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A Note From Andy Taylor
Andy Taylor, who has been inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with Duran Duran tonight (Nov. 5, 2022) in Los Angeles, was not able to attend the ceremonies due to illness. The band acknowledged his absence by reading portions of a letter that...
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Dada: A Short Presentation
In January 1971, the newly-formed band Dada briefly toured the UK with Iron Butterfly and Yes, as part of 'The Age Of Atlantic' package tour (named after a compilation album from Atlantic Records). This is how the official programme introduced them. A...
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Chaka Khan's Upcoming Musical To Feature Robert Palmer!
Official artwork for I'm Every Woman: The Musical, which is set to premiere in March 2026 A new musical based on the life and career of R&B diva Chaka Khan will play in London next year. Titled I'm Every Woman: The Musical, the show will celebrate Khan's...
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Compass Point
Titre : Compass Point Auteur : Darren Sylvester Date de publication : 2012 Editeur : M.33 (édition limitée à 1.000 exemplaires) Type : Livre de photos Ayant appris la fermeture prochaine des célèbres Compass Point Studios situés aux Bahamas, l'artiste...
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The Power Station 40th Anniversary Box Set To Be Released In Early 2026
The Power Station, the supergroup featuring Duran Duran's John Taylor and Andy Taylor, along with singer Robert Palmer and drummer Tony Thompson will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their self-titled debut album in early 2026. The new set will expand...
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Rock And Roll's Sophisticate
"Oh, Mr. Palmer, Fame Is On The Line." Robert Palmer has done about everything to avoid rock stardom. It hasn't been enough. Rock and roll has been blamed for putting enough people into comas, so it was nice that it finally pulled somebody out of one....
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Rendez-Vous Avec Le Moon (partie 1)
A perte de vue, le boulevard électrique filait vers la mer. 8 PM et la nuit caresse peu à peu les sommets des buildings. Je me tasse un peu plus au fond des fauteuils de cuir noir de la Limo de location. En faisant jouer l'interrupteur, la vitre automatique...
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The Story Of Vinegar Joe (part I)
Mock muggins, sexual advances, and sweat stains were all part of the Vinegar Joe story - along with some blistering British blues-rock. But one member was plotting to leave... It's late 1973, and Vinegar Joe singer Elkie Brooks is walking home to her...
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Interview With Steve Smith (2009)
When did you meet Robert Palmer, and what were the circumstances of the meeting? Was he still with Vinegar Joe at the time? I met Robert when my band (Smith Perkins Smith-the 1st American band signed to Island Records) played with VJ at Leicester University...
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Songs & Visions: The Carlsberg Concert '97 (part II)
The full cast attending the photocall The rehearsals Four days before the show, I attended a full rehearsal of the band, orchestra, and singers at London's Olympic Studios, where the project had been taking shape over the previous two and a half weeks....
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Brian Cooke: Jimi Hendrix, Robert Palmer, The Mandrakes And Me
Just over half way through my 3 year art school education in Hull, a new young band called The Mandrakes appeared for the first time at the Condor club in Scarborough. It was Wednesday January 27th 1965 and due to the long Christmas break from college,...
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The Deb's Delight Takes Fright! (part I)
Heart-throb Robert Palmer pinned down in New York. Three times I got out of my warm bath to answer the telephone. The first call was a few seconds of silence and down. The second call stopped ringing just before I could pick it up. The third caller had...
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The Deb's Delight Takes Fright! (part II)
I am sitting on the fourth bar stool from the window, between Robert Palmer on the fifth and Joe on the third. I order drinks. Robert's first: a Tom Collins. The American bartender in his white smock takes great care with this order, and Robert gets a...
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The Deb's Delight Takes Fright! (part III)
Do you get pissed off with the whole routine of touring? "I suppose I get cynical about it but I don't get pissed off by it; because I like to sing. I like the physical sensation of it and everything - when it comes down to it the only real thing that...
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John Taylor Launches Athleisure Collection Designed With Fans In Mind
Duran Duran's bassist John Taylor Duran Duran's influence on fashion is as enduring as the band's place in music history. After helping define the look of the 1980s, they're still shaping style in surprising ways four decades on. In March, the group -...
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Power Play
Robert Palmer scores the biggest hit of his career with Addicted To Love . "It was... anxious," confesses Robert Palmer, his mellifluous baritone uncharacteristically raw as he recalls the previous night's sold-out concert at Boston's Opera House, the...
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John And Andy Taylor: The Power Station DLX Interview (part 1)
In a documentary filmed during the making of The Power Station's self-titled album in 1985, Robert Palmer remarks: "There's no way this group should be happening. It should be illegal." He wasn't wrong. A comet whose original line-up lasted less than...
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The Island Records Years
Titre : The Island Records Years Date de publication : 17.02.2023 Label : Edsel Type : Coffret Classement : UK Physical Album Charts #89 Coffret Deluxe regroupant sur 9 CD tous les albums de Robert Palmer de la période Island (1974-1985) avec des titres...
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Steve Stevens: 2014 Interview
American guitarist Steve Stevens is best known for his long collaboration with Billy Idol as well as his guitar work on Michael Jackson's 'Dirty Diana' and the 'Top Gun' movie anthem. But Stevens also played extensively on Robert Palmer's 1990 album 'Don't...
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Guy Pratt: 2020 Interview
Here are excerpts of an interview English bass player Guy Pratt gave to Paul Sinclair of SuperDeluxeEdition in which he talked about his collaboration with Robert Palmer. You played on Riptide , even though I think it was only on one song in the end?...
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The Place That Changed Me
Robert Palmer in Shinjyuku Central Park, Tokyo (1985) Twenty-five years ago the rock star found Japan impenetrable. Twenty-four visits later the etiquette and send of dignity keep him coming back When I first went to Japan, nearly 25 years ago, one of...
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Some Guys Have All The Luck
"When we first moved into Nassau, we had a neighbour who had this daughter and she was like a sylph: she had green hair from the chlorine in the pool because she was a champion swimmer, she was brown from the sun and she was neither a boy nor a girl -...
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The Deb's Delight Takes Fright! (part IV)
I probably have a lot more sympathy with Robert Palmer than you expect me to have. We think along very similar lines at the moment, having reached similar conclusions about similar things from different directions. I have exactly the same attitude as...
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The Story Of Vinegar Joe (part II)
Vinegar Joe made three albums – a self-titled debut (1972), Rock ’n Roll Gypsies (also 1972) and Six Star General (1973). They were an electrifying live act and quickly became a staple of the UK’s then-thriving university circuit. But they struggled to...
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Intimate Details
Name: Robert Alan Palmer Born: Batley, Yorkshire on January 19, 1949 School: Up until the age of ten I lived in Malta and i loved school. From the age of ten to about 17 I was in school in England and I hated it because instead of being taught how to...