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Firing Up ‘The Power Station’ for a 40th Anniversary Boxed Set: Duran Duran’s John Taylor on Coralling Robert Palmer and Members of Chic for a True Pop Supergroup

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a founding member of Duran Duran, you wouldn’t think that much could surprise John Taylor. By 1984, each of the British new ...
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The Power Station’s Cocaine-Fueled Chaos Left an ’80s Masterpiece Still Revered 40+ Years Later

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Power Station in 1985. (Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images) It began, like so many memorable music stories do, with a British icon ...
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‘Can it get any weirder?’ Live Aid’s last-minute headliner recalls offer to play for 2 billion people

After frontman Robert Palmer bowed out, Power Station asked Michael Des Barres to sub in for the mega event. It was only his second performance with the band. But if you’re one of the Gen X kids among ...