RUDY BOLLY
After almost four decades and a tonne of eyeliner, Duran Duran are finally receiving the accolades their music deserves. It’s not always been a smooth ride, and the Brummie New Romantics are first to admit they have divided popular opinion over the years. “We’re not a band that people say, ‘Oh, I like them’,” says Simon Le Bon. “It’s normally, ‘I love them’ or ‘I hate them’.”