Duran hungry for a deal

Duran Duran are putting the finishing touches on a follow-up to 2010’s All You Need Is Now. “We’re not hurrying,” Simon Le Bon explains. “It’s being mixed, and a couple of people want to make guest appearances. And we’re looking for a record deal.” These days the band, who will perform live at Bestival in the summer, prefer to shop for a deal with each new project. “We’ve done short-term deals because we wanted freedom,” Simon says. “We can’t go to a record company and say, ‘We’re going to do an album’ – you have to present music to them. I’m aware that if you’re Lady Gaga then they’ll give you what you want, but we’re different.”