fuck down if they keep this up. The unstoppable DJ duo of Roger Taylor and Jake Phonique will be spinning at the L’Altro Uomo Party in Milan and the Arenile Club near Naples, Italy on June 27th. If you haven’t checked out their music yet, click HERE to stream some Roger & Jake hotness.

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Nick Takes Us For a Spin

In honor of his 48th birthday this week, the Controller made a mad good playlist on Second Life, which you can stream HERE. It’s absolutely worth a listen, with meticulously selected tunes from artists including The Velvet Underground, Duran Duran, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Devils and JT solo.

Video Updates on Lucky 13

The boys check in with some very welcome and encouraging words from Sphere Studios in London: