{"id":407002,"date":"2026-05-01T16:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/407002\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:58:08","slug":"sometimes-just-dancing-is-a-political-statement-106-5-the-arch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/407002\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sometimes just dancing is a political statement\u2019 \u2013 106.5 The Arch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Duran Duran with Nile Rodgers (Photo Credit: Stephanie Pistel)<\/p>\n

Duran Duran just dropped the new song \u201cFree to Love,\u201d featuring Nile Rodgers, which puts a message of positivity and love out in the world. Bassist John Taylor tells ABC Audio he \u201c100%\u201d believes the song\u2019s message is one that\u2019s particularly important right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, look, we\u2019ve never been a political band,\u201d he says. \u201cBut sometimes just dancing is a political statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor says the groove for the song came out of a recording session with Rodgers two years ago. Now that it\u2019s finally out,\u00a0he almost can\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think whenever we\u2019re able to pull something off like this we\u2019re all a bit taken aback that we actually did it,\u201d\u00a0Taylor says. \u201cBut, you know, I couldn\u2019t be happier with this song.\u201d<\/p>\n

Accompanying the single is a video<\/a> directed by Jonas \u00c5kerlund, which Taylor says was \u201cso much fun to shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really done as an homage to the great British pop music TV show\u00a0Top of the Pops,\u201d he says, noting the program \u201cwas the great democratizing music show of the \u201970s and into the \u201980s. And everybody did it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duran Duran will next headline BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach, California, on Friday. Taylor says he loves playing festivals, where the audience may not be filled with only Duran Duran fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the opportunity to play for people that \u2026 have a, you know, half-formed idea of what the band is about,\u201d he says, adding\u00a0that the festival\u00a0audience experience\u00a0is \u201cjust different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople need to get together. They need to occupy the same space,\u201d he says. \u201cI just think people will appreciate any kind of opportunity to get together and just hang out and have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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