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IN DISCORD AND RHYME - UNSEEN DURAN DURAN 1981

40TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL PHOTO ISSUE

"A great 'zine on the band's early days" - official Duran Duran Twitter

"So fabulous! The quality is great!" "Incredible photos" "Beyond fantastic - it's a great tribute."

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The Cherry Lipstick
5* Album Reviews
From the debut album to Future Past!
The story of Duran Duran through their music. A new retrospective review of every album written by the Cherry Lipstick team.
Plus Arcadia review and more!

16/16 reviews completed

The Simon le Bon Diaries

Newly discovered, here is the 'true' story of Duran Duran.

Volume 3 Fanzines

Our online and print fanzines created since 2017

Volume 3: 2017-2022

Lost Treasures... Forgotten Horrors...

The songs you've forgotten - both good and bad.

Around the World in 40 Shows

Showcasing 40 special concerts from Duran's career

Concert Reviews

Re-live shows from all the years.

The Cherry Lipstick Fans' Poll

Latest poll on Facebook and Twitter

Past Poll Winners

Cherry Lipstick

Back Issues 1993-2001

All issues from 1993 - 2001 are now being prepared for digital download from the CL Store

Read where it all began.

Plus: The best of those issues

Volume 1 : 1993-1994

Volume 2: 1997-2001

The Best Of 1993-2001

The Power Station

The whole story - in their own words

EARLY DURAN 1972-1980

Our amazing 44-page fanzine tells the story of the band in their own words.

The Paper Goddess / Fliss

Feb 8, 2018

Fanzine Week 3: Day 4

Catching the mood of an album + JT 2000

Fliss / Jon Woodhouse

Feb 7, 2018

Fanzine Week 3: Day 3

Meet el Presidente gets played after 8 years... My Own Way goes out... Headlines in tomorrow's papers

Ruth Galvin

Feb 6, 2018

Fanzine Week 3: Day 2

Someone Else Not Me reconsidered... The Vevo Top 20

Notoriousaurus Rex / J.R. Kiss

Feb 5, 2018

Fanzine Week 3: Day 1

Cherry Lipstick Volume 3 Issue 3: February 2018

Feb 2, 2018

Planet Earth Day 2.2.81.

Cherry Lipstick... as sort-of seen in February 1981

Jan 26, 2018

Ordinary World: 25 Years Later

25 years ago Ordinary World was a hit and Cherry Lipstick was there to report on it in our first ever issue.

Geronimo

Jan 23, 2018

The Simon le Bon Diaries: Part 3

It’s March 1984. Simon is hard at work on tour and also on the phone to his girlfriend...

The Cherry Lipstick Album Reviews: Astronaut

C.K. Shortell

Jan 11, 2018

The Cherry Lipstick Album Reviews: Astronaut

"Birmingham, we have a problem..." These astronauts are not headed for the moon

Baranduin Briggs

Jan 7, 2018

General Chelsea Mayhem

Las Vegas - The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Hotel, 30 December 2017

Ruth Galvin

Jan 3, 2018

Five Go On a Strategy Away Day

Fail to prepare... prepare to fail. Duran's planning for DD40 is revealed.

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Volume 3 'Lipstick' design: Inessa Wilson (2017)
'Cherry Lipstick' logo words: Anita Eve Perez (2017)
'Cherry Lipstick mood board' for Fanzine Week 3; and fanzine covers for Vol 3 Issues 10, 11 and 13: The Paper Goddess (2018 - 2022)
Volume 1 and 2 'Cherry Lipstick' logo: Marina McCall (1994)
Cherry Lipstick logo as seen on t-shirt design by AW and Col H (2020)

The Cherry Lipstick 5* Album Reviews From the debut album to Future Past! The story of Duran Duran through their music. A new retrospective review of every album written by the Cherry Lipstick team. Plus Arcadia review and more! 16/16 reviews completed

The Cherry Lipstick Fans' Poll

Cherry Lipstick

Back Issues 1993-2001

The Cherry Lipstick
5* Album Reviews
From the debut album to Future Past!
The story of Duran Duran through their music. A new retrospective review of every album written by the Cherry Lipstick team.
Plus Arcadia review and more!

16/16 reviews completed