“If I had a vote, I'd stick with him for another term," said Taylor, who has also tweeted about the need for more gun control in the United States.įans discovered that Le Bon often tweeted about many political issues that led to them to investigating the troubles of Julian Assange or more recently, the drama around Russian punk rockers Pussy Riot. He still has an affinity for the president. In 2008, he made a YouTube video as a Brit who supported Obama. John Taylor, who splits his time between England and the United States, was an Obama supporter. They were far more than pretty faces on the wall. But what member, if any, was a Tory or Labour supporter? Who knew? Who cared?Īs adults, Duranies soon learned that their pin-ups had views and intelligent insight into myriad topics. They knew the late Princess Diana loved the band as much as they did. They didn’t care about Ronald Reagan’s GOP policies they – and I was one – only focused on whether bassist John Taylor dyed his hair a new shade of red or singer Le Bon dated a new girl. Most Duranies fell in love with the band as teenagers during the Reagan ‘80s. In turn, politics entered the Duranie world. Rhodes mainly stays away from social media except for dabbling in Duran Duran’s Second Life world, which he masterminded. The band also found their fans with Simon Le Bon and John Taylor taking to Twitter while drummer Roger Taylor prefers Facebook. ![]() They found each other – strangers who shared one passion– in Facebook groups and the band’s fan club message board. (KI PRICE/REUTERS)ĭuranies quickly united. Singer Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran performs on stage at Hyde Park in London on July 27.
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