Parted with Andy Taylor

On 25 October 2006, Duran Duran parted company with Andy Taylor once again. In an official announcement on their website, the band stated that an “unworkable gulf” had developed between them and Taylor and that “we can no longer effectively function together”. It was noted by Andy Taylor in his book Wild Boy that tensions had arisen between the group’s management and himself, and he was also diagnosed with clinical depression connected with the death of his father. Dom Brown , who had previously toured with the band, again took over guitar duties and has been performing with them since. After Taylor’s departure, the band scrapped the Reportage album. They wrote and recorded a new album titled Red Carpet Massacre (2007), which included the Timbaland tracks. Dom Brown is the featured guitarist on the album.