Duran Duran will celebrate Halloween with a new album, Danse Macabre, due out October 27 via Tape Modern (BMG). It features three new tracks, covers of Billie Eilish‘s “Bury a Friend,” The Rolling Stones‘ “Paint it Black,” Siouxsie and the Banshees‘ “Spellbound,” Talking Heads‘ “Psycho Killer” (featuring Victoria De Angelis of Måneskin), and the Rick James-inspired “Super Lonely Freak,” as well as reworked versions of some older songs. Nile Rodgers and original guitarist Andy Taylor also feature on the album, and you can see the cover art and tracklist below.
Danse Macabre was inspired by a Halloween show Duran Duran played in Las Vegas last year, and keboardist Nick Rhodes says, “We had decided to seize the moment to create a unique, special event—the temptation of using glorious gothic visuals set to a dark soundtrack of horror and humor was simply irresistible. That evening inspired us to explore further and to make an album, using Halloween as the key theme. The record metamorphosed through a pure, organic process, and not only was it made faster than anything since our debut album. It has also resulted in something none of us could have ever predicted.”
The first single is the title track, which Rhodes says “celebrates the joy and madness of Halloween.” Hear it below.
Duran Duran are on tour with Nile Rodgers & CHIC now, including an NYC show at Forest Hills Stadium on September 22, which is also with Grace Jones and Bastille. See all dates below.
DURAN DURAN – DANSE MACABRE TRACKLIST
1. Nightboat
2. Black Moonlight
3. Love Voudou
4. Bury A Friend
5. Supernature
6. Danse Macabre
7. Secret Oktober 31st
8. Ghost Town
9. Paint It Black
10. Super Lonely Freak
11. Spellbound
12. Psycho Killer (ft. Victoria De Angelis)
13. Confession in the Afterlife
DURAN DURAN: 2023 TOUR DATES
8/26 – T-Mobile Arena – Las Vegas, NV*
8/28 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO*
8/29 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO*
8/31 – Minnesota State Fair – St. Paul, MN*
9/01 – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago, IL*
9/03 – CMAC – Canandaigua, NY*
9/06 – TD Garden – Boston, MA*
9/07 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA*
9/09 – PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, PA*
9/10 – Blossom Music Center – Cuyahoga Falls, OH*
9/13 – Capital One Arena – Washington, DC*
9/16 – Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, MI*
9/19 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON*
9/20 – Bell Centre – Montreal, QC+
9/22 – Forest Hills Stadium – Queens, NY**
9/23 – Ocean Casino Resort – Ovation Hall – Atlantic City, NJ
** w/ Grace Jones, Nile Rodgers & Chic and Bastille
*w/ Nile Rodgers & Chic and Bastille
+w/ Nile Rodgers & Chic
