Rock and Roll Fame inductees (2022) Duran Duran played the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA on January 8th. Duran Duran is 4/5 of their classic lineup with lead vocalist Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor, and drummer Roger Taylor. Dom Brown has been the guitarist since 2006 after Andy Taylor left the group for the second time. It’s been nearly 45 years since the group released their debut album and to this day the group continues to sell arenas worldwide. This short run of seven shows also included stops in Palm Desert, CA, Las Vegas, NV, San Diego, CA, and Phoenix, AZ. This 20-song set included a number of hits like “The Wild Boys,” “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “A View to a Kill,” from the James Bond film of the same name, “Notorious,” “Ordinary World,” and “The Reflex.” There were also covers of ELO’s “Evil Woman,” Rick James’ “Super Freak” mashed with “Lonely In Your Nightmare,” with the last song before the encore being “Girls On Film,” combined with Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer.” They returned for a two-song encore of “Save a Prayer,” and “Rio.”
Photos by Alex Kluft
