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Simon John Charles Le Bon MBE (born 27 October 1958) is an English singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia . Le Bon has received three Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors , including the award for Outstanding Contribution ...
The Duran Duran frontman was recognised for his services to music and charity on Tuesday.
Rebecca Ferguson, Imelda Staunton and Simon Le Bon to receive royal honours at Windsor Castle. Ellie Muir. November 12, 2024 at 7:26 AM (Getty Images)
After several early changes, the band's line-up settled in May 1980 as Rhodes, Taylor, singer Simon Le Bon, guitarist Andy Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor. [ nb 1 ] Emerging as members of the New Romantic scene, [ 8 ] [ 10 ] Duran Duran were innovators of the music video and a leading band in the MTV -driven Second British Invasion of the US in ...
The song was dedicated to three of the band's dead friends: record producer Alex Sadkin, artist Andy Warhol and Simon Le Bon's childhood friend David Miles. Le Bon has since said that "Shame" is the first part of a trilogy of songs written as a tribute to Miles, the other songs being "Ordinary World" and "Out of My Mind".
Singer-songwriter Rebecca Ferguson and ex-footballer Graeme Souness will also be recognised at the investiture ceremony.
For the Arcadia incarnation of their ever-changing band aesthetic, Le Bon, Rhodes and Roger Taylor donned an upmarket 'gothic' look of black tuxedos, vintage formal wear, and bow ties. The three also dyed their hair black, as seen when they performed (as Duran Duran, with Andy and John Taylor) at the 1985 Live Aid concert in Philadelphia .
In 1984, she met Simon Le Bon, lead singer of the pop rock band Duran Duran, after he had seen her on a magazine cover and spoken with her agent. [4] They married on 27 December 1985, at the register office in her hometown of Oxford. [4] [additional citation(s) needed] The couple have three children including Amber Le Bon. [4]