Editing Duran Duran (section)

===2006–2008: ''Red Carpet Massacre'' and Andy Taylor's second departure===
[[File:Duran Duran Bogota 2008.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Duran Duran in [[Bogotá]], Colombia, 2008]]
In early 2006, Duran Duran covered [[John Lennon]]'s song "[[Instant Karma!]]" for the ''Make Some Noise'' campaign sponsored by [[Amnesty International]]. Their version later appeared on ''[[Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur]]'' as an [[iTunes]] exclusive bonus track. They also performed at two high-profile events&nbsp;– the [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prize Awards]] and the [[2006 Winter Olympics]]. After a couple of weeks of songwriting in Northern California, the band began working with producer [[Michael Patterson (producer)|Michael Patterson]] in London, and continued intermittently for the next several months. At one point, they reported having had fifteen tracks nearly complete for an album tentatively titled ''[[Reportage (album)|Reportage]]'', but no further news emerged from the band for months afterward. In September, the band held meetings in New York City with [[Justin Timberlake]] and producer [[Timbaland]] with an eye to a potential collaboration and were soon reported to have completed three songs with the producer, including a song with [[Justin Timberlake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhnlive.com/news/more/430.html |title=Duran Duran and Timbaland |date=10 March 2006 |website=HHNLive.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108101746/http://www.hhnlive.com/news/more/430.html |archive-date=8 November 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 25 October 2006, Duran Duran parted company with Andy Taylor once again. In an official announcement on their website, the band stated that an "unworkable gulf" had developed between them and Taylor and that "we can no longer effectively function together". It was noted by Andy Taylor in his book ''Wild Boy'' that tensions had arisen between the group's management and himself, and he was also diagnosed with clinical depression connected with the death of his father. [[Dominic Brown|Dom Brown]], who had previously toured with the band, again took over guitar duties and has been performing with them since.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dombrown.com/ |title= Dominic Brown: Musician with Duran Duran |publisher= dombrown.com |access-date= 16 May 2006 |archive-date= 9 May 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060509165318/http://www.dombrown.com/ |url-status= live }}</ref> After Taylor's departure, the band scrapped the ''Reportage'' album. They wrote and recorded a new album titled ''[[Red Carpet Massacre]]'' (2007), which included the Timbaland tracks. Dom Brown is the featured guitarist on the album.

In July 2007, the band performed twice at [[Wembley Stadium]]. Their first appearance at the stadium was the [[Concert for Diana]] which celebrated the life of [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]] almost 10 years after her death. The band performed "[[(Reach Up for The) Sunrise]]", "[[The Wild Boys (song)|The Wild Boys]]" and "[[Rio (song)|Rio]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/timeline/ |title=Concert for Diana – What happened minute by minute |work=BBC News |access-date=4 July 2013 |archive-date=31 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731124144/http://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their second appearance was at [[Live Earth concert, London]]. On 25 September, the Timberlake collaboration "[[Falling Down (Duran Duran song)|Falling Down]]" was released as a download single on [[iTunes]], and the band announced that they would play nine shows at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] on Broadway to launch the ''Red Carpet Massacre'' album. The album launch was later extended to incorporate a show in London on 3 December 2007 and one in Dublin on 5 December 2007.

In May 2008, they toured the US leg of their 2008 world tour and were supported by the British band [[Your Vegas]]. In June 2008, they played the [[Louvre]] in Paris in a fundraising effort that contributed to the restoration of a [[Louis XV]] drawing room. Guests dined, privately viewed some of the museum's artworks, then attended a performance by the band in the [[I.M. Pei]]-designed [[Louvre Pyramid|Pyramid du Louvre]]. The group's performance marked a first for the 18th-century museum which had never before allowed a rock concert to occur anywhere within the grounds or buildings and another groundbreaker for Duran Duran.

On 2 July 2008, in Paris, [[Mark Ronson]] performed a unique live set with Duran Duran for an exclusive, invitation-only performance. Together, they showcased specially re-worked versions of some of Duran Duran's classic hits re-created by Ronson, along with tracks from ''Red Carpet Massacre''. Le Bon also performed songs from Ronson's latest album, ''[[Version (album)|Version]]'' (2007), as one of Ronson's featured guest vocalists. Unlike the band's previous album ''[[Astronaut (Duran Duran album)|Astronaut]]'' (2004), ''Red Carpet Massacre'' sold poorly and received mixed responses from the music press. In 2008, ''[[Rio (Duran Duran album)|Rio]]'' was included in the ''[[Classic Albums]]'' series.