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===2009β2012: ''All You Need Is Now''=== [[File:Duran Duran (6874514374).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Duran Duran performing live at the [[Sydney Entertainment Centre]], Australia, 2012]] The band departed from Epic Records in 2009, after releasing just two albums. In early 2010, it was revealed that the band would be contributing a cover of "[[Boys Keep Swinging]]" to a tribute/charity record for [[David Bowie]] called ''[[We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie|We Were So Turned On]]'' from which all profits go to [[War Child (charity)|War Child]]. Other contributing artists included [[Carla Bruni]], [[Devendra Banhart]], [[Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros]], and [[Warpaint (band)|Warpaint]]. The album was released on 14 September 2010 on [[Manimal Vinyl]] Records. A limited edition split 7-inch single with Duran Duran and [[Carla Bruni]] was also released on [[Manimal Vinyl]] in December 2010. On 21 December 2010, Duran Duran's thirteenth album, titled ''[[All You Need Is Now]]'', produced by the [[Grammy Award]]-winning [[Mark Ronson]] and mixed by [[Spike Stent]], was released exclusively on [[iTunes]] and hit the number one spot on download charts in 15 countries (including the UK).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=17851 |title=ALL YOU NEED IS NOW Out in the UK on March 21 |publisher=Duran Duran |date=18 February 2011 |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-date=21 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221014238/http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=17851 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first single from the record, title track "All You Need Is Now", was free to download worldwide on 8 December 2010 exclusively in iTunes.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} Guitarist and songwriter [[Dominic Brown|Dom Brown]] co-wrote all but two songs on the album. On 25 February 2011, while in Milan, Duran Duran received a Style Icons of the 20th Century Award and a key to the city, presented by the city's mayor [[Letizia Moratti]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=17885 |title=Receive Style Award in Milan |publisher=Duran Duran |date=25 February 2011 |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227023656/http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=17885 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=17883 |title=Mayor of Milan Honors Duran Duran as 20th-Century Style Icons |publisher=Duran Duran |date=25 February 2011 |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227023623/http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=17883 |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2011 the band embarked on a world tour in support of the album. After a warm-up show in London, the tour officially began 16 March 2011 in [[Austin, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=tour|url=http://duranduranmusic.com/?page=tour|access-date=13 April 2011|publisher=Duran Duran Music|archive-date=23 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423224152/http://duranduranmusic.com/?page=Tour|url-status=live}}</ref> On 23 March, the band performed live at the [[Mayan Theater]] in Los Angeles as the start of the second season of ''[[Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express]]''. The concert was directed by [[David Lynch]] and [[Streaming media|live-streamed]] on YouTube. The band was joined onstage by [[Gerard Way]] of [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Beth Ditto]] of [[Gossip (band)|Gossip]], and [[Kelis]].<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Appleford | first = Steve | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/duran-duran-and-david-lynch-collaborate-on-spectacular-l-a-concert-20110324 | title = Duran Duran and David Lynch Collaborate on Spectacular L.A. Concert | magazine = Rolling Stone | date = 24 March 2011 | access-date = 24 March 2011 | archive-date = 1 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110501044459/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/duran-duran-and-david-lynch-collaborate-on-spectacular-l-a-concert-20110324 | url-status = live }}</ref> On 17 April 2011, Duran Duran performed at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella Music Festival]] located at Empire Polo Grounds, in Indio, California. In May 2011, Le Bon contracted [[laryngitis]] leading to either cancellation or rescheduling of most of the European dates for the ''All You Need Is Now'' World Tour.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} On 27 July 2012, Duran Duran headlined the London [[2012 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics 2012]] Opening Ceremony celebration in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]]. They represented England, along with [[Snow Patrol]] for Northern Ireland, [[Stereophonics]] for Wales, and [[Paolo Nutini]] for Scotland.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |title=Duran Duran to represent England in Olympics opening concert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/01/duran-duran-olympics-opening-concert |date=1 May 2012 |access-date=3 May 2012 |archive-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219035213/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/01/duran-duran-olympics-opening-concert |url-status=live }}</ref> At the end of August 2012, with one week left of their 18-month world tour, the band were forced to cancel the rest of the North American leg of the tour as Nick Rhodes had become ill with a viral infection.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
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