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Four decades of music, one legendary band. Duran Duran’s concert documentary A Hollywood High arrived Wednesday (June 21) on Paramount+.
Released in theaters last year, A Hollywood High celebrates the British rock band’s 40-year career and “love affair with Los Angeles.” The film features new interviews with the band alongside a performance on a Hollywood rooftop near the legendary Capitol Records building, the band’s first label home. The concert footage was shot in Los Angeles in March 2022.
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Read on for ways to stream A Hollywood High for free.
How to Watch Duran Duran’s Concert Documentary on Paramount+
A Hollywood High is available exclusively on Paramount+. If you’re not already subscribed, you can stream the movie with a free trial from Paramount+.
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In addition to a streaming release, A Hollywood High will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on Aug. 4. The Blu-ray and DVD is packed with 20 extra minutes of exclusive content including unseen footage, an additional song recorded at the band’s live performance and highlights from a film Q&A with the band in Los Angeles.
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Product bundles will also be available, which will include limited-edition recordings from the show released as flexi-disc test pressings in specially designed booklets and signed items from the band.
Fans in London can attend a special one-night-only screening of A Hollywood High at Outernet on Aug. 3. Tickets will be available via DICE, according to Duran Duran’s website.
As far as music goes, Duran Duran will resume its North American tour with a show in San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 22. The tour will include stops in Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C. and more. Get tickets here.
See the trailer for A Hollywood High below.
Duran Duran took to Instagram on Tuesday (March 20) to confirm that they have a new album on the way this year, and surprised fans by announcing that former guitarist Andy Taylor will be playing guitar on select tracks.
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“Duran Duran are thrilled to confirm a special new music project is in the works, set for release later this year on BMG,” the group wrote in their social media statement. “The new recordings will feature extended Duran Duran family and friends, old and new, including our former bandmate Andy Taylor who will join us on guitar on a few tracks.”
When the group split in two in 1985, following the release of the James Bond theme “A View to A Kill,” Taylor and bassist John Taylor formed The Power Station with the late Robert Palmer and Tony Thompson, while the others created Arcadia. Taylor contributed to sessions for the 1986 album Notorious, then went his own way with a solo career. He’d reunite with DD for 2004’s Astronaut album, and for tour dates in support.
In 2018, he was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. The guitarist was expected to join current members Simon LeBon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor at Duran Duran’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November, but had to miss it due to his illness.
John Taylor recently discussed the upcoming Duran Duran album with The Mirror, and having Andy be part of it. “We’re working on an album right now that is going to be coming out at the end of the year and [Andy Taylor] is playing guitar,” the bassist explained. “There’s a lot of cover songs on the album, songs meaningful to us when we were kids. So having him be a part of that project is great.”
Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2023 on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Times Square, with iconic bands from the 1980s and 1990s as well as a member of BTS and a TikTok sensation.
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Duran Duran, fresh off an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, will play from a catalogue that includes hits like “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “The Reflex” and “Rio.” R&B and pop group New Edition will celebrate their 40th anniversary by performing a medley of chart-toppers and solo hits like “Rub You The Right Way,” “My Prerogative,” “Poison,” “If It Isn’t Love,” and “Cool It Now.”
J-hope, South Korean songwriter and member of BTS, will play a medley of his “= (Equal Sign),” “Chicken Noodle Soup” and the band’s “Butter.” And Tik-Tok star Jax will sing pop hits “Victoria’s Secret” and “90s Kids.” Singer and rapper Farruko will perform from Puerto Rico.
Actress and producer Liza Koshy will return as co-host alongside Seacrest, actor-singer Roselyn Sanchez will co-host from Puerto Rico and Billy Porter will be back in New Orleans for the Central Time Zone countdown.
There will be pre-taped performances in Disneyland from Aly & AJ, Bailey Zimmerman, Ben Platt, Ciara, Fitz & The Tantrums, Halle Bailey, Lauren Spencer Smith, Maddie & Tae, Shaggy and TXT. And from Los Angeles, there will be performances by Armani White, Betty Who, Dove Cameron, Finneas, Nicky Youre and Wiz Khalifa.
Seacrest, inheritor of ABC’s legendary “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Dick Clark, reached 19.6 million viewers between 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., last New Year’s Eve, according to Nielsen. During the 15-minute interval where the ball dropped in New York’s Times Square, his audience jumped to 24.2 million people.
“New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” will air Dec. 31 on ABC.
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