Sick Duran Duran star Nick Rhodes has issued a personal apology to fans for the cancellation of the remaining dates of their world tour, insisting there's nothing he loathes more than scrapping shows.

The Rio hit-makers have been forced to axe the final run of concerts on their lengthy global trek after keyboardist Rhodes fell ill with a mystery virus which has left him "entirely exhausted".

He has now reached out to devotees to thank them for their continued support and express his regret at the turn of events, admitting the tour now "feels incomplete" as they had all been looking forw...

Duran Duran have axed the remaining dates of their world tour after keyboardist Nick Rhodes failed to recover from an illness.

The band cancelled four U.S. shows over the last week after Rhodes fell sick, but they were hoping he would be better in time for the upcoming Canadian leg of the tour.

However, doctors have now confirmed Rhodes is not yet well enough to get back to work and the group has been forced to scrap a show in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, and two dates in Ontario on Friday and Saturday.

The musicians have apologized to their fans and revealed they are "devastated" ...

Five sexy supermodels have taken on the role of playing Duran Duran in the band's upcoming video, "Girl Panic!"

In addition to filming the video for the band's new song, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen and D2 lead singer Simon LeBon's model wife Yasmin have done a new photoshoot in conjunction with the video shoot for the UK's Harper's Bazaar magazine.

"Harpers had approached us about collaborating with the magazine on something really special," the band's keyboardist, Nick Rhodes, says. "I'd had had this crazy idea for a video for the song 'Girl Panic!' ...