Lead singer Simon Le Bon says Duran Duran would love to play Glastonbury – as long as they aren’t playing a “little acoustic tent”.

The 80s’ New Romantic icons – who have released their 15th studio album, ‘Future Past’, today (22.10.21) – would jump at the chance to play the Pyramid Stage at the Worthy Farm festival should they get the call from organisers Emily and Michael Eavis.

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“In the Eighties, if you were a pop band you weren’t really asked to play a festival. It’s something we’ve had to learn.”

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Asked if they’d like to play the world-famous Somerset event, frontman Simon Le Bon replied: “We are up for it — if we get the right slot.

Now Duran Duran drop their 15th album, four decades after making their debut at a concert.

Keyboardist Nick Rhodes added “We played Coachella a few years ago, which was great.

“We’re not going to play in a little acoustic tent but if we get the right slot, we’d love to do it.”

Elsewhere, the ‘Wild Boys’ hitmakers revealed they have no plans to reunite with founding member Andy Taylor – who first quit the group in 1986, before he returned in 2000 and left for good six years later, but Simon is still in touch with the guitarist.

Bassist John Taylor, 61, said: “We move on to Andy Taylor, the founding member who quit the band in 1986, rejoined in 2000 and called it a day again in 2006.

“We reformed the original band, we went on that adventure and then we were done with Andy.

“We did some crazy s*** in our twenties and there was a while when I thought, ‘I’m never gonna get over this’. But we change.

“With Andy it was just a slight difference in philosophy or the way that we look at life and that became really apparent.

“I love Andy’s guitar playing. You have to be very open-minded and flexible to be in this group. You’ve got to be able to go with the flow. And, you know, he just wasn’t that guy.”

Andy, 60, has been performing with Reef recently and has his own solo projects, while he has previously co-produced for Sir Rod Stewart and written for Belinda Carlisle.

And Simon, 62, admitted that while it was bizarre seeing his ex-bandmate perform Duran Duran’s hit ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ with a different singer, he’s glad to see his pal working.

He said: “I send him texts.

“I watched him play some Duran Duran tracks on Chris Evans’s show and even though it was weird watching him play ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ with another singer, I was so happy to see him working and involved in music because he’s such a great musician.”

When British pop band Duran Duran made their debut, they did not know how long they would last. But 40 years on, the new wave group are still going strong, releasing their 15th studio album, “Future Past”, on Friday.
Duran Duran rose to fame with hits such as “Girls on Film” and “Rio”.

The band, with lead singer Simon Le Bon and drummer Roger Taylor, has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.
Their new song “Anniversary” celebrates the 40 years since they released their first album in 1981.

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