Duran Duran have promised to bring out Nile Rogers and Mark Ronson as special guests if they perform at Glastonbury.
The 80s pop icons have never played the world-famous festival but are keen to rock the Pyramid Stage if organizers Michael and Emily Eavis are interested in them bringing their hits to Worthy Farm in Somerset, south-west England.
Appearing on the ‘Headliners’ podcast, Simon said: “I want to play Glastonbury. I don’t want to go as a player, but I want Duran Duran to get the right slot. Anyway, that’s the conversation that we shouldn’t really be having have in the air. I’d love to do that. I’d like to have a night time, to be honest with you, and it’s got to be on the Pyramid Stage.”
Asked if they would be inviting any special guests on stage, bassist John Taylor promised they would bring two of the band’s high-profile collaborators, Nile Rodgers, who produced their 1986 album ‘Notorious’ as well as providing remixes for the group, and Mark Ronson, who worked on their 2010 record, ‘All You Need Is Now’.
John said, “You’ll have to bring Nile out and maybe Mark.”
Explaining how the band first met Chic frontman Nile, John recalled: “We were backstage with Blondie in New Jersey in ’82, Nile was like ‘I’ve heard you!’
“When Duran was formed, one of its main influences was Chic. Not many people said that at the time. People were burning disco records.
“It was very important to him that a young English band dropped Chic as an influence at the time because no one was doing that.
“To know Nile is to love him. You want to be friends with him, he is a very generous man on every level.”
