He said, Simon, Duran Duran are the last of the great British R&B bands. R&B? I said. He said yes, you know what I mean – like, Beatles, Rolling Stones: Simon Le Bon thinks that the golden era of the band is over [Video]

The ‘death’ of the band has been much discussed over the past couple of months, with statistics showing that it’s now solo artists who dominate the upper echelons of the sales and streaming charts (not to mention the lion’s share of the cultural conversation).

In an interview on the Brydon & podcast, Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon has been having his say, and he agrees that the finest period for the ‘band’ as a concept may well be in the past.

“I think we came very much towards the end of bands,” he argues. “You’ve still got bands going now, but I think the golden era… somebody said to me – it was a Japanese record executive, very, very high up – he said, ‘Simon, Duran Duran are the last of the great British R&B bands.’ ‘R&B?’ I said. He said ‘yes, you know what I mean – like, Beatles, Rolling Stones,’ …