Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon and wife Yasmin soak up the sun on their Italian getaway

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Duran Duran band member, Simon Le Bon, was spotted enjoying a sun-kissed European vacation with his wife.Simon, 67, and his wife, Yasmin Le Bon, 61, were recently photographed while out and about on a beach day in Sardinia.The musician was spotted in a pair of red swim shorts, which he paired with a white V-neck T-shirt, opting to wear it for parts of their stroll — and letting it hang around his neck during the rest.His wife stunned in a classic black string bikini.JULIANNE HOUGH FLAUNTS HER TONED FIGURE IN BIKINIS AS SHE SHARES SNAPS FROM HER TRIP TO SARDINIASome of the photos showed the couple walking alongside one another on the coastline, while others featured them cooling off with a dip in the ocean, standing in knee-deep water with their friends.In other photos, the two joined their friends on a boat. Yasmin was photographed sunbathing with a friend, while Simon helped steer the boat, before they both jumped off and took a swim together.The couple met in 1984 after Simon saw a cover featuring Yasmin in the portfolio of photographer Mike Owen and asked him for her number. He then contacted her and asked her to accompany him to the premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.”While they started out as friends, their relationship blossomed into a romance when they reconnected in Paris in 1985. They were engaged sometime that year and tied the knot in December 1985.GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE”I wake up in the morning and for ten minutes or so I just get to look at her sleeping peacefully. That’s kind of all you need to know about me,” he told the Daily Mirror in December 2010. “I guess I’m very lucky that I picked somebody really bloody good in the first place! She’s great fun, fantastic, beautiful and we laugh all the time. It’s not always easy at all. But I really want to stay married for life.”Simon found fame as the lead vocalist for the iconic British pop-rock band, Duran Duran, which also included Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor and Andy Taylor.The band formed in 1978 and shot to global stardom in 1982 with the release of their album “Rio,” which featured hits such as “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “Save a Prayer.”LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSTogether the bandmates have won two Grammy Awards and two BRIT Awards and were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2022, the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCOREThey continue to make music together now, having released their song, “Free To Love,” featuring Nile Rodgers, in April 2026.”We carry on, you know. Not just because we’ve got a point to make with the band,” he told Stereogum in November 2021. “We’ve made great music. We love the music that we make together. We get the same thrill, when we discover that new bassline or that melody or that beat or those keyboards. We get the same thrill of creation that we got 40 years ago.”

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