I’ve lamented the fact that my amazing husband and I are woefully out of whack on the Venn Diagram of musical tastes. However, he was kind enough to take me to see Duran Duran last night – and then spend time taking most of the photos of the band.

It was an outdoor concert, and other than horrific post-holiday traffic to get there (I allotted 3 hours for an hour and twenty minute trip, and we barely made it on time), the weather and the venue were fantastic.

When I was standing there listening to the band and watching their interactions on stage, I had one of those moments where I realized that I just love to watch them play live. It was a fabulous moment and I enjoyed myself very much.

I’ve not found an online review yet, but the set-list was a delight – they did most of their major hits, reached into the “closet”, as they called it, to pull out Election Day , which Simon indicated Duran Duran had never played live before (and it was delightful), they did a beautiful rendition of Do You Believe in Shame
(as a tribute to Michael Jackson), as well as two of my favorite songs off their newest album . One of my favorite things was they way the segued through the songs and their encore was a several song segue that featured, and returned to Girls on Film.

It was a lovely evening, and I’m thankful my Dh went with me*. The only bummer is apparently I am prone to Duran Duran knees after their concerts – I guess I dance too much. It’s an affliction I’ll gladly bear.

*He did mention that he was disappointed that they didn’t sing Too Much Information