On Nov. 1, 1982, Duran Duran released "Rio" as a single in the U.K. The title track of the band's 1982 LP quickly became one of the Birmingham band's signature songs, a confident mission statement ...

Don’t go thinking it was only about the videos. Duran Duran certainly mastered the art of the MTV mini-movie to help their ascension to music stardom. But without the thrilling raw material provided ...

In the spring of 1982, the British rock group Duran Duran were working on their second album at AIR Studios in London. At the time, the five-member band of Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Andy ...

Duran Duran’s ‘Rio,’ released May 10, 1982. For bubblegum-card-carrying members of the original MTV generation, Rio will forever be inextricably linked with sherbet-colored music video scenes of sexy ...

Duran Duran released their second album, Rio, on May 10, 1982. The LP featured three future classics — “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “Rio” and “Save a Prayer” — but also moodier fare such as the aching ...

On May 4, 1982, Duran Duran released the first single from Rio, "Hungry Like the Wolf." The song would become one of their signature tunes — although it didn't take an easy road to setlist immortality ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Duran Duran kicked off another run of U.S. dates at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California, on Tuesday, Dec. 30, treating ...