Simon Le Bon was born on October 27, 1958, in Bushey, England. In 1980, he auditioned to join the rock group Duran Duran. Before long, Duran Duran became one of the biggest music acts of the decade. By the late 1980s, Duran Duran’s popularity began to wane. In 1996, Le Bon branched out on his own. The group reunited in 2001. In 2007, Duran Duran released their album, Red Carpet Massacre.