Release – Duran Duran have released a live performance video of their cover of ELO’s “Evil Woman.” The performance was filmed by legendary Swedish director, Jonas Åkerlund (Madonna, Beyoncé, Metallica, Lady Gaga) at the band’s sold out headline concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Oct, 31, for Halloween 2024.
The “Evil Woman (Live From Madison Square Garden)” clip is a full circle moment in the story of Duran Duran’s latest studio album, “Danse Macabre.” The concept for the album was first sparked by the band’s Halloween show at the Encore Theatre at Wynn, Las Vegas, Oct. 31, 2022. Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor, in full costume, took to the stage complete with 20-foot-high skeletons, tombstones, cobwebs, coffins and ghouls, for a unique, themed set. The gig has gone down in Duran Duran history as the ultimate Halloween show for the ages, until now.
Fast forward to 2024 and Duran Duran once again summoned all Halloween enthusiasts to show up, dress up, and celebrate All Hallows’ Eve in style for a one night only Halloween ball at Madison Square Garden in New York City – a major performance following their huge headline performance at Latitude 2024 this summer.
Speaking about the Madison Square Garden concert, Duran Duran founding member and keyboardist Nick Rhodes revealed: “We wanted to invite a wider audience inside a venue to experience a Duran Duran performance, so where better to capture that on film than Madison Square Garden on Halloween. In times where we are never quite sure what is real and what is not, it felt great to return to the pulsing heart of Duran Duran, live in front of an audience. The Evil Woman video is a taste of what’s to come in Jonas Åkerlund’s live film…”
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To celebrate the first anniversary of the “Danse Macabre” album, a De Luxe version of the original is now available digitally, and on CD and box set formats via Tape Modern under exclusive license to BMG. The De Luxe CD and digital editions feature three new bonus tracks – an instrumental entitled “Masque of the Pink Death,” ELO’s “Evil Woman” and “New Moon (Dark Phase),” a reimagined version of their classic song “New Moon On Monday” from the “Seven and The Ragged Tiger” album, featuring Andy Taylor. The limited-edition, three LP vinyl box set, includes a bonus disc featuring seven new tracks, four of which are not available in any other format. The Halloween-inspired box also includes a spirit board, metal planchette, bespoke tarot cards, four art prints, and a booklet.
In each format, “Danse Macabre – De Luxe” contains the original collection of 13 songs, including haunting covers of Billie Eilish’s ‘Bury A Friend’, Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” featuring Victoria De Angelis, The Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black,” and The Specials’ “Ghost Town,” plus new versions of Duran Duran classics from their own catalogue. Guest artists include producer, guitarist, and composer Nile Rodgers, Victoria De Angelis of Måneskin, and former Duran Duran band members Andy Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo. Exquisitely packaged, the record features images adapted from a collection of authentic vintage séance photos that Nick Rhodes sourced at auction.
“Danse Macabre” is also available in an innovative, limited-edition version KiTalbum. An exclusive collaboration with South Korean-based media and music technology company, KiTbetter, the KiTalbum is a new format that unites the physical and digital worlds within a special mobile-based KiTplayer (available for both Android and iOS) to create a full album experience.
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‘DANSE MACABRE’ – DE LUXE BOX SET TRACKLIST:
2LP (Original ‘Danse Macabre’ album)
NIGHTBOAT
BLACK MOONLIGHT
LOVE VOUDOU
BURY A FRIEND
SUPERNATURE
DANSE MACABRE
SECRET OKTOBER 31ST
GHOST TOWN
PAINT IT BLACK
SUPER LONELY FREAK
SPELLBOUND
PSYCHO KILLER (feat. Victoria De Angelis)
CONFESSION IN THE AFTERLIFE
BONUS LP
A1.EVIL WOMAN*
A2. NEW MOON (DARK PHASE)*
A3. SPOOKY – [Brides of Duracula track]*
B1. THE VISITOR – [Instrumental]*
B2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SÉANCE – [Spoken word track from Nick Rhodes]*
B3. MASQUE OF THE PINK DEATH – [Instrumental]*
B4. DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD – [Instrumental]*
*NEW TRACK