Duran Duran formed their group in 1978 and are credited with kick starting the MTV generation. The MTV superstars landed the hearts of teenage girls throughout the early 80’s and enjoyed most of their fame from their first two albums, the self-titled Duran Duran and Rio. Selling millions of albums and being plastered on every magazine from Los Angeles to London, led to their first number 1 hit, The Reflex, from their third album, Seven & The Ragged Tiger. The quartet from Birmingham tried to cross over to the adult market in 1993 with The Wedding Album, which made some positive waves with critics (unlike their first three pop/dance albums). However, shortly after that the group broke up with no hope of ever getting together again.

It wasn’t until May of 2002 that Duran Duran reunited and began working on new material, however it was a tough sell for the record companies. There were no labels that wanted to take the risk and sign them on, so they decided to prove themselves and went on tour. The response of the fans and the media was more than anyone expected. Every one of Duran Duran’s shows sold out within minutes. Duran Duran concert tickets stormed the world from Japan to the US, proving to any record company that their album would sell. This led to a four album contract with Epic Records and back to back sold out tours throughout the world.

In 2003, one of the highlights of Duran Duran’s career came when they were asked to present an MTV Music Award, which turned out to be a surprise lifetime achievement award from MTV. Sealing their staying power in the pop music industry, Duran Duran will continue to tour North America through the late summer and early fall of 2005.