Post by bass_echo on Apr 18, 2008 0:39:49 GMT -5
John Taylor claims life backstage on the Duran Duran tours has got really boring.
The 47-year-old bass guitarist claims the former New Romantic pin-ups - currently on their Red Carpet Massacre tour of Asia - have got too old to party.
John said: "We are so boring. You wouldn't believe it if you were on the road with us. We can't MAKE our wives and children join us on tour. It's just vehicle, to airport to airplane to hotel. But you have to do it, the travelling.
"Nobody parties any longer, we don't have the energy. The show is the party now. Back in the beginning it would be 'Let's get off stage so we can go back and have a party, in your room preferably', but now the party is all on stage."
He adds: "I miss my family. But it's easier than it used to be. With email and texting and mobile phones we have a lot more contact."
Duran Duran are bringing their tour to Britain this summer, starting with London's O2 Arena on July 3, and John is very excited.
He said: "It's great to be coming home. I wouldn't mind coming home tomorrow. It's very important to us. It feels like checking in with mum and dad.
"Going to Asia and America and everywhere else is great but it's not the same as playing in Britain. They don't take no s**t. This is really where it's at for us. It's very exciting."
source: www.itv.com/Entertainment/Music/MusicNews/Articles/John-Weve-got-so-boring-636996818.html
The 47-year-old bass guitarist claims the former New Romantic pin-ups - currently on their Red Carpet Massacre tour of Asia - have got too old to party.
John said: "We are so boring. You wouldn't believe it if you were on the road with us. We can't MAKE our wives and children join us on tour. It's just vehicle, to airport to airplane to hotel. But you have to do it, the travelling.
"Nobody parties any longer, we don't have the energy. The show is the party now. Back in the beginning it would be 'Let's get off stage so we can go back and have a party, in your room preferably', but now the party is all on stage."
He adds: "I miss my family. But it's easier than it used to be. With email and texting and mobile phones we have a lot more contact."
Duran Duran are bringing their tour to Britain this summer, starting with London's O2 Arena on July 3, and John is very excited.
He said: "It's great to be coming home. I wouldn't mind coming home tomorrow. It's very important to us. It feels like checking in with mum and dad.
"Going to Asia and America and everywhere else is great but it's not the same as playing in Britain. They don't take no s**t. This is really where it's at for us. It's very exciting."
source: www.itv.com/Entertainment/Music/MusicNews/Articles/John-Weve-got-so-boring-636996818.html
