Tom Sykes - co-author of John Taylor's “In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran.” You also might recognize him from some of the Q&A’s he participated in with John during his book tour. Their conversations were like listening in on close friends, and via the experience of working together day after day, that's exactly what they had become.

With the book now out in paperback, Tom took some time away from his busy writing schedule to talk to us about his career and working with John Taylor. And he has been kind enough, along with Little Brown, to give us a few copies of “ITPG” in paperback to give away to 4 lucky fan community members! Click here

Helen Owens and Jon Wilson are the lucky duo working the Duran Duran catalogue for EMI. They certainly have a lot to keep them busy as Duran Duran music is always in demand as recently proven by their showing on the BBC Radio 2 Top 100 Albums of all time list (RIO at #3). They were nice enough to give the fan community 2 copies of the special RECORD STORE DAY blue "Is There Something I Should Know?" vinyl & one copy of the "Is There Something I Should Know?" test pressing - YES, a test pressing!!

We will contact three winners next week. Read more of the interview with Helen and Jon....Click here

When Duran Duran wanted to produce some vinyl of their album ALL YOU NEED IS NOW, they found the perfect partner with UK's The Vinyl Factory. The ethos behind the company is creativity, something Duran Duran took to immediately. The COO, Sean Bidder, worked closely with Nick and John, especially, to bring the ALL YOU NEED IS NOW vinyl package to fruition. When Nick and Warren needed a partner for the vinyl release of TV Mania's BORED WITH PROZAC AND THE INTERNET, they knew right where to go.

We are lucky enough to not only have a member exclusive written Q&A with Sean, but he's been nice enough to give us two of the gatefold vinyl to give to two lucky Duran Duran VIP Fan Community members!! Click here

Author Sebastien Bataille has an incredible resume, having written many books about music, including numerous biographies. In 2008, he collaborated on the new edition of the reference book "Dictionary of Rock," to be published by Robert Laffont in 2013. He also writes for the site Bakchich.info as well as Rolling Stone magazine. In his spare time, Sebastien is a singer and songwriter!

One of his most recent projects is the newly published Duran Duran. The Modern Pop, which was released in 2012. The DD VIP Fan Community was lucky enough to get a chance to speak to him for a Member Exclusive Q&A - and he has also given us copies of the book to give away. Read more! Click here

If you were a group who were inspired by Duran Duran what are the chances that you'd have the moxy, luck and fortune to find yourself working with one of your heroes? If you're Alex and Simon from the duo Koishii & Hush, pretty good!

The two have snagged John Taylor for vocals on their single "C'est Tout Est Noir," released digitally in January. The pair recently announced a campaign to press 500 maxi singles of the tune, 20 of which will be signed by John (and have already sold out!).

You can read more about that here, and grab a glimpse of their experience working with JT - just Click here

Roadrecovery.org is an incredible organization that is dedicated to helping young people battle addiction and other adversities by harnessing the influence of entertainment industry professionals who have confronted similar crises and now wish to share their experience, knowledge, and resources.

John Taylor has been very involved with Road Recovery, and is active in supporting their cause. The VIP Fan Community was honored to do a Q&A with one of the Founders, Gene Bowen Click here

Imagine seeing 100 Duran Duran show - and then imagine the band knowing that you did so! If you're Ursula Vogel, you don't imagine it, you do it! In one of our longest - and most interesting - Member Exclusive Q&A's, we got the chance to talk to Ursula about her devotion to seeing Duran Duran live, what it was like to meet the band members and if she's going to go for another 100! Click here

As we mentioned in our last written Q&A, John had 2 editors - a UK one, who was interviewed last month, and a US one, who we were lucky enough to 'speak' to for this month's Q&A. Jill Schwartzman is an Editor at Dutton (a division of Penguin), grew up on the east coast of America and...yes...liked Duran Duran!

Please welcome Jill Schwartzman!

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When John decided to write his autobiography, and signed with a publishing house, he was going to need an in-house editor. He was lucky enough to work with two fantastic women - one for the UK edition of IN THE PLEASURE GROOVE - Love, Death & Duran Duran, and one for the US edition. The Duran Duran VIP Fan Community were also lucky - we snagged written interviews with them both!

First up is Antonia Hodgson of Little Brown UK!

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When Duran Duran's A DIAMOND IN THE MIND had its digital premiere last month on Qello, it came to fruition based on the hard work of many people, including Producer Georgi Page.

Georgi is not only a big supporter of Qello (http://qello.com) but, not surprisingly, she because a big supporter of Duran Duran after getting to work on such an exciting project. The DD VIP Fan Community was very excited she took time out of her busy day to participate in one of our Q&As. Read more, below!

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Super fan and super journalist, Lyndsey Parker has been a fan of Duran Duran since they first hit the scene in the 80s. They certainly inspired her career to be a music journalist and she's just put out one of Rhino's first i-books, Careless Memories of Strange Behavior: My Notorious Life as a Duran Duran Fan.

We were lucky enough to snag her for an interview, where you can learn all about (and maybe compare notes) the roots of her fandom! She and Rhino have also been kind enough to gift FIVE DD VIP Members with a copy of her book for download ! We will announce the winners we pick at random next week!

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Duran Duran's guitarist Dom Brown is one busy dude! He is on tour with Duran Duran, he plays solo shows when he's home in London and he has a new album coming out, BLUE TO BROWN. A tribute to the blues, recorded with his dad and others, Dom took the time to do a Member Exclusive Q&A about the album.

Dom will be performing the album in London, doing an album launch at The Cuckoo Club in London on May 30th to coincide with the official release date. Make sure you check http://dombrown.com for updates!

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Nina Hossain is a british journalist, newscaster, presenter... and rock star?

Well, maybe not a full-blown rock star but she does make one heck of a musical debut! Nina is the voice you hear on "Blame the Machines" (as the satellite navigator) and "The Man Who Stole a Leopard,"(as the newscaster) both off of Duran Duran's ALL YOU NEED IS NOW.

A self-confessed "Duranie," Nina was more than happy to participate when she got the from the band. Read more about her experiences recording the tracks with the band in our latest Member Exclusive Q&A!

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Imagine being the glue that keeps the ALL YOU NEED IS NOW tour sticking together...well, that's what it's like to be Tour Manager Craig Duffy!

Craig has gone round the world (almost) with Duran Duran for over a year now, making sure bags are on planes, passports are in hand, schedules are adhered to, band members arrive places on time, venues are contacted in advance, hotels are booked, budgets are turned in, etc...etc...you get the picture! He's the top dog of the tour crew and if you want to learn more about Mr. Duffy, please read on for our latest Member Exclusive Q&A!

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Imagine listening to a band when you were growing up and then getting to open for them years later…that’s just what happened to Rik Annema and his band mates from A SILENT EXPRESS, who just finished opening for Duran Duran on their tour of Germany. We were really excited when Rik agreed to sit down for a DD VIP Fan Community Q&A the other day!

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If you were lucky enough to catch Duran Duran's UK tour, then you were also lucky enough to catch sight of Dawne Adams, who played percussion with the band on that leg of the ALL YOU NEED IS NOW tour. Since Roger was one of the reasons Dawne got in to drumming in the first place, it seems somewhat appropriate that she ended up sharing a stage with him years later! She was kind enough to sit down with the Duran Duran VIP website for a Q&A - count us among the new fans she has made! Click here

Matthew Chojnacki's new book, the beautifully designed PUT THE NEEDLE ON THE RECORD, re-visits some of the best single art work from the 1980s. Of course, Duran Duran has not only made the cut, but Nick provided the 'afterward' for the book. If you haven't had a chance to check it out, you should [click here ]. You should also read our Member exclusive Q&A with Matthew below! Click here

Since coming on to the DD scene, percussionist Chastity Ashley has had people asking "who's that girl"? Well, the DD VIP fan community now has some answers for those who are anxious to know a little bit more about this latest addition to the band's live show. Since she first played with the band at Coachella Chastity has proven herself to be a fun member of the gang! Click here

"I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution," by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum is a new book that explores the early history of MTV and music videos. Duran Duran, and their groundbreaking video, "Girls on Film," is heavily featured in the book, which was recently excerpted in New York magazine. Rob was kind enough to take some time out of his busy promo schedule to talk to the Duran Duran VIP Fan Community about his the book, his fave videos and the quotable Duran Duran. Click here

When thinking of iconic Duran Duran videos, certainly the gorgeous clip for "Ordinary World" is one of the first that come to mind. Directed by Nick Egan (INXS, Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger, Bon Jovi), the video for the song was a huge part of the band's early 90s resurgence. The guys reunited with Nick when choosing a director for the first video from the ALL YOU NEED IS NOW album, the single of the same name. We are grateful Nick took time from his busy schedule to do such a terrific Written Interview with the Fan Community! Click here

PR’s are often sworn to a code of silence due to the very nature of their work. They serve, protect and guard their clients interests in a shroud of secrecy. Often very little is actually known about the lives of these people.

In a very rare first time interview, DDM gets a 10 minute insight into Duran Duran’s publicist Gerard Franklin. Click here

Ted Jensen is pretty much a legend in the music industry. A renowned recording engineer, he makes his home at Sterling Sound. Wikipedia has referred to him as "the most active Mastering Engineer in the industry," and he has mastered, engineered, or mixed more than 2400 albums. He mastered Duran Duran's ALL YOU NEED IS NOW (amazing job!) and we were lucky enough to have Ted agree to do a written interview with DDM! Click here

Allison McGregor is a booking agent at CAA, the agency that represents Duran Duran. Since the band are embarking on tour after a 3 year break, we couldn't think of a better time to speak to her! She was kind enough to take time out of her busy busy schedule (just look at CAA's roster) to answer some Q's Click here

Owen Pallett is extraordinarily talented man. He is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist from Toronto, Ontario. He also worked with Duran Duran on their latest release, "All You Need is Now," and was generous enough to sit through a Fan Community written Q&A! Click here

Josh Blair has been working with Duran Duran as an Engineer for a few years now, having been with them since REPORTAGE. We were lucky enough to snag an interview with Josh on the eve of the "All You Need is Now" album release...Click here

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Eric Alexandrakis is not only a very talented musician, but also a great supporter of Duran Duran...Click here

If you’re a fan of any kind of media, then you’re aware of actor Seth Green...Click here

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