Duran Duran have shared
'Free To Love', their first new music of 2025, enlisting producer and guitarist
Nile Rodgers as both co-writer and featured artist on the track.
Simon Le Bon said of the single: "Free To Love is disco for the 2020's. It's up-beat & up-tempo; it's about freedom; it's about loving the modern world instead of hating it, and that is something we need right now. Be free! Be free to love!"
Nick Rhodes added: "Every time we plug in and play with Nile, the electricity he generates could light up a whole city. We share a common belief that music is a force for good and something that brings positive energy into the world. 'Free to Love' is our call to all the people out there who want peace, hope and understanding to prevail. An anthem for freedom, which is the most valuable currency we have, and something that should be truly and freely available for everyone, everywhere. 'Free to Love' has a simple message, there is nothing more important than freedom and love. We certainly need a lot more of both in the world right now."
The creative relationship between Duran Duran and Rodgers stretches back over four decades, beginning with his remix of '
The Reflex'. Reflecting on their latest work together, Rodgers said: "True love is free and unconditional. My love for Duran Duran, and what our music together has always been about, is the love we share for our song's deepest meanings. Whatever chaos is going on outside, inside the studio we're free to love our peace."
Ahead of a European and UK run that includes a headline appearance at BST Hyde Park on 5th July, the band will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 29th April before heading out on a series of west coast North American shows.
The dates in full read:
MAY
1 BeachLife Festival, Redondo Beach, CA
2 Fontainebleau, Las Vegas, NV
6 Fontainebleau, Las Vegas, NV
8 Fontainebleau, Las Vegas, NV
9 Fontainebleau, Las Vegas, NV
