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Duran Duran: Hungry Like a W00t!

Posted Aug 8th 2006 2:02PM by TMZ Staff

Simon Le BonIt's all about "Electric Barbarella".

Legendary '80s rockers Duran Duran are entering "Second Life" in a big way. The band, which was the first to offer a song as a download on the Internet (wow-did you know that?) and the first to shoot a music video on location ("Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf," anyone?), is now the first band to put on a concert in the virtual world.

The virtual online community "Second Life" has recreated concerts, including simulcasting England's Radio 1 "One Big Weekend." But this will be the first time a band will actually perform inside the world with their own "avatars." Avatars are three-dimensional versions of each band member that will be created for "Second Life."

Keyboardist Nick Rhodes says, "Second Life has brought a third dimension to the Internet; it is the new frontier where dreams have become reality".

We can't wait for the virtual remake of the "Rio" video.

*"woot"; : [wu?t]) is a slang interjection used to express happiness or excitement, most often expressed via the Internet. (In case you were wondering)


Tags: avatars, duran duran, DuranDuran, one big weekend, OneBigWeekend, second life, SecondLife, virtual concert, VirtualConcert

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1. I had the joy of seeing this band live several times over the past 20 or so years.
First concert when I was 11 yrs. old.....dating myself...oops. They have always been progressive, glad to see they are still doing their thing, and doin it so well.

LOVE THEM....then and now. HOT HOT HOT.....John Taylor is so frickin easy on the eyes.

Posted at 2:34PM on Aug 8th 2006 by lyn

2. Duran Duran= pioneers of the music industry, who knew

Posted at 2:37PM on Aug 8th 2006 by the only one that matters

3. I hereby declare that w00t should be incorporated into every TMZ story from this day forward. Who's with me?

Posted at 2:49PM on Aug 8th 2006 by annoying customer

4. I love Duran Duran - a duranie till the end! Yeah!

Posted at 2:58PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Jennifer

5. woot

Posted at 3:16PM on Aug 8th 2006 by woot

6. Whoo hoo. They are awesome live--- devoted Duranie since 1982, and will remain so.

Posted at 4:20PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Yayush

7. Enjoyed them growing up! :)

Posted at 4:44PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Katycat

8. Virtual is the only way Simon is going to have abs like that!

Posted at 4:52PM on Aug 8th 2006 by cindy

9. Love Duran Duran.

HATE "Woot". The sound of it is awful. Go ahead, say it. "woo" is okay. But "Woot is AWFUL" Sounds hillbilly, somehow. Like it would smell bad, too.

Posted at 5:32PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Bebe

10. Love Duran. Simon is hawt!!111!!111 Woot!11!!1111 Or woosh or something.

Posted at 9:40PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Simon's Grl

11. I am also a Duranie til the end. I'll love them always. Simon, John, Nick, Roger, and Andy are my boys! "Wild Boys" forever!!

Posted at 11:41PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Gina G.

12. I knew the day would come when someone actually defined what "w00t" means. I knew it wouldn't stay in hacker l33t speaking circles for long....

Posted at 1:15PM on Aug 9th 2006 by Rebecca

13. Love them Wild Boyz!

Posted at 4:19PM on Aug 9th 2006 by Judi

14. I have seen Duran Duran 27 times since 1984 and they get better every single time.

Of course they are the first to do this. They're the first to do everything. To say they are pioneers is an understatement.

They kick ass!

Posted at 4:05AM on Aug 10th 2006 by Michelle

15. "The band, which was the first to offer a song as a download on the Internet "

You might should ask Jim Griffin (Onehouse.com) about this. He is the former director of Technology at Geffen Records and he's responsible for unleashing the Beast of MP3 - the first band ever was Aerosmith, not DuranDuran. Still, those guys are great.

Posted at 9:00PM on Aug 12th 2006 by Paul